California now permits academy dis...

California now permits academy districts to utilize design-build throw delivery, joining eight other states with specific legislation that allows this format to be used in the public education sector. Fifteen additional states have broad public agency authority to use design-build, according to the Design-Build Institute of America.

California's novel law authorizes school districts to set in into a single contract for the design and construction of gymnasiums costing more than $10 million. In awarding contracts, officials may now take into account factors other than price. The law