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Project Delivery System

How team members are organized, establishes when parties engage, determines roles of parties, and
determines sequence of design, procurement, and construction (db, cmar, dbb)




Procurement Method

how team members are selected (QBS, best value, low price, sole source)




contracting approach

how team members are paid (fp, gmp, cost reimbursement, target price, unit price)




Design-Bid-Build (DBB)

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




construction manager at risk

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




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Design-Build

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




engineer procure construct (epc)

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




Multiple Prime Contracting

owner contracts with multiple trade contractors, attributes are typically similar to dbb, owner's ability to
schedule and coordinate the work




Integrated Project Delivery (IPD)

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




public-private partnership (p3)

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




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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




traditional design build

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




progressive 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




criteria documents

describe the end result




bridging documents

prescribes how to achieve the end result




design bid build paradigm

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
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