Guidebooks for Post-Award Contract Administration for Highway Projects Delivered Using Alternative Contracting Methods, Volume 2: Construction Manager–General Contractor Delivery (2020) / Chapter Skim
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1 This chapter provides an overview of NCHRP Research Report 939: Guidebooks for PostAward Contract Administration for Highway Projects Delivered Using Alternative Contracting Methods, Volume 2: Construction Manager–General Contractor Delivery. It identifies the guidebook's audience and describes how agencies can select tools and strategies for their construction manager–general contractor (CM-GC)
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2 Guidebooks for Post-Award Contract Administration for Highway Projects Delivered Using Alternative Contracting Methods 2016)
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Introduction 3 More than 100 practitioners contributed to this guidebook in the case studies, tool validation and calibration, and guidebook testing. A brief summary of the research follows.
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4 Guidebooks for Post-Award Contract Administration for Highway Projects Delivered Using Alternative Contracting Methods • Preconstruction Services, • Construction, and • Project Closeout. There are three key distinctions of CM-GC contracting when comparing it to a traditional D-B-B contract administration: • Involvement of the construction manager in design for risk mitigation and constructability input, • Integration of an independent cost estimator to assist in reaching a guaranteed maximum price or construction agreed-upon price, and • Use of multiple contract work packages to expedite construction.
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Introduction 5 working relationship between the construction manager, engineer, and independent cost estimator. This is a significant change in culture from the traditional D-B-B contracting method, which intentionally separates these parties.
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6 Guidebooks for Post-Award Contract Administration for Highway Projects Delivered Using Alternative Contracting Methods the CM-GC process at the pre-award phase and touches on key topics, such as the reasons why agencies select CM-GC and how much design they complete prior to CM-GC involvement. Chapters 4 through 8 are the heart of this guidebook.
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