Archive for the ‘Alternative Project Delivery’ Category

Four Chords and the Truth About Successful Projects

Posted by roy.cooper@arcadis-us.com

I recently watched a documentary on the history of the solid body electric guitar. Leo Fender is widely considered as its inventor. Fender started mass producing the first solid body electric guitar, the Telecaster,  in 1949. You may have recognized a maple finished Telecaster on the shoulder of Bruce Springsteen. If you like a little [...]


APD, ADR and the Wild West

Posted by joe.seibold@arcadis-us.com

Like most people my age, I grew up with a steady diet of Wild West movies and TV shows. They had a lot in common – a brave sheriff standing up to a gang of rustlers, the restless townsfolk living in fear, the farmer who was single-handedly standing up to the bad guys…you know the [...]


Do APD Methods Guarantee “No Claims?”

Posted by joe.seibold@arcadis-us.com

Depending upon the suitability of the selected APD to the project, the experience of the participants and the execution of the APD plan, the success or failure of the project can hang in the balance. The expectation of problems due to the use of traditional design-bid-build has been replaced by a new trend of similar disappointments and problems arising out of APD projects.


Any APD will take you there

Posted by joe.seibold@arcadis-us.com

Alternative project delivery methods do not guarantee success outcomes. There is no substitute for proper planning and implementation.