Design-Build Successes and Challenges for the Byron G. Rogers Federal Office Building (OR-16-C011)

The design-build construction method presents opportunities and challenges to all the groups involved in a construction project.  This paper will explore how the mechanical and electrical designers and contractors addressed these opportunities and challenges for the recent Byron G. Rogers Federal Office Building modernization project in downtown Denver, Colorado.  The project involved approximately 500,000 square feet of renovation and deep energy retrofit in an existing high-rise building  which is anticipated to to be added to the National Register of Historic Places in the future.