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Design and Build
- just as the name suggests, design and build involves one body,
usually a contractor, who, once selected by a developer, both designs and
constructs the project. This can work successfully where a situation is
routine and the contractor has a good track record in a particular type
of developement, but where ingenuity and innovation is required, as in a
great deal of conservation work, there can be problems. Given the cost
involved in tendering, it is hardly surprising that the trend to design
and build is increasing.