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1) What are the 3 questions that should be asked of a developer/owner as part of a contractor's due diligence to minimize the potential of engaging a project that may not come to fruition? 2) The architect is the typical prime designer. Name as many consultants that typically are under the prime designer in a traditional design-bid-build delivery of a project? 3) Plans and specifications are typical contract documents. Plans are design intent drawings and are considered legal contracts documents. What do specifications provide to the project/contractor? 4) AutoCAD and Revit are the 2 main platforms from Autodesk that architects and consultants (engineers) use in the USA. AutoCAD is based on what type of modeling (parametric or non parametric) and what type of modeling is Revit is based on? 5) With Pre Engineered Metal Buildings (PEMB), there are 3 types of control lines that are typically necessary for the contractors: a structure line, a column line, and an Edge of Slab line. State who uses which line and for what purpose.
6) What does NTS stand for on a set of plans? (hint: scale related) 7) 3D models are the typical medium for the generation of plans. 2D PDFs are the typical standard of care for legal contract documents of a project. What is the preferred platform for saving and sharing these electronic files? Hint: Look up at the sky... Why is this the preferred platform? What are the benefits to this platform? 8) Plans show design intent and are the standard of care for architects and engineers. Contractors are responsible for the means and methods of those plans, but the designers are not responsible for indicating how to build. What was the law that created this process? Hint: doctrine... In your response, provide a brief summary of who was involved, what went wrong, and what the law established as a result. 3 to 4 sentences is all you should need.
9) Plans are used by a general contractor to build. A general contractor may hire a subcontractor to do a specific scopes of work that the general contractor does not self perform. If you were a foundation subcontractor, what plans would you need to build off of? Be specific as to why each plan is important. For this question, assume there are piles, pilecaps, concrete grade beams, and a concrete slab. Describe the process as best you can for the concrete subcontractor to build their scope of work.