U.S. construction industry has some of the best managers in the world. They must manage the creative process, owner demands, tight budgets, tough schedules, changing materials prices and site conditions, myriad subcontractors and suppliers, and even the weather, often on razor thin margins. Unlike much of American industry, every construction project is unique and the faces, personalities, and management styles of partners in the process change from job to job.

This wealth of management talent has led inevitably to the mainstreaming of what has been called alternate project delivery. Clients now expect the entire project or their entire program to be managed, allowing for efficiencies to be realized across the traditional lines that that marked the phases of a project.