Partnering in the construction industry is an approach to organize project communications and coordination between parties so as to improve project safety, quality, and profitability while reducing time delays, costs, conflict, and exposure to litigation.
Partnering workshops provide a forum for the parties involved in partnering to:
Over a 25 year period, Ms. Boucher has developed a signature approach to construction patterning workshops which includes:
Suggestions to Help Participants Prepare for a Construction Partnering Workshop
Workshop participants can prepare in several ways. They can:
Design Charrettes and Concept Design Workshops (CDWs) are two approaches employed in design-build construction projects to engage stakeholders in identifying and developing the design package. Many US government agencies are increasingly using these approaches, and each agency takes a somewhat different approach.
In many cases a third-party facilitator is engaged to help stakeholders and various trades meet and work through a multi-day workshop during which they discuss and work out various design features of a project. This third-party facilitator helps organize discussions, serves as a neutral player to ensure the interests of each party are recognized, and either documents or coordinates the documentation of agreements reached.
Typically the end result is a "report" which documents the project design as worked out and agreed to by all of the parties. This report is largely written and completed prior to the end of the workshop.
Suggestions to Help Participants Prepare for a Concept Design Workshop
Workshop participants can prepare in several ways. They can:
CONSTRUCTION PARTNERING WORKSHOPS
Sauer/NAVFAC/SSP/NAVSEA - Trident Training Facility Expansion Project Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, GA; 2025
RQ Construction/NAVFAC/USMC - P-1458, 2nd Radio Battalion, Phase 2 - Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, NC; 2025
Clark Nexsen/NAVFAC/Sauer Construction - Convert X132 for MSC Consolidation NAVSTA Norfolk, VA; 2025
RQ Construction/NAVFAC/Defense Logistics Agency - Building CEP-201 Renovation NAVSTA Norfolk, VA; 2025
Sauer Construction/NAVFAC/Fleet Readiness Center - Replace B795 Chilled Water & Compressed Air System NAS Jacksonville, FL; 2025
Archer Western/USACE/City of Chesapeake - Deep Creek Bridge Replacement; 2025
Acciona CMS JV/NAVFAC EURAFCENT - P-P811 at Naval Station Rota, Spain; 2024
Accionia CMS JV/NAVFAC EURAFCENT - P-313 at Naval Station Rota, Spain; 2024
RQ Construction/OICC Florence/USMC - Hurricane Florence Recovery Packages 3, 6, and 2 at MCB Camp Lejeune, NC; 2024
Futron/US State Dept. - San Salvador U.S. Embassy Security Upgrades; 2024
Whiting-Turner/NAVFAC - Hurricane Sally Supplemental Package 1 at Naval Air Station, Pensacola, FL; 2024
Whiting-Turner/NAVFAC - P282 AHTH Flight Simulator Facility at Whiting Field, FL; 2024
RQ Construction/NAVFAC - P1027 CMV-22B Aircraft Maintenance Hangar & Airfield Improvements at Naval Station Norfolk, VA; 2024
Archer Western/USACE/City of Chesapeake - Deep Creek Bridge Replacement; 2024
Whiting-Turner/NAVFAC - Fire Crash Rescue Station at Joint Base Charleston, SC; 2024
