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Architect-led design–build

Okay kiddo, have you ever built a tower with blocks? It's like that, but with bigger buildings.

When people want to build a big building, they usually hire an architect to design it. The architect draws pictures and makes plans for how the building should look and how it should be built. And then they give those plans to a construction company, who builds the building according to the plans.

But sometimes people want the architect to be more involved in the construction process. They want the architect to help choose the construction company and to make sure that the building is being built the way it should be. So they use something called architect-led design-build.

In architect-led design-build, the architect not only designs the building, but also manages the construction process. The architect works with the construction company to make sure that everything is going according to plan. This means that the architect can make changes and fix problems along the way, instead of waiting until the end of the project to fix things.

So, architect-led design-build is like building a tower with blocks, where the person who designs the tower also helps build it and make sure it's built correctly. It's a way to make sure that everything goes smoothly and that the building turns out just the way it was supposed to.
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