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Alternative Delivery

Delivering complex projects faster by aligning teams, risk and outcomes from the start

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Traditional delivery models often struggle to keep pace with complex projects.

As scale and complexity increase, disconnected teams and misaligned incentives along with late-stage changes can drive delays, cost increases and risk. Alternative delivery models offer a more collaborative and flexible approach, but only when they’re set up and managed effectively from the outset.

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Structuring delivery for better outcomes

Jacobs defines the right delivery strategy, contracting approach and risk allocation from the outset. Using alternative delivery models, such as design-build, construction manager at risk (CMAR) and progressive integrated delivery, enables us to align commercial structures with project goals — supporting collaboration and creating shared accountability while reducing friction.

Bringing owner agencies, engineering, design and construction together as one integrated team improves collaboration and delivery performance. Maintaining this integration throughout the project lifecycle reduces rework and accelerates delivery, improving certainty and leading to more predictable outcomes.

Design for design-build

Integrating design and delivery to accelerate timelines and reduce risk.

Alternative delivery for bridges

Applying innovative delivery models to improve speed, cost and constructability.

Augmented delivery

Enhancing existing delivery models with expertise and digital capabilities to drive better outcomes.

Alternative delivery, explained

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Alternative delivery refers to project delivery models like design-build, Construction Manager/General Contractor (CMGC) or CMAR that bring teams together earlier to create more collaborative ways of working compared to traditional approaches.

It can reduce risk, improve collaboration, promote innovation and enable projects to move faster. By aligning teams and decisions earlier, clients can avoid delays and cost increases later in the process.

We support clients from early strategy and procurement through design and construction delivery. Leveraging PA Consulting and our broad alternate delivery expertise across all industries, we define the right approach upfront and carry that through to execution in any capacity.

We connect owner needs with strategy, design and construction into one coordinated approach. This reduces disconnects and improves collaboration, delivering more predictable outcomes.

We support a range of models including design-build, CMAR, progressive design-build and other collaborative delivery approaches, tailored to project needs.

Early in the project lifecycle. Aligning the owner’s desired outcome with the right delivery model upfront aligns teams, reduces risk and sets projects up for success before design begins.