Jacobs/GSA Region 3/Whiting-Turner Contracting Co. - Lewis F. Powell Jr. United States Courthouse, Richmond, VA; 2024
Sauer/NAVFAC/SSP/NAVSEA - Trident Training Facility Expansion Project Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, GA; 2024
Whiting-Turner/OICC Florence/USMC - Hurricane Florence Recovery Package #1 at MCB Camp Lejeune; 2024
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL)/INTECH Construction/SmithGroup/Jacobs - Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory Princeton Plasma Innovation Center; 2024
Hourigan Construction/NAVFAC/ACCLOGWING - P404 E2D Advanced Hawkeye Aircraft Training Facility at the Naval Station in Norfolk, VA; 2024
GSA Region 3/NASA Langley/Jacobs/B.L. Herbert International - Flight Dynamics Research Facility; 2024
Whiting-Turner/OICC Florence/USMC - Hurricane Florence Recovery Package #5 at MCB Camp Lejeune; 2024
Futron/NAVFAC - Courthouse Bay BEQ BB255 Repair at MCB Camp Lejeune; 2024
Futron/US State Dept. - San Salvador U.S. Embassy Security Upgrades; 2024
Dragados/NAVFAC EURAFCENT/Stakeholders - P-695 Joint Mobility Center Naval Station Rota, Spain; 2024
Ferrovial Construction/NAVFAC EURAFCENT/Stakeholders - P-716 In-Transit Munitions Facility Naval Station Rota, Spain; 2024
Sauer Construction/OICC Florence/USMC - Repair Nine Paradise Point BOQs at MCB Camp Lejeune, NC; 2024
Acciona CMS JV/NAVFAC EURAFCENT - P-620/P811 at Naval Station Rota, Spain; 2024
Accionia CMS JV/NAVFAC EURAFCENT - P-313 at Naval Station Rota, Spain; 2024
RQ Construction/NAVFAC - P1027 CMV-22B Aircraft Maintenance Hangar & Airfield Improvements at Naval Station Norfolk, VA; 2023
Hourigan/NAVFAC Midlant/Airborne Command & Central Logistics Wing in Virginia Beach, VA; 2023
NAVFAC/Sauer Construction - P170 Ordnance Facility Construction at Naval Weapons Station Yorktown, VA; 2023
Eiffage Infraestructuras/NAVFAC EURAFCENT/US Air Force - P014 Rapid Airfield Damage Repair Storage at Moron AB, Spain; 2023
GSA Region 3/NASA Langley/Jacobs/B.L. Herbert International - Flight Dynamics Research Facility; 2023
Military & Federal Construction/NAVFAC/USMC - Renovation of BEQ Bldg 512 at MCB Camp Lejeune, 2023
GSA Region 3/AECOM/Burchick Construction/DLR Group - Joseph F. Weis Jr. U.S. Courthouse in Pittsburgh, PA; 2023
Blue Rock Structures/NAVFAC/USMC - BEQ HP514 Renovation at MCB Camp Lejeune; 2023
Whiting-Turner/Plenty - Plenty 2 in Richmond, VA; 2023
Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU)/Hourigan - VCU Arts & Entertainment Center; 2023
Archer Western/USACE/City of Chesapeake - Deep Creek Bridge Replacement; 2023
Whiting-Turner/NAVFAC - Fire Crash Rescue Station at JB Charleston, SC; 2023
Whiting-Turner/OICC Florence/USMC - Hurricane Florence Recovery Package #5; 2023
Sauer Construction/NAVFAC - U.S. Coast Guard Multi-Use Complex at MCB Camp Lejeune; 2023
Jacobs/GSA Region 3/Whiting-Turner Contracting Co. - Lewis F. Powell Jr. United States Courthouse, Richmond, VA; 2023
Whiting-Turner/NAVFAC - NAS Whiting Field AHTS Facility construction; 2023
Sauer/GSA Region 4 - Martin Luther King Jr. Building Renovation in Atlanta, GA; 2023
Acciona CMS JV/NAVFAC EURAFCENT - P-620 Expeditionary Maintenance Facility at Naval Station Rota, Spain; 2023
