Selection and Payment
When selecting a contractor using this method, cost is king
What is hard-bid, low-bid or price based selection?
The lowest one of these will win you a job in the Design-Bid-Build method
What is a price?
Toll roads are often financed, built and operated by a contractor in exchange for user fees with this delivery method
What are Public Private Partnerships (P3)?
The electrical contractor determines the best way to route wiring between electrical components.
What is construction?
This linear delivery method makes it very difficult to fast track a project
What is Design Bid Build?
In this open book contracting arrangement, a contractor provides a price that they will not exceed.
What is a Guaranteed Maximum Price (GMP)?
This word is interchangable with the contractor/designer who holds the subcontracts on a project
What is the prime?
To build the International Student Pavilion, NAU benefited from having a contractor involved in the design phase using this method
What is Construction Manager at Risk (CMAR)?
A new tree dies just after substantial completion, the landscaping contractor replaces it on warranty
What is post-construction?
This collaborative delivery method is facilitated by BIM and Lean Construction techniques
What is Integrated Project Delivery?
An owner releases an RFQ and a contractor responds with an SOQ in this procurement method
What is Qualifications Based Selection?
This is the action/phase in a project where things are bought
What is procurement?
For their facility expansion, NAIPTA chose this method, where the architect and prime were hired under a single contract
What is design build?
Nurses create a list of needs for a new nursing station within an existing hospital
What is pre-design?
An owner may hire one of these to act as a consultant for any of the project delivery methods
What is construction manager as agent (CMAA) or owner's rep?
This selection method considers both cost and qualifications
What is best-value?
Created by the owner during the pre-design phase, it defines the activities, functions and spaces required in a building
What is the program?
Complex projects requires complex solutions. That is why Banner Health chooses to use this collaborative delivery method
What is Integrated Project Delivery?
The site superintendent for a project is selected and she reviews drawings prior to mobilization
What is pre-construction?
After the design phase, a CMAR will submit one of these to the owner for approval. If accepted, the CMAR will then act as GC for construction
What is guaranteed maximum price (GMP)?
In this compensation method, a contractor is reimbursed for their expenses accrued in addition to an agreed upon profit percentage
What is cost-plus?
This type of insurance will pay an owner if a contractor (or subcontractor) fails to complete their scope on a project
What is a performance bond?
Oh no! There is a water main break at Flagstaff High, better hire an on-call contractor using this delivery method
What is Job-Order Contracting (JOC)?
The electrical engineer selects a lighting fixture package
What is design?
This method works well when an owner doesn't have enough upfront capital to finance their project
What is public private partnership (PPP)?