Delivery Systems
Project Roles
Specifications
Bonds
Potpourri
100

The oldest and best known delivery system

What is Design-Bid-Build?

100

The traditional Owner's representative.

What is the Architect?

100

It's what specifications specify (hint: not quantity)

Quality

100

Purpose of a bond

To protect the Owner

100

A method used by the Owner to "go shopping" within a bid environment

Alternate

200

This delivery system involves multiple prime contracts.

What is Construction Manager as Agent?

200

The entity (other than the Owner) that is contracted directly to the General Contractor.

What is Subcontractor?

200

The number of parts in a Masterformat specification.

Three

200
Bond type that ensures low bidder will sign the contract

Bid bond

200

Numbering system for budget line items

Cost codes

300

The Architect and General Contractor team up together.

What is Design-Build?

300

Other than the Architect, the other role that can work on the Owner's behalf.

What is the Construction Manager?

300

ASTM, UL, FM, are found in this spec type

What is reference standard?

300

Bond type that ensures the contractor will complete the project

Performance bond

300

Procore budget term for the obligations incurred by subcontractor contracts

Committments

400

Similar to Design-Bid-Build but engages the builder early in the design process.

What is Construction Manager at Risk?

400

Subcontractor is to General Contractor as <blank> is to Architect.

What is Consultant?

400

Spec type when the designer specifies by name brand without substitution

Proprietary

400

Bond type that ensures the subcontractors are properly compensated for work completed.

Payment bond

400
Special name for the contract between the Owner and the General Contractor

Prime

500

This is the most collaborative system

What is Integrated Project Development?

500

This is the name of the IPD agreement that binds the Architect, Contractor and Owner together.

What is Special Purpose Entity?
500
Spec type which describes how the item must behave or function

Performance

500

Term when a bid requirement is not addressed in the submitted bid.

Non-responsive

500

The date when the construction time begins.

Commencement

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