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4 Summation
Pages 23-24

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... The experiences of the agencies with the design-build approach have been particularly favorable with regard to the amount of time required to carryout a project; however, the desi~-build approach also got generally good marks on the key factors of costs and user satisfaction. It should be emphasized that the committee's survey was not comprehensive enough to justify an unqualified endorsement of the designbuild approach.
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... The importance of this issue was underscored in two recent articles in Engineering News Record magazine (9/28/92 and 1/18/93~. The articles reported that bidders on two government design-build projects (one by GSA and the other by the Corps of Engineers)
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