Delivery method changes who carries risk and when decisions are made. Choose deliberately.
01Where does design uncertainty live?
The more unresolved the design, the more value there is in early collaboration with the builder.
02Price certainty has a cost
Fixed pricing before design is complete either excludes unknowns or prices them in. Know which you are getting.
03Protect the architect’s role
Any method should preserve independent design judgment. Define it in the agreements.
General editorial guidance. It is not legal, engineering, or project-specific advice, and it does not describe any particular Pinnacle project.
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