Review Quiz 1 basic construction management

Question 1

what does CM do as a specific delivery method?

Answer 1

• Management services are provided to owner before construction or contractor hired
• CM becomes part of team early design phase, assists owner throughout entire design process

Question 2

What are the two types of CM delivery

Answer 2

• Agency CM (without risk)
• At risk CM

Question 3

What is an Agency CM

Answer 3

• CM hired by owner to oversee construction process but “does not use his own crews for labour and not financially responsible for construction costs”
• hired early in the process to provide expertise
• At completion of design CM co-ordinates hiring of separate GC who will complete physical work/hire subs
• CM manages GC

Question 4

Advantages of Agency CM

Answer 4

• Construction expertise early in process
• Allows for fast tracking / or sequential
• Cost benefit of competitive bidding for construction work

Question 5

Disadvantages of Agency CM

Answer 5

• Requires high owner input & level of sophistication
• Only suitable for commercial or large projects that would benefit from increased levels of management

Question 6

What is at risk CM?

Answer 6

• Similar to Agency CM acting as a consultant to the owner early in process but then acts as equivalent of the GC during construction process
• CM carries some risk bc he provides owner with price guarantee for construction work

Question 7

What is fast track: Concurrent design & construction?

Answer 7

• Construction begins without owner having a complete design & detailed and complete estimate

Question 8

What is the risk of fast track

Answer 8

• If construction begins and design problems occur at later stage of project, forcing budget change, the owner at that point is committed to more than simple redesign
• good communication between designer and CM is essential as often working on concurrent tasks that must be coordinated
• Designer’s design schedule must be precisely tied to the bid and award of each work package & the detailed construction schedule
• difficult for owner to know real cost of project before construction begins

Question 9

What is the project chronology

Answer 9

• precon
• procurement
• construction
• project closeout

Question 10

stages of preconstruction

Answer 10

• conceptual planning
• schematic design
• design development
• contract documents
  Bidding & award also preconstruction but are discussed under procurement

Question 11

what is the general role of CM during preconstruction

Answer 11

• requires continuous owner involvement and interaction as ideas and requires of owner must be clearly translated into contract documents
• supports design process, judges design for constructability, look for ways of reducing cost, prepares for construction & provides competent cost and schedule information

Question 12

owners role in conceptual planning?

Answer 12

• hires designer and CM
• selects project site
• establishes conceptual estimate, schedule and program

Question 13

what is schematic design

Answer 13

• completion of this phase represents approx. 30% design completion
• design team investigates alternate design solutions and alternate materials and systems, as well as supporting value engineering

Question 14

what happens to schematic design if the CM team decides to tighten schedule?

Answer 14

it impacts the designer

Question 15

what happens during schematic design of the designer specifies a specific material?

Answer 15

impacts the CM

Question 16

what happens during the design development?

Answer 16

• design team evaluates and selects all major systems and components of the project
• evaluate and finalization of all the arch components and project systems
• concurrently project budget and schedule continue to be monitored
• CM evaluates potential contractors and prepares to secure necessary permits
• design firm recommends project systems
• owner decides whether system is acceptable to end user
• CM evaluates cost and schedule implications
• continued estimating and scheduling critical to detecting a design in excess of bidget and to ensure schedule continuity
• preferable to forced redesign when bids have been received and they all exceed budgets
• forced redesign and rebid leads to higher cost and longer duration

Question 17

what happens at the end of the design phase?

Answer 17

• design 60% complete and should have good system definition
• most of the project should be quantified and actual unit prices developed
• a detailed network schedule should be in progress and necessary permits identified and scheduled
• all key subcontractors should be identified and involved in the estimating, scheduling, and design process as necessary

Question 18

what happens during contract documents phase?

Answer 18

• final prep of documents necessary to define each of the bid packages
• preparation of the technical documents. drawings and specifications and all other necessary supporting documentation
• Fast - track - coordination required between designer and CM as bid packages go out to bid
• Master schedule for the project becomes important during this phase, since designers completion of technical requirements for each bid package needs to be coordinated with advertising/bidding out of the work packages to qualified contractors followed by start of construction
• before going out to bid, contract documents need to be reviewed by CM last chance to catch/correct any discrepancies
• as contract documents near completion, CM prepares complete/detailed estimate (owners estimate, fair cost estimate)

Question 19

How can a project be put out to bid?

Answer 19

• bid package by bid package (phased construction)
• done in total with a single contractor bidding on entire project
• final estimate and schedule & an integrated cash flow analysis are completed & used to manage the remainder of the project.

Question 19

What are some important things regarding the owners estimate?

Answer 19

• defines the fair cost giving owner a yardstick with which to compare contractor bids
• carefully reviewing the estimate provides an excellent opportunity for the owner/CM team to prepare for the construction phase. Review may lead to addenda being published
• provides owners with final accurate cost info - projects owners cash needs on day to day basis when integrated with the finalized network schedule