DBIA TEST Questions and Answers
1.Project Delivery System
Answer How team members are organized, establishes when parties
engage, determines roles of parties, and determines sequence of
design, procurement, and construction (db, cmar, dbb)
2.Procurement Method
Answer how team members are selected (QBS, best value, low price,
sole source)
3.contracting approach
Answer how team members are paid (fp, gmp, cost reimburse- ment,
target price, unit price)
4.Design-Bid-Build (DBB)
Answer linear, sequential process, A/E selected on qualifi- cations,
GC selected on low price, design is fully completed without input
from GC, A/E acting in owner's interests, with a historically strong
bond, process is well-established and understood
5.construction manager at risk
Answer similar org structure to DBB, construction man- ager selected by
QBS or best value, contractor provides precon services, negotiated gmp
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,contracting approach, open book estimating process, potential to fast
track project, construction cost determined before design completed,
potential issues over what is reasonably inferable from gmp design
documents
6.Design-Build
Answer The owner contracts with one entity (a person or firm) to
provide both design and construction services, designer and contractor
have a direct con- tractual relationship, selected by QBS or best value,
wide spectrum of contracting approaches and organizational
structures, single point responsibility, owner does not manage
designer, owner exposure to claims is significantly reduced
7.engineer procure construct (epc)
Answer similar to design build, in industrial and power generation
sectors, systems and performance testing are central to scope,
contractor will typically perform engineering with its in-house staff,
owner has need for single point responsibility, contracts include plant
and process performance guarantees, contract items include
performance and schedule liquidated damages and limitations of
liability
8.Multiple Prime Contracting
Answer owner contracts with multiple trade contractors, attributes are
typically similar to dbb, owner's ability to schedule and coordinate the
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, work
9.Integrated Project Delivery (IPD)
Answer multi-party agreement - all parties equal, QBS procurement and
target pricing contract approach, private sector use (limited at this
time), key
owner's ability to accept risk
10.public-private partnership (p3)
Answer Instead of government building and main- taining major
infrastructure (such as highway, water treatment plant), build and
maintenance is outsourced to a private company. Opposed by public
sector unions. this is not considered a delivery system but its underlying
approaches are delivery systems and typically use DB. multiple
procurement and contracting approaches
11.shift left
Answer intense efforts to establish scope early in the process; drives
early team formation to include key trade subcontractors; can enable
big decisions to be made early, affect project outcomes at lowest cost,
establish a need for co-location and collaboration, and compress time
during concurrent design and construction
12.traditional design build
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1.Project Delivery System
Answer How team members are organized, establishes when parties
engage, determines roles of parties, and determines sequence of
design, procurement, and construction (db, cmar, dbb)
2.Procurement Method
Answer how team members are selected (QBS, best value, low price,
sole source)
3.contracting approach
Answer how team members are paid (fp, gmp, cost reimburse- ment,
target price, unit price)
4.Design-Bid-Build (DBB)
Answer linear, sequential process, A/E selected on qualifi- cations,
GC selected on low price, design is fully completed without input
from GC, A/E acting in owner's interests, with a historically strong
bond, process is well-established and understood
5.construction manager at risk
Answer similar org structure to DBB, construction man- ager selected by
QBS or best value, contractor provides precon services, negotiated gmp
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,contracting approach, open book estimating process, potential to fast
track project, construction cost determined before design completed,
potential issues over what is reasonably inferable from gmp design
documents
6.Design-Build
Answer The owner contracts with one entity (a person or firm) to
provide both design and construction services, designer and contractor
have a direct con- tractual relationship, selected by QBS or best value,
wide spectrum of contracting approaches and organizational
structures, single point responsibility, owner does not manage
designer, owner exposure to claims is significantly reduced
7.engineer procure construct (epc)
Answer similar to design build, in industrial and power generation
sectors, systems and performance testing are central to scope,
contractor will typically perform engineering with its in-house staff,
owner has need for single point responsibility, contracts include plant
and process performance guarantees, contract items include
performance and schedule liquidated damages and limitations of
liability
8.Multiple Prime Contracting
Answer owner contracts with multiple trade contractors, attributes are
typically similar to dbb, owner's ability to schedule and coordinate the
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, work
9.Integrated Project Delivery (IPD)
Answer multi-party agreement - all parties equal, QBS procurement and
target pricing contract approach, private sector use (limited at this
time), key
owner's ability to accept risk
10.public-private partnership (p3)
Answer Instead of government building and main- taining major
infrastructure (such as highway, water treatment plant), build and
maintenance is outsourced to a private company. Opposed by public
sector unions. this is not considered a delivery system but its underlying
approaches are delivery systems and typically use DB. multiple
procurement and contracting approaches
11.shift left
Answer intense efforts to establish scope early in the process; drives
early team formation to include key trade subcontractors; can enable
big decisions to be made early, affect project outcomes at lowest cost,
establish a need for co-location and collaboration, and compress time
during concurrent design and construction
12.traditional design build
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