Accionia CMS JV/NAVFAC EURAFCENT - P-313 MH-60R Base Improvements Project at Naval Station Rota, Spain; 2023
Ferrovial/NAVFAC EURAFCENT - EDI: Dangerous Cargo Pad - Moron Air Base, Spain; 2023
Johnson, Mirmirman & Thompson/GSA Region 2/Davis Brody Bond - U.S. Courthouse Annex in San Juan, PR; 2023
Grunley/USACE/National Defense University - Fort McNair Building 59 Renovation; 2023
Military & Federal Construction/NAVFAC/USMC - Repair BEQ FC530 at MCB Camp Lejeune; 2023
Sauer/NAVFAC/MCAS Cherry Point Unaccompanied Housing - Repairs and Improvements to BEQ 4198 and BEQ 4197 at MCAS Cherry Point, NC; 2023
Whiting-Turner Contracting Co./NAVFAC/USMC - Hurricane Florence Recovery Package #1 at MCAS Cherry Point, NC; 2023
Sauer/NAVFAC/MARSOC - P-1394 Phase B Boat & Vehicle Maintenance and Storage Facilities at MCB Camp Lejeune, NC; 2023
Military & Federal Construction/NAVFAC - Repair BEQ FC530 at MCB Camp Lejeune, NC; 2023
Korte/NAVFAC - JB Charleston Consolidated Storage Distribution Center; 2023
GSA Region 2/AECOM/Jacobs/Consigli/HSI-ICE - 201 Varick ICE-HSI Backfill Project Partnering Workshop; 2023
Military & Federal Construction/NAVFAC/USMC - SOI-E Communications/Electronic PEB at Camp Geiger; 2023
GSA Region 3/NASA Langley/Jacobs/B.L. Herbert International - Flight Dynamics Research Facility; 2023
Sauer/NAVFAC/USMC - Airfield Center Mat Runway Repairs at MCAS Cherry Point; 2023
B.L. Harbert International/NAVFAC Southeast - MQ-9 Facilities at Shaw Air Force Base; 2023
RQ Construction/NAVFAC Midlant/NSA Hampton Roads - Replace Building NH-95 Substations A through L at Naval Support Activity Hampton Roads partnering kick-off workshop; 2022
Whiting-Turner Contracting Co./NAVFAC/USMC - Hurricane Florence Recovery Package #5 at MCB Camp Lejeune; 2022
Hourigan/NAVFAC Midlant/Airborne Command & Central Logistics Wing in Virginia Beach, VA; 2022
Futron/NAVFAC/USMC - Courthouse Bay BEQ BB255 Repair at MCB Camp Lejeune; 2022
GSA Region 2/KSP/Jacobs/Turner Construction/U.S. Attorneys Office - Mollo Design Assist CMc; 2022
NAVFAC EURAFCENT/ACCIONA CMS JV - P-313 Base Improvements Project at Naval Station Rota, Spain; 2022
NAVFAC/Whiting-Turner/628 Civil Engineering Squadron - Fire Crash Rescue Station at JB Charleston, NC; 2022
GSA Region 2 /KSP/Jacobs/Volmar Construction/U.S. Attorneys Office - 26 Federal Plaza Tenant Fitout; 2022
NAVFAC/RQ Construction Magann JV - P-095 Replacing the Submarine Pier 3 at Naval Station Norfolk, VA; 2022
NAVFAC/Military & Federal Construction - Repair BEQ HP504 at MCB Camp Lejeune, NC; 2022
NAVFAC EURAFSWA/NAVFAC LANT/Ferrovial Construction/Port Operations - P785 Small Craft Berthing at NAVSTA Rota, Spain; 2022
NAVFAC/Archer Wester Construction/USMC - MCB Camp Lejeune Hurricane Florence Recovery Package #4; 2022
NAVFAC/Whiting-Turner/USMC Hurricane Florence Recovery Package #1 at MCAS Cherry Point, NC; 2022
NAVFAC/Whiting Turner Contracting Co - MCB Camp Lejeune Hurricane Florence Recovery Package #5; 2022
NAVFAC (OICC Florence)/Archer Western Construction/USMC - MCB Camp Lejeune Hurricane Florence Recovery Package #4 in Jacksonville, NC; 2022
