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Construction Management: Construction project delivery methods · Design-Bid-Build

How the traditional design-bid-build method works, how contracts are awarded, and where its risks and strengths lie.

Construction Management · 26 questions

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1. In design-bid-build, how is the owner usually bound to the designer and the builder?

  1. One combined contract covering both
  2. Two separate contracts, one with each
  3. One contract with the builder, who hires the designer
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Answer: Two separate contracts, one with each

The owner hires the designer first and later contracts the builder separately, so the owner sits between two independent agreements.

2. In design-bid-build, what contract links the architect and the general contractor?

  1. None; each contracts only with the owner
  2. The contractor works under the architect's contract
  3. The architect is a subcontractor of the builder
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Answer: None; each contracts only with the owner

Designer and builder have no contract with each other; they interact only through the owner and the documents, which can breed an adversarial relationship.

3. Roughly how complete is the design when a design-bid-build project goes out to bid?

  1. Essentially complete construction documents
  2. About 60 percent, at design development
  3. About 30 percent, at schematic design
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Answer: Essentially complete construction documents

Bidders must price a fixed scope, so the drawings and specifications are finished before bidding; that is what makes a firm lump-sum price possible.

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