DBIA Test/ 109 Questions with
complete Answers 2023
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
-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
-shift left - -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
performance
-design details responsibility - -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
complete Answers 2023
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
-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
-shift left - -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
performance
-design details responsibility - -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