GSA Region 3/NASA Langley/Jacobs/B.L. Harbert - New Flight Dynamics Research Facility at the NASA Langley Research Facility in Hampton, VA; 2022
NAVFAC Midlant/Hourigan Construction/Airborne Command & Central Logistics Wing in Virginia Beach, VA; 2022
NAVFAC EURAFSWA/Acciona/CMS Joint Venture/Naval Construction Force Seabeas - P-620 and P-811 Rota, Spain; 2022
NAVFAC/Mechworks/USMC - Replace Mechanical Barriers at MCB Camp Lejeune, NC; 2022
NAVFAC/Whiting-Turner/USMC Hurricane Florence Recovery Package #1 at MCAS Cherry Point, NC; 2022
GSA Region 3/NASA Langley/Jacobs/B.L. Harbert - New Flight Dynamics Research Facility - NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA; 2022
GSA Region 5/MGA Partners & AECOM/Jacobs/Whiting-Turner - Celebrezze VBA Renovation and Backfill Project in Cleveland, OH; 2022
USACE Baltimore District/Grunley Construction/Joint Base Myer Henderson Hall/US Army’s ”Old Guard”) - Barracks 248 Renovation at Joint Base Fort Myer; 2021
NAVFAC/Whiting-Turner Contracting Co. - MCB Camp Lejeune P4040 French Creek Ambulatory Care Clinic; 2021
NAVFAC/Archer Western Construction - MCB Camp Lejeune Hurricane Florence Recovery Package 4 Design-Build; 2021
GSA Region 3/NASA Langley/Jacobs/B.L. Harbert - New Flight Dynamics Research Facility at the NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA; 2021
USACE Fort Worth District/Sauer Construction - Fort Polk, LA Barracks Renovation; 2021
NAVFAC/Whiting Turner Contracting Co - MCB Camp Lejeune Hurricane Florence Recovery Package 5; 2021
NAVFAC/Whiting-Turner Contracting Co. - MCAS Cherry Point F-35 B Vertical Lift Fan Test Facility; 2021
NAVFAC/Whiting Turner Contracting Co - MCAS Cherry Point Hurricane Florence Recovery Package 1; 2021
GSA Region 2/Homeland Security Investigations - Immigration and Customs Enforcement/AECOM/Jacobs - Varick St. NYC Pre-Construction/Design Phase; 2021
GSA Region 2/Krueck Sexton Partners/United States Attorney’s Office/Jacobs - Silvio J. Mollo & Jacob Javits Federal Buildings; 2021
GSA Region 2/Veterans Benefits Association, Integrated Construction Enterprises, Dattner/Jacobs - Varick St. NYC VBA Consolidation Project; 2021
NAVFAC/Sauer Construction - NWS Yorktown, VA P169 NMC Ordnance Facilities Recapitalization; 2021
GSA Region 2/Krueck Sexton Partners/United States Attorney’s Office/Jacobs - Silvio J. Mollo & Jacob Javits Federal Buildings; 2021
GSA Region 5/MGA Partners Team/Jacobs - Celebrezze VBA Renovation and Backfill Project in Cleveland, OH; 2021
NAVFAC SE/The Korte Co./Defense Health Agency/Air Force - JB Charleston Consolidated Storage and Distribution Center; 2021
NAVFAC/Whiting Turner Contracting Co - MCB Camp Lejeune Hurricane Florence Recovery Package 5; 2020
NAVFAC/Korte Co. and RSP Architects/Air Force - JB Charleston Consolidated Storage and Distribution Center; 2020
NAVFAC/Archer Western Construction - MCB Camp Lejeune Hurricane Florence Recovery Package 4; 2020
NAVFAC/Sacyr Construcciòn - Navy Lodge Expansion, Rota, Spain; 2019
GSA Region 5/MGA Partners Team/Jacobs - Celebrezze VBA Renovation and Backfill Project in Cleveland, OH; 2019
GSA Region 3/NASA Langley/Jacobs - New Flight Dynamics Research Facility at the NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, FA; 2019
