Delivery Methods

The right delivery method depends on your project’s priorities—schedule, budget certainty, design control, and how risk is shared. Icon West is experienced across all major methods and advises each owner on the approach best suited to their project, not ours.

Design-Build

A single contract covering both design and construction, with Icon West as one point of accountability from concept to completion.
Best when speed and simplicity matter most—overlapping the design and construction phases can meaningfully shorten the schedule.
With design and build under one roof, coordination happens internally and issues get resolved before they reach the field.

Design-Bid-Build

The traditional sequence: the design is completed, the project is competitively bid, then construction begins on a finished set of documents.
Best when an owner wants full control over the design and competitive pricing on a defined scope.
With over 30 years of combined experience in this method, it remains a core strength of ours.

Best Value

A selection approach that weighs qualifications, past performance, and price together—rather than awarding on lowest bid alone.
Best when an owner wants assurance of quality and reliability, not simply the lowest number.
Our track record on complex public work is built precisely for this kind of evaluation.

Lease-Leaseback

A collaborative public-project method that brings the contractor in early to work alongside the district and design team through completion.
Best when educational and public owners want early cost certainty and a single, accountable partner throughout.
A method we know well from our work with school districts and public institutions across Southern California.

Whichever method fits, the constant is our team.

Every delivery method we use is backed by the same experienced, consistent teams—accountable from preconstruction through closeout, and familiar to the owners who build with us again and again.