What are the three major classifications of Project Delivery Methods?
- Traditional
- Design Build
- Construction Management (CM)
What are the three linear stages of Traditional project delivery?
(- concept)
- Design
- Procurement (obtaining offers)
- Construction
What are the three prime players in Traditional project delivery?
- Owner
- Designer
- Builder
How many contracts are there in Traditional project delivery, and who are they between?
Two contracts:
- Owner & Designer
- Owner & Builder
What are the advantages of Traditional project delivery?
- Familiar to all parties
- procedures and contractual rules have been worked out and are well understood
- Initial Final Cost usually known at beginning
- Open bidding gives Owner lowest price
- once construction begins owner can engage proffesionals to administer contract
What are the disadvantages of Traditional project delivery?
- builder input usually not available till construction phase
- No Contract between designer and builder
- all parties work autonomosly, little interaction and team building
- unforeseen conditions likely a source of conflict and may lead to changes in contract
What are the two prime player in a Design-Build project delivery?
- Owner
- Design-Build entity
How many contracts does a Design Build project delivery have?
Just one - Owner & the Design Build entity
What are the advantages of Design Build project delivery?
- Owner has single point of contact and responsibility
- Good communication between Designer & Builder
- builder input during design phase can reduce costs and time
- linear or fast track or a combination
What are the disadvantages of Design Build project delivery?
- Lack of direct connection between Owner & Designer
- owner has to rely on quality and ethics of entity
- cost saving strategies can erode design and construction quality
What is the Construction Management (CM) project delivery?
- One firm, representing the owner, coordinates all design and construction activites
What are the advantages of CM project delivery?
- Fewer change orders
- owner Reduced work load
- Careful monitoring of costs
- Management expertise can shorten project length
- CM at risk has signed contractual relationships with subcontractors protecting the owner from cost overruns
What are the disadvantages of CM project delivery?
- Added cost of CM
- Potential for confusion and friction among team members
What are the two ways an Owner can engage a CM?
- CM without risk - cms only contract is with owner, barely any risk
- CM at risk - cm takes on responsibility for project
What are the four prime players in CM without Risk?
- Owner
- Construction Manager
- Designer
- Builder
What are the three separate contracts in CM Without Risk?
- Owner & CM
- Owner & Designer
- Owner & Builder
What are the four prime player in CM at Risk?
- Owner
- Construction Manager
- Designer
- Builder
What are the three separate contracts in CM at Risk?
- Owner & CM
- CM & Designer
- CM & Builder
typical projects
traditional
- not complicated, have been built before, well defined scope, min risk of changes, time/scheduale isnt significant factor, min political constraints
- road paving, single family house, warehouse, etc
design build
- highly technical where coordination between designers and builders essential
- projects that could benifit from fast tracking, eg start making money sooner
CM
- large complex projects
- projects for owners who dont have in house expertise to manage them
- commercial real estate developments
CM w/o risk
- big complex projects where owner wants to hire designer and builder directly but dosent have in house expertise to manage
CM at risk
- owners who dont intend to be involved day to day in design and construction process. owner pays cm to carry risk
