DBIA Test Study Guide with Complete Solutions

DBIA Test Study Guide with Complete 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) Procurement Method - Answer-how team members are selected (QBS, best value, low price, sole source) contracting approach - Answer-how team members are paid (fp, gmp, cost reimbursement, target price, unit price) Design-Bid-Build (DBB) - Answer-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 - Answer-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 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 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 EMILLECT 2024/2025 ACADEMIC YEAR ©2024 EMILLECT. 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Page 2/15 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 Multiple Prime Contracting - Answer-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) - 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 public-private partnership (p3) - Answer-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 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 EMILLECT 2024/2025 ACADEMIC YEAR ©2024 EMILLECT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. FIRST PUBLISH OCTOBER 2024. Page 3/15 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 EMILLECT 2024/2025 ACADEMIC YEAR ©2024 EMILLECT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. FIRST PUBLISH OCTOBER 2024. Page 4/15 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)" prescriptive requirement - Answer-describes in terms of exactly how the product and/or its components must be built; cookbook approach; developed by the design builder but used by owners in the RFP/bridging documents for operability or maintenance needs and conditions of permits or third parties; examples: uniformat C10, partitions. "Install gypsum wallboard on 3-5/8" metal studs at 16" on center with XX acoustical insulation per YY standards." shortlisting - Answer-takes the best of "qualified" teams; a key to design-build success; not the same as prequalifying or pass/fail; keeping this small increases interest among the best teams and minimizes procurement costs for everyone including the owner competitive procurement process - Answer-owners de