Design Solutions in Construction Management

True or false: Construction agreements define contract documents as exclusively drawings and specifications.

True or false: BIM is a digital representation of physical and functional characteristics of a facility.

True or false: Construction documents consist of working drawings and specifications.

True or false: It is common industry practice to include contractual provisions governing the order of precedence of documents for interpretation purposes.

True or false: Drawings and specifications are complementary and what is called for by one shall be as binding as if called for by both.

True or false: Drawings of larger scale shall govern over those of smaller scale of the same date.

True or false: Dimensions shown on drawings shall govern over dimensions scaled from drawings.

True or false: Construction documents include drawings, specifications, and related documentation authored by the design professionals.

True or false: Construction documents are the architect's primary reference and resource in performing construction contract administration services.

True or false: The quality of information developed at the construction documents stage has no impact on the architect's services during the construction contractor procurement and construction phases.

True or false: Construction documents need to clearly describe conformance with regulatory requirements and are generally the basis for obtaining necessary permits for construction.

True or false: The Architect's Handbook of Professional Practice is published by John Wiley & Sons.

True or false: The Federal Green Construction Guide for Specifiers is published by the Environmental Protection Agency.

True or false: The Canadian National Master Construction Specification (NMS) User's Guide was published in 1999.

True or false: The project architect is responsible for managing the production of the complete set of construction documents and coordinating the work of the design team?

True or false: The construction documents phase is generally the project stage that involves the architect's greatest expenditure of time and resources?

True or false: Construction documents are only meant to communicate technical information to the construction contractor and municipal plans examiner?

True or false: In cases involving projects where construction is undertaken while the facility remains in use, drawings may be required to illustrate requirements for temporary work?

True or false: Construction management does not affect the necessity for design professionals to develop design solutions prior to completing the construction contract documents for early stage work.

True or false: Under a construction/design fast-track strategy, design decisions affecting construction work executed early in the construction sequence are irreversible and compromise the achievement of design priorities.

True or false: Construction management can facilitate the execution and completion of preparatory work even at the schematic design stage.

True or false: Defects or flaws in construction documents can be remedied at the construction administration stage at a significantly lesser cost of time and effort.

True or false: The project delivery method adopted at the previous stages of the project has no influence on the definition of the scope and substance of construction documents.

True or false: Stipulated price or lump-sum construction contracts require that information provided in the construction documents can be relied on as fully coordinated across all disciplines and trades.

True or false: Construction management contracts usually provide for the construction manager's involvement in the project at the pre-construction stages.

True or false: The planning and scheduling of the design work has no impact on the development of designs for construction contracts.