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DBIA EXAM REVIEW 2024
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, Project Delivery System - ANS 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 - ANS how team members are selected (QBS, best value, low price, sole
source)
contracting approach - ANS how team members are paid (fp, gmp, cost reimbursement, target
price, unit price)
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Design-Bid-Build (DBB) - ANS 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
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construction manager at risk - ANS similar org structure to DBB, construction manager
selected by QBS or best value, contractor provides precon services, negotiated gmp contracting
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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 - ANS The owner contracts with one entity (a person or firm) to provide both
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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) - ANS similar to design build, in industrial and power
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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
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include performance and schedule liquidated damages and limitations of liability
Multiple Prime Contracting - ANS owner contracts with multiple trade contractors, attributes are
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typically similar to dbb, owner's ability to schedule and coordinate the work
Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) - ANS 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) - ANS 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
