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CMGT 360 DBIA Fundamentals Project 2025/2026 | 100+ Verified Q&A | Project Delivery, Design-Build, Contracts, Risk Management, BIM & LEED

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This comprehensive study set includes 100+ expert-verified questions and answers aligned with the 2025/2026 curriculum for CMGT 360 – DBIA Fundamentals of Project Delivery. Designed for students and professionals in construction management, civil engineering, and architecture, this document offers high-yield content based on historical, legal, and procedural foundations of the Design-Build Institute of America (DBIA) and modern project delivery systems. Key content includes: Evolution of design-build practices from Hammurabi to the modern DBIA Role of Vitruvius, Brunelleschi, Alberti, and the Renaissance in shaping the field Legal and regulatory milestones such as The Miller Act and Brooks Act Comparison of delivery models: Design-Bid-Build, Design-Build, CM@Risk, Multi-Prime In-depth discussion of project delivery processes, procurement strategies, contract types (Lump Sum, GMP, Cost Plus, Target Price, Unit Price) Risk allocation, owner personality profiles, and legal considerations in construction Tools and models such as IPD (Integrated Project Delivery), BIM (Building Information Modeling), LEED (Sustainable Design), and Lean Construction principles Key federal frameworks including Clinger-Cohen Act and Best-Value Two-Phase Source Selection This document is especially useful for: Construction Management, Civil Engineering, and Architecture students DBIA certification candidates Professionals preparing for exams in project delivery and construction contracts Faculty or trainers in design-build and construction law courses Project managers working in government procurement or infrastructure planning Includes expert commentary on stakeholder alignment, procurement laws, design risk, and performance-based contracts to prepare students for both exams and real-world scenarios. Keywords: project delivery, design-build, DBIA, CMGT 360, integrated project delivery, procurement methods, lump sum contract, GMP, target price, BIM, LEED, lean construction, CM@Risk, Miller Act, Brooks Act, risk allocation, construction law, construction management, contract types, best value procurement

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CMGT - 360 DBIA FUNDAMENTALS OF
PROJECT 2025 EXPERT VERIFIED | ACE
THE TEST



Hammurabi - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔(1795- 1750 BC) established the earliest known

body of laws written to govern its people which included codes for builders


Code of Hammurabi - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Obligation of design & construction to

society


Vitruvius - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔* Roman writer, engineer, architect lived in 1st century

BC (Roman Empire)

++ He created the original design and construction hand book (De Architectura

Libri Decem "10 books of architecture" -- manufacturer of building materials/roads

& bridges/heating water/amplification)

* Credited with transitionong the practice of architecture and engineering to a

routine practice

* Established design and construction management as learned professions

,Brunelleschi - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔* Quintessential design-builder and innovator (1377

- 1446)

* Italian Artist-Architect-Builder (1420)

* Master Builders who developed the "dome" concept for the Gothic Cathedral of

Florence (the duomo)

* Key figgure in the transition from the Middle Ages to the modern Renaissance

area


Middle Ages - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Craft training and education


Renaissance - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Separate design and construction


Leone Battista Alberti - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔* First intentional separation of the art

from the craft (1456)

* Poet, Philosopher and secretary to the Pope.

* The rise of professionalism: First push to separate design and construction as

distinct functions


The Rise of Professionalism - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔* Established architecture as a

profession distinct from the science of engineering and construction




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,* From 15th century Renaissance in to 19th century Industrial Revolution,

Architects retained responsibilities for both design and construction

* Industrial Revolution brought on the separation of design and construction


Return to Integration - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔* DBIA founded in 1993 to help

standardize and advocate for an already emerging design-build industry

* Integrated Project Delivery (IPD)

* Building Information Modeling (BIM)

* Sustainable Design (Green/LEED)

* High Performance Contracting (LEAN - Toyota Production Model)


Effects of the Industrial Revolution - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔- Division of Labor: Building

professions took on increasingly defined roles of architects, engineer, and builder

- Entrepreneurship: need fpr architects and engineers to take risk and assure

performance and cost of facilities (construction)

- Need for capital: Responded to need by non-participating owners (stockholders)

becoming an integral part of projects


Professional Societies - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔• Greater professional specialization


• Increase in specialized knowledge


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, • Promotion & advocacy of professional

interests & markets

• Ethical standards of practice

• Rise of conflict-of-interest issues

++Middle 19th century there was a clear distinction

had been made between design professionals

and builders

• 1852 American Society of Civil Engineers an

Architects (ASCEA)

• 1857 Architects dropped and American Institute

of Architects (AIA) was formed

++Design professionals wanted to separate

themselves from sometimes corrupt builders


The Miller Act (1935) - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔++Public contracting law mandating

separation of design from construction

* Contractor selection solely on lowest responsible bid



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