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Progressive Design-Build (PDB) is an alternative project delivery method that has been gaining popularity in the construction industry. PDB is a variation of the Design-Build method where the owner hires a design-builder based primarily on qualifications, not price, and then collaboratively develops the project design and budget.

Benefits:
- Improved collaboration and communication
- Increased flexibility and innovation
- Better alignment of project goals among all parties
- Progressive Design-Build aims to combine the benefits of design-build (single point of responsibility, integrated team) with increased owner involvement and flexibility in the design and pricing process.

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Evelyn M. Lee, FAIA, is an architect turned tech entrepreneur who blends her design background with a passion for innovation. As an angel investor, startup advisor, and fractional COO, she helps drive growth for architecture firms, embracing new ways of practicing. Lee is the founder of Practice of Architecture and hosts the Practice Disrupted podcast with over 50,000 listeners globally. We think you’ll enjoy her insights on integrating technology, leadership development, and better business operations within the architecture practice. She is an advocate for architects to add their voice to conversations other than just architecture and champions inclusivity as an advisor for Women Defining AI, inspiring women to close the gender gap within the tech industry. Join us as we sit down with next year’s AIA President for a lively discussion.

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Victor Sanvido has been thinking about better project delivery since he worked in his family’s business in Cape Town. He came to the States to study with many of the luminaries in production delivery at Stanford University and later taught many of the leading lights in the lean community at Penn State University. Victor was thinking about more effective and more collaborative delivery models in the 1980s, more than a decade before the formation of IGLC and almost 2 decades before LCI. He managed an ad hoc Owners forum from his office in Garden Grove, California and brought his intellect to LCI as a long time Board Member, recruiter and evangelist. He shares his experience from the early days and talks about ways that lean has and will continue to transform the built environment.