Project brief
Define outcomes, constraints, location, and the decisions the project must resolve.
Independent design-build publication
Plan better. Build smarter.
Clear guidance from the first project brief and budget to materials, construction, and handover.
Feasibility
Test scope against approvals, site conditions, budget, and programme.
Design and build
Coordinate drawings, procurement, sequencing, quality, and change control.
Handover
Close inspections, records, commissioning, warranties, and owner training.
Essential reading
All guides What Is Design-Build? A Practical Guide for Owners
How design-build combines design and construction responsibility, how the process works, and when it may suit a project.
Read guide
Design-Build vs Design-Bid-Build
A practical comparison of responsibility, pricing, programme, design control, and risk in two common project delivery methods.
Read guide
A Preconstruction Risk Checklist
A concise checklist for scope, approvals, existing conditions, procurement, schedule, and handover planning before work starts.
Read guide Decisions made early shape the site.
Good design-build planning connects scope, approvals, cost, materials, and construction sequence before each choice becomes expensive to change.
Open the planning deskBrowse the project desk
Start with the decision in front of you, then follow the links through cost, delivery, and material consequences.
Recent guides
Costs & Planning Why Early Budget Alignment Matters About SEI Design Build
Clear guidance for the decisions that shape a project.
SEI Design Build turns fragmented information about scope, cost, construction, and materials into practical guidance for owners and project teams.
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