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Building Systems Final exam |||||| |||||| |||||| ||||||




with correct detailed solutions |||||| |||||| ||||||




Who has authority to issue a change order?
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A. Owner
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B. Architect
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C. Engineer
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D. Contractor
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E. All of the above
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F. None - Correct answer ✔F. None
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They can all propose a change order, but they all have to agree on it to get it issued.
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What does O&M stand for? - Correct answer ✔Operation and Maitenance
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What does RFI stand for? - Correct answer ✔Request for Information
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What does DD stand for? - Correct answer ✔Design Development
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What does CM stand for? - Correct answer ✔Construction Management
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What does GMP stand for? - Correct answer ✔Guaranteed Maximum Price
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What does BIM stand for? - Correct answer ✔Building Information Modeling
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Building goals - Correct answer ✔Minimize environment impact
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Economics

Occupant satisfaction or meeting process needs |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ||||||




Visual - Correct answer ✔Image: color, shape, size, placement
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Performance - Correct answer ✔Shared function |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ||||||




Physical - Correct answer ✔Shared: space, volume, connection, fit
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Goals of Inegration - Correct answer ✔Visual
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Performance

Physical



Design-Bid-Build (DBB) - Correct answer ✔Simpler projects that are budget sensitive, not |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ||||||




schedule sensitive ||||||




Advantages of DBB - Correct answer ✔Competitive process |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ||||||




Familiar process ||||||




Defines stages and roles |||||| |||||| ||||||




Disadvantaged of DBB - Correct answer ✔Risk by owner (early investment) |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ||||||




Long time table
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High potential for change orders
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No contract input
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Design Build (DB) - Correct answer ✔Time sensitive projects, reduces need for user input
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Advantages of DB - Correct answer ✔Faster |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ||||||




One contract for owner
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Price known early |||||| ||||||




Coordination during design |||||| ||||||




Disadvantages of DB - Correct answer ✔Lowest price is unknown |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ||||||




Owner must provide very clear expectations
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Incentive to compute faster and for less money
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One contract to owner
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Construction Management @ Risk (CMR) - Correct answer ✔Large projects that are difficult
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to define, likely to change in scope, or schedule sensitive
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Advantages of CMR - Correct answer ✔Construction manager is working @ risk
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Fast

Accommodates changes in scope or design |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ||||||




Disadvantages of CMR - Correct answer ✔Price is often more |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ||||||




Integrated Project Delivery - Correct answer ✔Large complex projects with knowledgeable
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own; private projects that self fund
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Advantages of IPD - Correct answer ✔Very efficient |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ||||||




Team effort ||||||

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