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From the time the bid for construction was granted, the interchange had to be completed no more than 304 days. The South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT) had never used the design build process, so this would be a new contruction procedure for the state. The reason they elected to use the design build process, is that they all agreed to meet a demanding deadline, a desgin build would allow the project to go must faster and give the South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT) a chance to pick the lowest bidder. The only negative delema they would encounter was that the design team must invest a great deal of time and expense. But the biggest problem is that the design build contractor would be chosen prior to a complete package being completed. The winning team that was awareded the project was also the highest at around 9 million dollars. But the South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT) knew that if the job wasn’t completed