# The Impact of Project Delivery

**URL:** <https://community.blackspectacles.com/t/the-impact-of-project-delivery/7867>\
**Category:** Construction & Evaluation\
**Tags:** are-live, help\
**Created:** [July 8, 2026, 12:34am UTC](https://community.blackspectacles.com/t/the-impact-of-project-delivery/7867 "2026-07-08T00:34:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![rolandojoseph77](https://blackspectacles.com/uploads/images/21.png) [@rolandojoseph77](https://community.blackspectacles.com/u/rolandojoseph77)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2026, 12:34am UTC](https://community.blackspectacles.com/t/the-impact-of-project-delivery/7867/1 "2026-07-08T00:34:14Z")

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Can you explain why Bridging is a variant of Design-Build, when in DB there is no bidding, but in Bridging, the owner uses the plans to solicit bids?

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**Author:** ![kiaragalicinao](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/community.blackspectacles.com/kiaragalicinao/32/1607_2.png) [@kiaragalicinao](https://community.blackspectacles.com/u/kiaragalicinao)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2026, 8:34pm UTC](https://community.blackspectacles.com/t/the-impact-of-project-delivery/7867/2 "2026-08-11T20:34:03Z")

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@rolandojoseph77 Great question! Bridging is considered a variant of design-build because the owner ultimately contracts with a single design-builder for both final design and construction. The difference is that the owner first hires a separate architect to develop preliminary “bridging” documents, which are then used to solicit competitive proposals from design-build teams. So, bidding/proposals can still occur; the key distinction is who holds responsibility for completing the design and construction.

Hope this helps!

Kiara Galicinao, AIA, NCARB  
Product Coordinator  
**[Black Spectacles](https://www.blackspectacles.com/en-us/)**