Innovative Federal Agencies Push Home-Grown Methods
It can be said that the bureaucratic halls of federal government agencies traditionally are not places associated with innovative change, especially in today’s hyper-paced construction markets where owners in both the public and private sectors must live by the mantra “evolve or die.” But the U.S. General Services Administration is an exception.
GSA is the procurement arm of the federal government and is responsible for the construction, repair and alteration of all federal buildings. Change at GSA has come in the form of a gradual break from tradition as project managers increasingly seek new and better ways to deliver fast-tracked, complex construction projects with the speed and efficiency today’s markets demand. The traditional project delivery method of design-bid-build, once the sole delivery method used for GSA projects is beginning to fade as the agency adopts collaborative and integrated delivery.