DBIA Exam, DBIA Questions and Verified Answers

Federal Government passed bond requiring payment and performance bonds on all public works, what year? - Miller Act 1935 Bill directing A/E's selected on qualifications, what year? - Brooks Bill 1972 Allows all federal agencies to utilize Design-Build. Prior to that no enabling legislation existed allowing Design-Build. - Clinger Cohen Act/Defense Procurement Reform Act 1996 The level of quality that any average Design Professional would be able to perform given the circumstances. - Standard of Care Slowest Project Delivery method, linear in nature, prescriptive (owner knows what they want), - Design Bid Build Project Delivery - Many contracts through Owner - Multi Prime Project Delivery method allowing the contractor to come on board very early in design for preconstruction services yet maintains separation between Designer and Builder contractually. - CM at Risk Fastest Project Delivery method, fast tracking possible overlapping design with construction utilizing incremental packages. - Design Build Procurement Method - Most Familiar - Low Bid Procurement Method - Common for A/E - Negotiated (Qualifications Based) Procurement Method - Qualifications and Price - Best Value Procurement Method - Direct - Sole Source Contract Format w/ agreed upon fixed price - Lump Sum Contract Format - contractor reimbursed for actual cost plus an agreed upon percentage - Cost Plus Fee Contract Format - Combines Cost-Plus & Lump-Sum, contractor reimbursed for actual cost plus a fee only up to a certain amount. - GMP (Guaranteed Maximum Price)