By Kenneth T. Sullivan, John K. Michael June 2008 Abstract The Performance Based Studies Research Group (PBSRG) in the Del E. Webb School of Construction at Arizona State University has conducted research in the development and application of best-value and leadership based process...
By Birtice Garner, Kathleen Richardson and Daniel Castro-Lacouture June 2008 Abstract Design-Build is rapidly becoming one of the most commonly used project delivery methods in the facility construction industry. The United States Air Force and the Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC) are expected to...
By Kenneth T. Sullivan, John Savicky, Dean Kashiwagi June 2018 Abstract This is a case study testing the hypothesis that the best value PIPS process is a sustainable process/structure. The best value PIPS process has been tested 450 times over 13 years. However,...
By Rizwan U, Farooqui, Syed M. Ahmed, Sarosh H. Lodi June 2008 Abstract The Pakistani Construction Industry has always been of economic and social significance to the country. In contrast to the prospective share of Pakistani construction in the local and global economic...
The BVA research has been very active in the first quarter of 2018. Using the CIB W117 Journal of “The Advancement of Performance Information and Value” and posting it to the “Research Gate” open platform, the effort to get the...
Hosted by the City of Over the past 25 years, The Best Value Approach (BVA) has been tested on 2000+ projects worth 6.6B in services with a 98% success rate in 7 different countries and 33 states. Dr. Dean has concentrated...
By Black Carroll, Matthew Lee, Dean Kashiwagi, Kenneth Sullivan, Marie Sullivan April 2005 Abstract The bonding and insurance surety industry has had difficulty regulating risk in the construction industry. They have had a constant increase in payouts and premiums due to increased construction...
By Nathan Chong, Kenneth Sullivan, Charles Egbu, Dean Kashiwagi July 2007 Abstract The motivation behind alternate delivery systems has been the poor performance of the traditional design-bid-build process. Construction professionals have identified public contract law and bureaucratic procurement/contract offices as one of the...
By Dean Kashiwagi July 2009 Abstract The Performance Based Studies Research Group (PBSRG) at the Del E. Webb School of Construction, has developed a methodology to process data into information to reduce facility system life-cycle cost and risk of nonperformance. The methodology reshapes...
By Aderemi Adeyemi, Jacob Kashiwagi, Dean Kashiwagi, Kenneth Sullivan May 2009 Abstract The purpose of the paper is to propose and test to transform the teaching of procurement/project management from an education based approach to a research based approach, to change the focus...