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Client, architect, and Construction manager must perform a delicate balancing act to shrink the construction process and save time and money.

AIA/Architectural Record Continuing Education

Instructions

• Read the articles “Fast-track Construction Becomes the Norm” and the “The Digital Fast Track”.
• Complete the questions below, then fill in your answers .
• Fill out and submit the AIA/CES education reporting form in the magazine or print the form to receive one AIA learning unit.

Questions:

LU: 1

1. Fast-track construction accounts for what percent of building projects?
a. 20 percent
b. 40 percent
c. 60 percent
d. 80 percent

2. Since the final costs are unknown during the construction process, fast tracking is best for which type of client?
a. commercial
b. not-for-profit
c. military
d. government

3. When using fast tracking, the key to success is which?
a. having the architect in charge
b. having the construction manager in charge
c. having the owner in charge
d. project management where each participant remains flexible

4. Instead of giving a guaranteed maximum price, the construction manager in fast tracking does which?
a. estimates the final cost
b. reduces the cost of some items when other costs escalate
c. anticipates costs and communicates them to the owner
d. takes out a bond to cover costs the owner cannot pay

5. The drawbacks of fast tracking include all except which?
a. easy iteration of design details
b. materials and systems may be imposed for expediency
c. no time to study and revise the design
d. decisions are fixed in concrete and steel before all the details have been studied

6. Which of these is not credited as helping NBBJ to deliver their design quickly?
a. three-dimensional computer modeling
b. building a scale model of their design
c. posting all design changes on the Internet
d. the team structure was organized by program areas through schematics, then by building systems during construction documents.

7. Why is the architect’s field presence the norm in fast-track projects?
a. being on-site offers the fastest communication
b. the architect can resolve issues immediately
c. work doesn’t have to be disrupted while waiting for decisions
d. all of the above

8. Which method is now the state of the art in communicating documents and meeting notes in fast-track construction?
a. faxing information
b. posting information on the Internet
c. overnight delivery of drawings
d. satellite uplink from job site to all offices

9. 3D modeling computer programs are used to do all except which?
a. input details into the design
b. show the visual impact of the design
c. generate construction drawings
d. estimate quantities and costs

10. A network of dependencies identifying activities that had to be completed before other activities could start is known as which?
a. fast tracking
b. construction management
c. parametric design
d. critical path method

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