PDD NCARB PRACTICE EXAM QUESTION ABOUT PROJECT MANUAL

Can someone please clarify below from NCARB PDD PRACTICE EXAM:

It conflicts with the information from Ballast that the bond forms are included with the contract information.

Thank you

Question 1

The owner provides the architect with specific performance and payment bonds for the project.

In which section should the architect place the performance and payment bond information?

A.	00 40 00 - Procurement Forms and Supplements
B.	00 72 00 - General Conditions
C.	00 73 00 - Supplementary Conditions
D.	00 50 00 - Contracting Forms and Supplements

Your answer: A

Correct answer: C

CORRECT RESPONSE

00 73 00 - Supplementary Conditions

Supplementary Conditions is where owner-specific items are located in the specifications. The Supplementary Conditions section supplements (or changes) the general conditions of the contract.

NCARB January 23, 2023 15:04

Hello Yvette,

The question is asking where the owner specific requirements for those performance and payment bonds would be located, not where the bond forms themselves would be placed.

NCARB is not affiliated with Ballast, and our volunteer architects utilize the resources listed in the Reference Matrix to author ARE items.

James Willis January 25, 2023 04:18

NCARB,

Regardless of Ballast's information, the practice exam also contradicts MasterFormat itself, which lists the Performance and Payment Bond at Division 00 61 13, not the 00 73 00 you have listed. Please advise.

NCARB January 25, 2023 14:23

Hello James,

You are correct that the actual bond forms have their own division, 00 61 00. The question though is asking where the owner provided requirements for those bond forms is to be placed. Since that information is a supplement to the general conditions, it would go in section 00 73 00 - Supplementary Conditions. We will revise this item on future releases to make that intent more clear.

PDD NCARB PRACTICE EXAM QUESTION ABOUT PROJECT MANUAL

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