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Location
Lexington, Kentucky
Start Date
7-5-2026 8:30 AM
End Date
7-5-2026 9:00 AM
Description
This presentation shares lessons learned on an ash pond dig-and-haul project delivered by a design-build team with CTI providing engineering and Fisher Contracting delivering construction services. CTI and Fisher Contracting will discuss how they formed their partnership, what makes a good teaming arrangement work, and the challenges that come with working closely together. This team has worked side by side from early design through construction, which has helped cut costs and keep the project on schedule. The talk will show how the partners divide tasks, then adjust roles as needed instead of locking into a fixed plan. In some cases, selected subcontractors are shifted between scopes to increase efficiency, reduce downtime, and keep critical work moving. Day-to-day coordination in the field has improved problem solving and reduced rework, demonstrating how a flexible, team-focused design-build approach can deliver better results on large ash pond closure jobs.
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Building Better Partnerships: Design-Build Lessons from the Ash Pond Closure Front Lines
Lexington, Kentucky
This presentation shares lessons learned on an ash pond dig-and-haul project delivered by a design-build team with CTI providing engineering and Fisher Contracting delivering construction services. CTI and Fisher Contracting will discuss how they formed their partnership, what makes a good teaming arrangement work, and the challenges that come with working closely together. This team has worked side by side from early design through construction, which has helped cut costs and keep the project on schedule. The talk will show how the partners divide tasks, then adjust roles as needed instead of locking into a fixed plan. In some cases, selected subcontractors are shifted between scopes to increase efficiency, reduce downtime, and keep critical work moving. Day-to-day coordination in the field has improved problem solving and reduced rework, demonstrating how a flexible, team-focused design-build approach can deliver better results on large ash pond closure jobs.
