DBIA TEST COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE
WITH SOLUTIONS
◉ 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
◉ traditional design build.
Answer: 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.
Answer: 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.
,Answer: describe the end result
◉ bridging documents.
Answer: prescribes how to achieve the end result
◉ design bid build paradigm.
Answer: 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
◉ design details responsibility.
Answer: 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
◉ uniformat.
, Answer: 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
◉ masterformat.
Answer: subdivides work by results/trades, focuses on building
materials, products, and activities, useful for detailed information
during final design and construction phases, and aligns with detailed
estimating
◉ functional requirement.
Answer: a specific business need or behavior as seen by an external
user of the system; describe what functions/operations the end
product must perform/accommodate; examples: regulatory,
permitting, economic, and others that define functions and
operational capability. "Build an office building on my existing lot to
provide office space for 1,000 workers"
◉ performance requirement.
Answer: describes what product(s) components must do/achieve
with a measurement metric; challenges: developing objective and
definable standards to validate performance, tendency to drift to
prescriptive specs; examples: uniformat C10, interior construction.
"Provide durable, paintable interior walls between the offices with
STC 35 (min)"
WITH SOLUTIONS
◉ 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
◉ traditional design build.
Answer: 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.
Answer: 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.
,Answer: describe the end result
◉ bridging documents.
Answer: prescribes how to achieve the end result
◉ design bid build paradigm.
Answer: 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
◉ design details responsibility.
Answer: 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
◉ uniformat.
, Answer: 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
◉ masterformat.
Answer: subdivides work by results/trades, focuses on building
materials, products, and activities, useful for detailed information
during final design and construction phases, and aligns with detailed
estimating
◉ functional requirement.
Answer: a specific business need or behavior as seen by an external
user of the system; describe what functions/operations the end
product must perform/accommodate; examples: regulatory,
permitting, economic, and others that define functions and
operational capability. "Build an office building on my existing lot to
provide office space for 1,000 workers"
◉ performance requirement.
Answer: describes what product(s) components must do/achieve
with a measurement metric; challenges: developing objective and
definable standards to validate performance, tendency to drift to
prescriptive specs; examples: uniformat C10, interior construction.
"Provide durable, paintable interior walls between the offices with
STC 35 (min)"
