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... 22 This chapter reviews the results of the survey of airports regarding the use of qualificationsbased selection (QBS) award for construction services.
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... Current Qualifications-Based Selection Practices in Airport Project Delivery 23 Tran et al.
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... 24 Value, Benefits, and Limitations of Qualifications-Based Selection for Airport Project Delivery Funding Source Results Survey respondents were asked to identify the various sources of funding that were used to finance QBS projects. The possible sources contained in the survey are as follows: • Federal funding when using CMR or PDB.
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... Current Qualifications-Based Selection Practices in Airport Project Delivery 25 FEDERAL FUNDING (PDB, CMR) STATE FUNDING PASSENGER FACIL ITY CHARGES AIRPORT CASH FLOWS FOR PROJECT F INANCE DEBT F INANCING / AIRPORT REVENUE BONDS OTHER PUBLIC FUNDING 0 5 10 15 20 25 Number of Responses FUNDING SOURCES USED ON QBS PROJECTS Figure 5.
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... 26 Value, Benefits, and Limitations of Qualifications-Based Selection for Airport Project Delivery Table 6 shows that airports prefer DBB and IDIQ over ACMs for small projects, and when they do choose an ACM, CMR is the preferred choice. This is logical in that small projects often are technically straightforward and offer limited opportunity for innovation (Touran et al.
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... Current Qualifications-Based Selection Practices in Airport Project Delivery 27 3.00 3.25 3.50 3.75 4.00 4.25 4.50 4.75 5.00 NUMBER OF PRIVATE THIRD-PARTY STAKEHOLDERS NUMBER OF PUBLIC THIRD-PARTY STAKEHOLDERS NEW TECHNOLOGY INCLUDED IN DESIGN PERSONNEL SECURITY ISSUES NEED FOR ENHANCED COST CERTAINTY PHYSICAL SECURITY ISSUES NUMBER OF UTIL ITY CONFLICTS TRANSPARENCY IN PRICING PROCESS IMPACT ON OPERATIONS DURING CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE CONSIDERATIONS NEED FOR PHASED CONSTRUCTION CONTINGENCY MANAGEMENT/CONTROL NEED FOR EARLY CONTRACTOR INVOLVEMENT COMPLICATED SEQUENCE OF WORK PROJECT COMPLEXITY FACTORS CONSIDERED IN DECISION TO USE QBS Figure 6. Frequency of factors considered when deciding to use QBS delivery on typical airport projects.
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... 28 Value, Benefits, and Limitations of Qualifications-Based Selection for Airport Project Delivery Figure 8 shows the perceived value of each evaluation factor and mirrors Figure 6 in the top five factors. Note that financial/bonding capability is at the bottom of the list.
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... Current Qualifications-Based Selection Practices in Airport Project Delivery 29 VI % 100 (2)
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... 3.00 3.50 4.00 4.50 LOWER L IFE CYCLE COSTS LOWER DESIGN COSTS LOWER CONSTRUCTION COSTS BETTER PROMOTION OF TECHNICAL INNOVATION SHORTER PROJECT TIMELINES GREATER UTIL IZATION OF TECHNOLOGY SUCH AS BIM FEWER WARRANTY ISSUES TRANSPARENCY IN DECISION-MAKING ENHANCED COLLABORATION/COMMUNICATION HIGHER QUALITY CONSTRUCTION REDUCED CHANGE ORDERS REDUCED RISK IN COMPLEX PROJECTS ENHANCED ABIL ITY TO OVERCOME CHALLENGES REDUCED L IT IGATION GREATER PROJECT VALUE BETTER PROJECT CONTROL PREDICTABIL ITY BETTER LONG-TERM RELATIONSHIPS MORE EFFICIENCY THROUGHOUT THE PROJECT PROCESS GREATER CONTINUITY THROUGHOUT PROJECT PROCESS MORE ACCURATE PROJECT SEQUENCING/SCHEDULING EARLY INVOLVEMENT OF THE KEY MEMBERS BEST QUALIFIED TEAM SELECTED (FLEXIBIL ITY) PREQUALIFICATION OF SUBCONTRACTORS ANTICIPATED BENEFITS OF QBS DELIVERY Figure 9.
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... Current Qualifications-Based Selection Practices in Airport Project Delivery 31 Figure 9 shows that the greatest perceived value is found ensuring that well-qualified contractors and subcontractors are brought to the job. The opposite end of the list is the potential benefits associated with lower design, construction, and life-cycle costs.
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... 32 Value, Benefits, and Limitations of Qualifications-Based Selection for Airport Project Delivery of the study found that DB and CMR/CMGC foster team collaboration between designers and contractors starting early during project delivery, improve contractors' commitment to collaborate, and resolve unforeseen issues. This might explain the higher perceived impact of partnering on team and individual performance in projects.
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... Current Qualifications-Based Selection Practices in Airport Project Delivery 33 • The use of QBS without a price component is reasonably widespread when the selection of the construction contractor is part of a CMR, PDB, or IDIQ contract. • Many airports maintain one or more on-call general contractors through various IDIQ arrangements under different names.

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