Design-build firms that work with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and other federal agencies got a much-needed boost in 2012. Lisa Washington, executive director of the Design-Build Institute of America, led the formation of a coalition of industry groups that succeeded in getting the Corps to issue a new procurement directive.
Officially called "Limitations on the Use of One-Step Procedures for Design-Build," the directive restricts use of single-step design-build on Corps' projects nationwide.