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Pages 84-89

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From page 84...
... 1. The following characteristics are reported to apply to agencies seeking to use CMR project delivery: • Sophisticated construction experience; • Adequate level of resources for current projects; and • Minimal policy, statutory, and political constraints on implementing CMR project delivery method.
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From page 85...
... 3. The case study agency and contractor ratings shown in Tables 33 and 34 lead to the conclusion that implementing CMR project delivery will not change design quality and may actually improve it.
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From page 86...
... Arizona State University's CMR design contract has a clause to coordinate the efforts of the CMR as a part of the designer's product and requires the designer and builder to jointly present the design submission. The lesson learned here is summarized as follows: Preconstruction collaboration does not happen automatically by merely deciding to use CMR project delivery.
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From page 87...
... 9. Including the submittal of an outline of the proposed CMR project quality management plan with the statement of qualifications or proposal allows the agency to evaluate each competitor's understanding of the QA challenges in the project.
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From page 88...
... The prime deliverable will be a comparative analysis of project performance by delivery method that can be reduced to a form that is suitable to inform the legislative and agency decision makers that will ultimately decide whether or not to authorize CMR project delivery for their jurisdictions. The two studies could be combined into one, with the CMR primer as an early deliverable.
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From page 89...
... Finally, the synthesis could do a more detailed study of contingencies that extends the finding of this study. SUMMARY CMR project delivery is not the proverbial "silver bullet" any more than DB was.
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Key Terms

  • work package
  • project delivery
  • ity management
  • structured interview
  • project experience

  • shared savings
  • party stakeholders
  • preconstruction services
  • selecting cmr
  • cmr selection

  • design contract
  • quality management
  • cmr project
  • designer selection
  • design services

  • joint coordination
  • design review
  • gmp negotiations
  • cmr design
  • project issues

  • project quality
  • design reviews
  • contractor involvement
  • budget review
  • cost information

  • services fee
  • selection decision
  • design submission
  • unit prices
  • delivery method


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