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Design-Build Poses a Greater Risk to Contractors Than Conventional Delivery

Many contractors using design-build experience lower profitability and losses.
By David Pacifici
April 26, 2022
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by David Pacifici
David Pacifici, CIC, CRM, RPLU, provides strategic leadership and direction for crafting coverage to solve clients' professional liability insurance needs for alternative project delivery methods such as integrated project delivery, public-private partnership and progressive design build. He has more than 30 years of experience as an underwriter and licensed broker specializing in construction and design professional liability insurance. For the past 20-plus years, his focus has been on providing professional liability insurance to real estate developers, construction contractors, and design professionals. He specializes in insurance solutions for large infrastructure and vertical projects.

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