Design-Build Contracting Approaches Flashcards
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In best-value design-build selection, the 'adjusted score' method works by:
Answer: Dividing the technical score by the price to identify the best value per dollar
The adjusted score method divides a proposer's technical score by their price, selecting the team that offers the highest technical quality per dollar spent.
A 'developer finance' design-build model is most commonly used when:
Answer: Private developers finance, design, build, and sometimes operate a facility for a public owner
Developer finance design-build (often called DBFOM or P3) involves private entities providing capital and taking on long-term project risk in exchange for future revenue or payments.
Which clause in a design-build contract allocates risk for unforeseen subsurface conditions to the owner?
Answer: Differing site conditions clause
A differing site conditions clause shifts the risk of unexpected subsurface conditions back to the owner, preventing design-builders from inflating bids to cover that uncertainty.
The DBIA standard form contract addresses design professional liability primarily by:
Answer: Requiring the design-builder to carry errors and omissions insurance
DBIA contract documents require the design-builder to maintain professional liability (errors and omissions) insurance to cover design-related claims.
In a progressive design-build delivery, when is the contract price typically finalized?
Answer: After the design reaches a defined milestone sufficient for accurate pricing
Progressive design-build allows price to be established collaboratively as design advances to a level of completeness that enables reliable cost estimating.
Which design-build project delivery characteristic most directly reduces schedule duration compared to design-bid-build?
Answer: Ability to overlap design and construction phases (fast-tracking)
Design-build enables fast-tracking by allowing construction of completed design packages to begin while design of later packages continues in parallel.
Under the DBIA framework, 'owner's criteria' documents serve primarily to:
Answer: Define the owner's performance requirements, standards, and constraints for the design-builder to meet
Owner's criteria establish what outcomes and standards the project must achieve, giving the design-builder flexibility in how to meet those requirements.