One Man's Reasons to Use Design-Build

Glenn Ebersole, P.E., is a marketing guy at Hollenbach Construction Inc., in Boyertown, PA  (northwest of Philadelphia).  Here's his sales pitch for Design-Build:

(I've edited out a lot of "strategic thinking response" marketing speech references, leaving us with two): 

Reflecting upon more than 30 years’ experience with Design-Build, I am offering five major reasons why owners and design and construction professionals choose a Design-Build project delivery system:

(1) There is a greater focus on quality control and  ...  project innovations can be uniquely developed by integrating the skills of the designer and contractor.

(2) It saves time and money through the use of a strategic thinking ...from the start of the project. Early contractor involvement ... enhances the constructability of the plans... enables fast-tracking of the design and construction... (allows for) continuous cost updates using construction costs from current projects and communication efficiencies and integration between design, construction engineering and construction team members throughout the schedule.

(3) It ... minimiz(es) the probability of adversarial relationships and potential legal issues. Fewer change- and extra-work orders result from more complete field data and earlier identification and elimination of design errors or omissions that might otherwise show up during the construction phase.

(4) It provides a strategic thinking response to demands for risk management. ...

(5) It provides ... the ultimate level of flexibility through a truly integrated team that is able to take on very challenging and complex building projects.