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The rise in demand for design-build services is the latestevolution of the construction industry. The obvious benefit is anincrease in efficiency during construction that inevitably leads tocost savings; however, the design build process also reduces risksfor owners and places greater value on the architecture's role.

"The need for predictability and the need for reducedrisks between owners with lenders is driving growth ofdesign-build," Steve Tetens, project executive atSuffolk San Diego, tellsGlobeSt.com. "This is just the evolution of theindustry and we've seen the importanceof the architect's role inconstruction administration become more critical for themand other design consultants—and this is where those disciplinesfeel the most burden."

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Kelsi Maree Borland

Kelsi Maree Borland is a freelance journalist and magazine writer based in Los Angeles, California. For more than 5 years, she has extensively reported on the commercial real estate industry, covering major deals across all commercial asset classes, investment strategy and capital markets trends, market commentary, economic trends and new technologies disrupting and revolutionizing the industry. Her work appears daily on GlobeSt.com and regularly in Real Estate Forum Magazine. As a magazine writer, she covers lifestyle and travel trends. Her work has appeared in Angeleno, Los Angeles Magazine, Travel and Leisure and more.