NAVFAC/Korte Co. - P403 Recruit Reconditioning Center and Barracks Renovation, Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island, SC; 2019
NAVFAC EURAFSWA/US Army Corps of Engineers Partnering Training for the Bahrain MILCON program - Bahrain; 2019
NAVFAC/Sacyr Construcciòn - Navy Lodge Expansion, Rota, Spain; 2018
NAVFAC/QBS Inc. - EXU-1 Renovation, Building 900; Naval Support Activity South Potomac, Indian Head, MD; 2017
NAVFAC/Constructora San Jose - Elementary and High School Additions; Rota, Spain; 2016
NAVFAC/Sacyr Constucción - Navy Lodge Expansion; Rota, Spain; 2016
NAVFAC EURAFSWA/US Army Corps of Engineers Partnering Training for the Bahrain MILCON program - Bahrain; 2016
NAVFAC, Navy Gateway Inn and Suites, and Korte Company - Navy Gateway Inn and Suites at the Naval Station in Newport, RI; 2015
NAVFAC/U.S. Naval War College/H.V. Collins Company PW - Hewitt Hall Renovation; 2014
NAVFAC, NEXCOM, and J.B. Ballard Construction Company PW - JEB Little Creek Navy Lodge Expansion; 2013
Multiple components of the U.S. Air Force, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and Watermark
Environmental Co. for design and construction of the Hanscom Air Force Base Mental Health Clinic addition; 2012
NAVFAC/Watermark - P-485, NAVSTA Newport Naval Academy Preparatory School Renovation; 2011
NAVFAC/Absher Construction Company - P-451, NAVSTA NEWPORT Officer Training Command Quarters design-build project; 2011
NAVFAC/Watermark - P-485, NAVSTA Newport Naval Academy Preparatory School Renovation; 2011
Clark County Water Reclamation District, Whiting-Turner Contracting, LAN Design-Build Contracting Team Follow-Up PW - Las Vegas Primary Effluent Pump Station Phase III; 2009
NAVFAC/Lejeune Support Services, MCB Camp Lejeune Base Support Contract; 2008
Clark County Water Reclamation District, Whiting-Turner Contracting Co. and LAN (Design-Build Contracting Team) - Las Vegas Primary Effluent Pump Station Phase III; 2008
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Whiting-Turner Contracting Co. - Las Vegas, NV; VA Medical Center Foundation Package; 2007
NAVFAC/Lejeune Support Services - MCB Camp Lejeune Base Support Contract; 2006
City of Wilmington/C. Construction & L.C. Gaskins; 2006
NAVFAC Washington/Forrester Construction - DIA Generator Replacement; 2006
NAVFAC NLON and TGS-Triton - Design-Build of Security Gates #3 & #5; 2006
NAVFAC Washington/Forrester Construction - DIA Generator Replacement; 2006
NAVFAC/NEXCOM/Whiting-Turner Contracting Co. - NAVSTA Norfolk Navy Lodge; 2005
NAVFAC/Abhe & Svoboda - NCTS Cutler, Maine Towers’ Refurbishment; 2005
NAVFAC/Whiting-Turner Contracting Co. - Indian Head D-327 and Command Center; 2005
City of Wilmington/C. Construction & L.C. Gaskins - new Police Station; 2005
NAVSTA Brunswick Construction; 2005
Camp Lejeune/Global Construction - Camp Geiger Armory; 2005
NAFAC/W.M. Schlosser - Dam Neck Building 355 Renovation; 2005
NAVFAC/Forrester Construction - Washington Navy Yard Commandant’s Office; 2005
NAVFAC/W.M. Schlosser - Dam Neck Building 355 Renovation; 2004
NAVFAC/W.M. Schlosser - Dam Neck Building 355 Renovation; 2004
