2-1 Resource Management

An architect at a firm with in-house MEP design services pursues an RFP for a design-build refrigerated warehouse project with an aggressive schedule.

 

Which of the following consultants or partners will need to be contracted by the architect's firm? Check the three that apply.

• General contractor

• Food service consultant

• Refrigeration consultant

• Electrical engineer

• Structural engineer

An architect planned 1,000 hours for the design development (DD) phase of a project with an average billing rate of $50 per hour. The project has a planned multiplier of 3.05 and a total DD phase compensation of $152,500. At the end of DD, the architect finds that an excess of 240 labor hours were needed for DD.

 

What is the additional project cost?

A university hires an architect to design a renovation and addition to a performing arts center. The university wants to use an integrated project delivery method and contract with a series of consultants who will each coordinate their scope of work with the architect. The work is to be executed in multiple phases and includes the following:

Restore the original facade of the existing facility built in 1905.

Convert the existing sloped concrete floor performance hall into a new flat floor performance space.

Renovate existing classrooms to provide new advanced audio and video laboratories.

Design a performance hall addition connected to the existing facility by an elevated walkway.

Identify and address any AHJ or accessibility issues in the existing facility.

Who should the architect recommend the university hire before the schematic design phase? Check the four that apply.

• General contractor

• Geotechnical engineer

• Commissioning agent

• Historical preservationist

• Construction manager

An architect is responding to an RFP for a ground-up research laboratory located on a wetland site. The site includes new road access and must be designed to meet local codes and ordinances.

 

Which of the following subconsultants should the architect include on their project team? Check the four that apply.

• Environmental engineer

• MEP engineer

• Civil engineer

• Landscape architect

• Site surveyor

An architect is working under AIA B101 for a project. The terms of the agreement state that compensation is to be calculated as 6% of the owner’s $17,500,000 budget for the cost of the work. The compensation for the architect’s basic services are as follows: 

Schematic Design: 10%

Design Development: 20%

Construction Documents: 30%

Procurement: 10%

Construction: 30%

Prior to completing construction documents, the owner requests changes that increase the cost of work by 2%. 

 

How much compensation will the architect receive for the construction documents phase?  

• $315,000

• $321,300

• $630,000

• $636,300

An architect is preparing an initial project budget using the following fee information:

There is a total fee of $300,000 for the entire project team.

40% of the total fee is allocated for all consultants.

8% of the net fee is allocated for the architect's non-reimbursable expenses.

7% of the net fee is allocated for the architect's contingency.

What is the available budget for project labor?

• $153,000

• $165,000

• $180,000

An owner is assembling a project team for the conceptual design phase of an eight-story, greenfield office building development that will include underground parking. 

 

Which team members should the architect recommend be required for this project team? Check the four that apply.

• Architect

• MEP engineers

• Structural engineer

• Geotechnical engineer

• Landscape architect

An owner wants to build a warehouse and has hired the architect to develop a building program and document the owner's requirements. The programming documents have just been completed.

 

Which delivery method should the architect suggest to minimize the need for owner involvement in finishing the project?

• Design-bid-build

• Design-build

• CM at-risk

• Integrated project delivery

Refer to the exhibit.

 

An architect determines that construction documents are now 50% complete. The total amount invoiced to the owner up to this point is $94,000.

 

How much profit has the firm currently earned from this project?