CSI CDT Exam – Questions With Verified Solutions
Principle stakeholder - initiates project, assumes risk, provides funding
Right Ans - Owner
Protect public health, safety and welfare Right Ans - AHJ - Authorities
Having Jurisdiction
Address planning issues, determine design program, identify codes and
regulations, produce procurement and construction documents, administer
construction contract, *provide QA/QC procedures* Right Ans - Design
Team
Entity that constructs a facility. Uses management abilities to gather labor
forces, subs, and material/product/equipment suppliers Right Ans -
Contractor Team
Furnishes the materials and products for the facility to be constructed.
Fabricator, Distributor, Manufacturer, Supplier. Right Ans - Supplier Team
The life cycle of a facility, from concept through construction to use and
eventual deconstruction.
Project Conception
Project Delivery
Design
Construction Documents
Procurement (Bidding/Negotiating/Purchasing)
Construction
Facility Management Right Ans - Facility Life Cycle
Transforms the needs of owner into clear concept on which project can be
designed. Feasibility Study, Programming, Site Selection, Budgeting. Right
Ans - Project Conception
Determine delivery method to be used. Factors - qualifications, experience,
capacity, project extent, time requirements. Right Ans - Project Delivery
,Two Phases: schematic design and design development. Deliverables include
graphic and written design documents and estimates of project cost. Right
Ans - Design
Overall relationships and functions. Site plan and area, general
size/shape/massing of elements, elevations and exteriors established,
conceptual design criteria identified.
Deliverables - schematic drawings, probable cost, preliminary schedules
Right Ans - Schematic Design
Technical issues of constructibility and integration of systems and
components.
Deliverables - Tech information, outline specifications, updated schedule,
updated cost estimate. Right Ans - Design Development
Defined as the written and graphic documents prepared or assembled by the
A/E for communicating the project design for construction and administering
the construction contract. Construction documents include two major types of
documents: Procurement documents and Contract documents. Right Ans -
Construction Documents
Acceptance of the contractor's bid or negotiated sum and other conditions will
result in award of a contract and commencement of work. Right Ans -
Procurement (Bidding/Negotiating/Purchasing)
Responsibilities:
Contractor - perform work, project coordination, comply with project
documents.
A/E - construction admin, evaluation services, certify application for payment,
final inspection of work.
Owner - provide information, process payments, approve contract
modifications, accept project upon completion. Right Ans - Construction
During occupancy, owners & facility managers maintain and evaluate the
performance of the project and determine suitability for continuing use.
Right Ans - Facility Management
, A multi-table informational framework for organizing information used by the
architectural, engineering, and construction industry. Right Ans -
OmniClass
Uniform classification system for organizing preliminary construction
information into a standard order or sequence on the basis of systems or
assemblies. Particularly useful in conceptual design. Element Identification.
Right Ans - UniFormat
Arranges related construction practices, logical groupings of work results, into
a series of divisions. 50 division format. Used for Specifications, data
organization, and cost classification. Right Ans - MasterFormat
00 Procurement and Contracting Requirement Group
Specifications Group
- General Requirements 01
- Facility Construction Subgroup (concrete)
- Facility Services (plumbing/HVAC)
- Site and Infrastructure (Earthwork)
- Process Equipment (WW equipment) Right Ans - MasterFormat Groups
Provides a uniform approach to organizing specification information by three
primary parts. General, Products, Execution Right Ans - SectionFormat
Environmental performance of the facility over course of its life cycle. Takes
place at the product and facility level. Right Ans - Sustainable Design
National Institute of Technology (NIST) - Building for Env. and Economic
Sustainability (BEES) - for building products
EPA - Energy Star program - products are rated for sustainability criteria
compliance
US Green Building Council (USGBC) - Leadership in Energy and Environmental
Design (LEED) - certifies facilities on USGBC criteria Right Ans -
Environmental Design Tools