DBIA EXAM 1 LATEST ACTUAL EXAM
Idwp - ANSWER: Integrated design work plan
PDRI - ANSWER: Project definition rating index
BIM - ANSWER: Building Information Modeling
What is the biggest item contributing to team failure? - ANSWER: Absence of trust
Design manager - ANSWER: Manages design information flow and deliverables.
Unique role that didn't exist before
Designer of record - ANSWER: Manages design performance interface
Four primary phases of oversight - ANSWER: Preconstruction, contract oversight,
close-out, and performance evaluation
Formal partnering typically results in mutually developing which items? - ANSWER: A
charter, communication matrix, and an issue resolution ladder
What are the critical interfaces between designer of record and contractor? -
ANSWER: Design&construct for value, design & construct to budget, design for
constructibility, and design& construct for quality performance
Three requirements of estimating - ANSWER: Functional, performance, and
prescriptive
Offer - ANSWER: Party offers to contract with another
Acceptance - ANSWER: A party accepts the other party's offer
Consideration - ANSWER: Value exchanged for performance
Capacity - ANSWER: The party making the contract must be legally able to do so
Authority - ANSWER: The individual forming the contract must have authority to do
so
Betterment Doctrine - ANSWER: Avoids windfalls- owner must pay first cost
Constructive change - ANSWER: Change by implication-can be oral or written or
omission
Indemnity - ANSWER: Insurance portion, for 3rd party claims, generally protects
against liability, loss, or damage
, Liquidated Damages - ANSWER: cost of late completion- cannot be a penalty
Spearin Doctrine - ANSWER: if contractor builds in compliance whether or not it
works then contractor is not held responsible
tort Law - ANSWER: legally created; remedy to who was harmed
Contract Law - ANSWER: Law between two parties
offer - ANSWER: a party offers to contract with another (response to RFP)
acceptance - ANSWER: a party accepts the other party's offer
capacity - ANSWER: the party making the contract must be legally able to do so
consideration - ANSWER: value exchanged for performance (money, services, etc.)
Authority - ANSWER: the individual forming the contract must have authority to do
so
Differing Site Conditions Type 1 - ANSWER: unknown & hidden, concealed, or latent
physical condition (ex. geotechnical report incorrect)
Differing Site Conditions Type 2 - ANSWER: encounters unknown physical conditions
of unusual nature that differ materially from those ordinarily encountered &
generally recognized as inherent int he work at the Project's location
Define GMP - ANSWER: Guaranteed Maximum price
bridging documents - ANSWER: example would be Owner supplying preliminary
design documents- they may be subject to errors/omissions putting owner at risk to
be dealing with Spearin Doctrine
Perscriptive Specification - ANSWER: owner dictates exactly how an element is to be
designed and constructed
Performance Specification - ANSWER: Owner only provides the requirements for the
end result of an element that will be designed by others.
What is CGL - ANSWER: Commercial General Liability- insurance limited to specific
events; risk of liability to third parties, bodily injury/property damages, and
completed operations are covered risks
Builder's Risk Policy - ANSWER: Coverage that protects insurable interest in
materials, fixtures, & equipment being used in constructions should those items
sustain physical loss or damaged from a covered cause.
Idwp - ANSWER: Integrated design work plan
PDRI - ANSWER: Project definition rating index
BIM - ANSWER: Building Information Modeling
What is the biggest item contributing to team failure? - ANSWER: Absence of trust
Design manager - ANSWER: Manages design information flow and deliverables.
Unique role that didn't exist before
Designer of record - ANSWER: Manages design performance interface
Four primary phases of oversight - ANSWER: Preconstruction, contract oversight,
close-out, and performance evaluation
Formal partnering typically results in mutually developing which items? - ANSWER: A
charter, communication matrix, and an issue resolution ladder
What are the critical interfaces between designer of record and contractor? -
ANSWER: Design&construct for value, design & construct to budget, design for
constructibility, and design& construct for quality performance
Three requirements of estimating - ANSWER: Functional, performance, and
prescriptive
Offer - ANSWER: Party offers to contract with another
Acceptance - ANSWER: A party accepts the other party's offer
Consideration - ANSWER: Value exchanged for performance
Capacity - ANSWER: The party making the contract must be legally able to do so
Authority - ANSWER: The individual forming the contract must have authority to do
so
Betterment Doctrine - ANSWER: Avoids windfalls- owner must pay first cost
Constructive change - ANSWER: Change by implication-can be oral or written or
omission
Indemnity - ANSWER: Insurance portion, for 3rd party claims, generally protects
against liability, loss, or damage
, Liquidated Damages - ANSWER: cost of late completion- cannot be a penalty
Spearin Doctrine - ANSWER: if contractor builds in compliance whether or not it
works then contractor is not held responsible
tort Law - ANSWER: legally created; remedy to who was harmed
Contract Law - ANSWER: Law between two parties
offer - ANSWER: a party offers to contract with another (response to RFP)
acceptance - ANSWER: a party accepts the other party's offer
capacity - ANSWER: the party making the contract must be legally able to do so
consideration - ANSWER: value exchanged for performance (money, services, etc.)
Authority - ANSWER: the individual forming the contract must have authority to do
so
Differing Site Conditions Type 1 - ANSWER: unknown & hidden, concealed, or latent
physical condition (ex. geotechnical report incorrect)
Differing Site Conditions Type 2 - ANSWER: encounters unknown physical conditions
of unusual nature that differ materially from those ordinarily encountered &
generally recognized as inherent int he work at the Project's location
Define GMP - ANSWER: Guaranteed Maximum price
bridging documents - ANSWER: example would be Owner supplying preliminary
design documents- they may be subject to errors/omissions putting owner at risk to
be dealing with Spearin Doctrine
Perscriptive Specification - ANSWER: owner dictates exactly how an element is to be
designed and constructed
Performance Specification - ANSWER: Owner only provides the requirements for the
end result of an element that will be designed by others.
What is CGL - ANSWER: Commercial General Liability- insurance limited to specific
events; risk of liability to third parties, bodily injury/property damages, and
completed operations are covered risks
Builder's Risk Policy - ANSWER: Coverage that protects insurable interest in
materials, fixtures, & equipment being used in constructions should those items
sustain physical loss or damaged from a covered cause.
