What is Delegated Design?
Delegated design is the act of the Design Professionals leaving design responsibility to the constructor for one or more specialty scopes of the work for the construction of a project. The concept of delegated design is not new. Architects and engineers have passed some design responsibility to contractors for a long time.
What are the Delegated Design examples?
Delegated Design is extending beyond this traditional role to include more building elements and sometimes the entire building envelope including
Structural steel connections – This is a very common example. The steel fabricator designs the connections for the full load carrying capacity of the member.
Exterior wall stud design
Curtain wall
Roof trusses
Stair, handrail, and guard railings
What is the current trend in current industry?
The building structure gets more complex and their components are increasingly complicated. Thus, the demand on the Delegated Design is increasing with the use of design-build and design-assist approaches.