DBIA TEST EXAM NEWEST 2024/2025
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
VERIFIED ANSWERS| WELL GRADED
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Project Delivery System - CORRECT ANSWERS-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 - CORRECT ANSWERS-how team members are selected (QBS,
best value, low price, sole source)
contracting approach - CORRECT ANSWERS-how team members are paid (fp, gmp,
cost reimbursement, target price, unit price)
Design-Bid-Build (DBB) - CORRECT ANSWERS-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 - CORRECT ANSWERS-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 - CORRECT ANSWERS-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) - CORRECT ANSWERS-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 - CORRECT ANSWERS-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) - CORRECT ANSWERS-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) - CORRECT ANSWERS-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 - CORRECT ANSWERS-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 - CORRECT ANSWERS-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 - CORRECT ANSWERS-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 - CORRECT ANSWERS-describe the end result
bridging documents - CORRECT ANSWERS-prescribes how to achieve the end result
design bid build paradigm - CORRECT ANSWERS-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 - CORRECT ANSWERS-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
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
VERIFIED ANSWERS| WELL GRADED
A+|| LATEST UPDATE
Project Delivery System - CORRECT ANSWERS-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 - CORRECT ANSWERS-how team members are selected (QBS,
best value, low price, sole source)
contracting approach - CORRECT ANSWERS-how team members are paid (fp, gmp,
cost reimbursement, target price, unit price)
Design-Bid-Build (DBB) - CORRECT ANSWERS-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 - CORRECT ANSWERS-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 - CORRECT ANSWERS-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) - CORRECT ANSWERS-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 - CORRECT ANSWERS-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) - CORRECT ANSWERS-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) - CORRECT ANSWERS-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 - CORRECT ANSWERS-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 - CORRECT ANSWERS-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 - CORRECT ANSWERS-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 - CORRECT ANSWERS-describe the end result
bridging documents - CORRECT ANSWERS-prescribes how to achieve the end result
design bid build paradigm - CORRECT ANSWERS-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 - CORRECT ANSWERS-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
