DBIA Test Questions and Answers 2024 with complete
solution
How team members are organized, establishes when parties engage, determines
roles of parties, and determines sequence of design, procurement, and construction
(db, cmar, dbb) - ANSWER Project Delivery System
how team members are selected (QBS, best value, low price, sole source) -
ANSWER Procurement Method
how team members are paid (fp, gmp, cost reimbursement, target price, unit price) -
ANSWER contracting approach
linear, sequential process, A/E selected on qualifications, 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 - ANSWER
Design-Bid-Build (DBB)
similar org structure to DBB, construction manager selected by QBS or best value,
contractor provides precon services, negotiated gmp 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 - ANSWER construction manager at risk
The owner contracts with one entity (a person or firm) to provide both design and
construction services, designer and contractor have a direct contractual 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 - ANSWER Design-
Build
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 -
ANSWER engineer procure construct (epc)
owner contracts with multiple trade contractors, attributes are typically similar to dbb,
owner's ability to schedule and coordinate the work - ANSWER Multiple Prime
Contracting
, 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 - ANSWER Integrated Project Delivery (IPD)
Instead of government building and maintaining 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 - ANSWER public-private partnership
(p3)
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 - ANSWER shift left
typically two-phase best value procurement with lump sum contract; owner defines
project requirements and scope of prescriptive work; use of performance-based
technical requirements with limited prescriptive specifications - ANSWER
traditional design build
design and price are progressively developed after the design-builder is under
contract; final project cost and schedule commitment is not established as part of the
selection process; two phases: preliminary services and final design and
construction services - ANSWER progressive design build
describe the end result - ANSWER criteria documents
prescribes how to achieve the end result - ANSWER bridging documents
prior to bidding, owner undertakes a process to design the project and all of its
details to 100% complete plans and specs. the owner is therefore responsible for
success or failure of details of the design, and warrants the sufficiency of design to
the contractor. the owner is therefore liable to the contractor for any gaps between
plans and specifications and owner's requirements for project performance -
ANSWER design bid build paradigm
the owner should define its performance requirements and award the contract on the
basis of preliminary design; this makes the design-builder responsible for completing
the design in accordance with the owner's performance requirements. that also
causes the design-builder to warrant the sufficiency of the design to meet the
owner's criteria and the sufficiency of the design to subcontractors/suppliers that
have no design responsibility - ANSWER design details responsibility
subdivides project by functional elements, focuses on systems and assemblies,
useful for preliminary information and early design phases, aligns with BIM models
and conceptual estimating - ANSWER uniformat
solution
How team members are organized, establishes when parties engage, determines
roles of parties, and determines sequence of design, procurement, and construction
(db, cmar, dbb) - ANSWER Project Delivery System
how team members are selected (QBS, best value, low price, sole source) -
ANSWER Procurement Method
how team members are paid (fp, gmp, cost reimbursement, target price, unit price) -
ANSWER contracting approach
linear, sequential process, A/E selected on qualifications, 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 - ANSWER
Design-Bid-Build (DBB)
similar org structure to DBB, construction manager selected by QBS or best value,
contractor provides precon services, negotiated gmp 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 - ANSWER construction manager at risk
The owner contracts with one entity (a person or firm) to provide both design and
construction services, designer and contractor have a direct contractual 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 - ANSWER Design-
Build
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 -
ANSWER engineer procure construct (epc)
owner contracts with multiple trade contractors, attributes are typically similar to dbb,
owner's ability to schedule and coordinate the work - ANSWER Multiple Prime
Contracting
, 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 - ANSWER Integrated Project Delivery (IPD)
Instead of government building and maintaining 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 - ANSWER public-private partnership
(p3)
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 - ANSWER shift left
typically two-phase best value procurement with lump sum contract; owner defines
project requirements and scope of prescriptive work; use of performance-based
technical requirements with limited prescriptive specifications - ANSWER
traditional design build
design and price are progressively developed after the design-builder is under
contract; final project cost and schedule commitment is not established as part of the
selection process; two phases: preliminary services and final design and
construction services - ANSWER progressive design build
describe the end result - ANSWER criteria documents
prescribes how to achieve the end result - ANSWER bridging documents
prior to bidding, owner undertakes a process to design the project and all of its
details to 100% complete plans and specs. the owner is therefore responsible for
success or failure of details of the design, and warrants the sufficiency of design to
the contractor. the owner is therefore liable to the contractor for any gaps between
plans and specifications and owner's requirements for project performance -
ANSWER design bid build paradigm
the owner should define its performance requirements and award the contract on the
basis of preliminary design; this makes the design-builder responsible for completing
the design in accordance with the owner's performance requirements. that also
causes the design-builder to warrant the sufficiency of the design to meet the
owner's criteria and the sufficiency of the design to subcontractors/suppliers that
have no design responsibility - ANSWER design details responsibility
subdivides project by functional elements, focuses on systems and assemblies,
useful for preliminary information and early design phases, aligns with BIM models
and conceptual estimating - ANSWER uniformat