Ft. Meade/Forrester Construction – New Dining Facility; 2004
NAVFAC/Whiting-Turner Contracting Co. - Indian Head D-327 and Command Center; 2004
NAVFAC/Volmar Construction - Naval Dental Clinic; 2004
NAVFAC/Korte Construction - NAPS BEQ; 2004
NAVFAC/Volmar Construction - Naval Dental Clinic; 2004
NAVFAC/W.M. Schlosser - Naval Support Activity Gate 10 Improvements; 2004
Fairfax County Water Authority/Whiting-Turner Contracting Co.; 2004
NAVFAC/W.M. Schlosser - Dam Neck Building 355 Renovation; 2004
NAVFAC/W.M. Schlosser - Naval Support Activity Gate 10 Improvements; 2004
NAVFAC/W.M. Schlosser - NAB Little Creek Bachelor Quarters Renovations; 2004
NAVFAC/Volmar Construction - NAVSTA Brunswick, ME Housing Phase III; 2003
NAVFAC/Whiting-Turner - NAVSTA Newport, RI Child Development Center; 2003
NAVFAC/Integrated Technology Construction Corp. - Great Lakes Vehicle Inspection Facility and Security Gates Upgrade; 2003
NAVFAC/Whiting-Turner - NAVSTA Newport, RI Police/Fire/Security/Gates Center; 2003
Fairfax County Water Authority/Whiting-Turner Contracting Co.; 2003
NAVFAC/Hourigan Construction Co. - NAB Little Creek Personnel Support Facility; 2003
NAVFAC/Whiting-Turner - Washington Navy Yard Band Building Renovation; 2003
NAVFAC/Whiting-Turner - Quantico Hochmuth Hall Renovation; 2003
NAVFAC/Technology Construction Corp. - Great Lakes Vehicle Maintenance Facility;2003
NAVFAC/W.M. Schlosser - NAB Little Creek Combined Bachelor Quarters (Building 3603) Repairs and Renovations; 2003
NAVFAC/S.B. Ballard Construction - NAB Little Creek Waterfront Operations Facility; 2003
NAVFAC/Biscayne Contractors, Inc. for the Quantico Fire and Rescue Station; 2003
NAVFAC/U.S. Department of the Air Force/Whiting-Turner - Andrews Air Force Base East Runway Repairs; 2003
NAVFAC/W.M. Schlosser - NAB Little Creek Combined Bachelor Quarters (Building 3603) Repairs and Renovations; 2002
NAVFAC/Triton Marine Construction/Energy Resources Group - NLON Power Plant Repairs; 2002
NAVFAC/C. Construction Co. - Camp Johnson Academic Facility; 2002
NAVFAC/Blue Rock Structures - Camp Lejeune Engineering Equipment Shop; 2002
DESIGN CHARRETTES/CDWS
NAVFAC/NAVSEA/Whitman, Requardt & Associates, P713 A School BEQ Replacement Naval Station Great Lakes, Great Lakes, IL; 2025
NAVFAC/NAVSEA/Whitman, Requardt & Associates, DDG(X) / FFG-62 Energy Campus Design Charrette in Philadelphia, PA; 2024
NAVFAC/NAVSEA/Whitman, Requardt & Associates, FFG-62 Land Based Engineering Site (LBES) Repair Package Design Charrette in Philadelphia, PA; 2022
NAVFAC/Archer Western Construction - MCB Camp Lejeune Hurricane Florence Recovery Package 4 Concept Design Workshop; 2020
NAVFAC/NAVSEA/Whitman, Requardt & Associates, P-758 Machinery Control Development Center, Philadelphia Navy Yard Concept Design Workshop; 2019
NAVFAC, EXU-1, QBS, Inc. of Alliance, Ohio and Brandstetter Carroll - EXU-1 Renovation, Building 900; Naval Support Activity South Potomac, Indian Head, MD; 2017
NAVFAC, NAVSEA, Whitman, Requardt & Associates, P-106 - NFSC Philadelphia Navy Yard; 2017
NAVFAC, Navy Gateway Inn and Suites, and Korte Company Concept Design Workshop (CDW) - Navy Gateway Inn and Suites; 2015
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