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It is important to understand how agencies that are using CMR project delivery are approaching the quality management issue on their projects. In project delivery methods where the contractor is selected before the design is complete and is expected to make a contribution to the design, the agency might consider the impact of that shift on quality management planning and execution at every phase of project development.
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. TABLE 31 QUALITY MANAGEMENT COMPARISON OF PROJECT DELIVERY METHODS Agency Ratings Contractor Ratings Procurement Phase Component Very High or High Impact Some or Slight Impact No Impact Very High or High Impact Some or Slight Impact No Impact Qualifications of CMRís staff 100% 0% 0% 100% 0% 0% CMR's past project experience 100% 0% 0% 100% 0% 0% Early contractor involvement in design 90% 10% 0% 100% 0% 0% Preconstruction services 80% 20% 0% 100% 0% 0% GMP contract 70% 30% 0% 67% 0% 33% Level of detail expressed in the procurement documents 60% 40% 0% 0% 83% 17% Level of agency involvement in the QA process 50% 50% 0% 33% 67% 0% Use of performance criteria/specifications 50% 40% 10% 67% 33% 0% Quality management plans 40% 60% 0% 83% 17% 0% Warranty provisions 40% 40% 20% 33% 50% 17% Use of agency specifications and/or design details 20% 60% 20% 17% 67% 17% TABLE 32 IMPACT ON CMR FINAL PROJECT QUALITY OF PROCUREMENT PHASE COMPONENTS
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The case study interviews revealed that eight of ten agencies did not change their DBB QA program to accommodate CMR project delivery. The two that did were Alaska and Michigan and their reason was to adapt the quality management process to the vertical component of the construction.
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Construction Quality Management Tasks Does Not Apply Agency Designer CMR Independent Consultant Technical review of construction shop drawings 0 1 9 1 6 Technical review of construction material submittals 0 2 7 0 7 Checking of pay quantities 1 4 3 0 6 Routine construction inspection 0 3 3 4 4 Quality control testing 0 0 2 10 1 Establishment of horizontal and vertical control 0 0 3 6 2 Verification testing 0 3 3 2 4 Acceptance testing 0 7 2 0 3 Independent assurance testing/inspection 0 3 3 0 5 Approval of progress payments for construction 0 9 0 0 3 Approval of construction post-award QA/QC plans 0 8 1 0 2 Report of nonconforming work or punchlist 0 7 1 0 4 Total responses 1 47 37 23 47 * Total can be > 10, as some agencies assign dual responsibilities for the same QM task.
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• Based on the conclusion that CMR qualifications and past experience have the greatest perceived impact on project quality, the CMR selection process evaluation plan could consider giving the greatest weight in the award algorithm to qualifications of the CMR's personnel and its past project experience ("CM/GC Peer Review Meeting" 2003; DeWitt et al. 2005; Qaasim 2005)
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