Last January we
reported on an expansion of public design build programs in New
York as a result of legislation arising out of Governor Cuomo's
budget for 2012. At that time, New York expanded the number
of agencies that were permitted to utilize design build procurement
from two to five. Now with the Governor's proposed
2013 Budget, the design build method will be made available to
virtually all state entities, with the only exceptions being
the New York City university and New York State university
systems.
Of perhaps even greater interest is the current proposed
legislation's introduction of "design build finance"
as an available capital procurement method. This device,
which may entail use of private and public funds, or perhaps a
combination of same, will be available to the same broad range of
state public entities as design build will be.
