Design Assist Contracting: requirement to owner's schedule/scope/budget planning?
Hi community,
On the Ballast ARE 5 Review Manual page 3-12, there's a statement regarding design assist contracting:
"The design-assist contracting method does take some additional work to make it effective. The owner
must develop a clear statement and scope of work, along with a budget and schedule."
However, in one of the Designer Hack PcM problems, the exact opposite was claimed, that the client does not need to have a clear understanding of the scope/budget/schedule of the project with the design assist method:
Which statement is true?? Can someone also kindly explain the rationality behind why a design assist method would have whether higher or lower requirement regarding owner's initial understanding of budget/scope/schedule? Thanks!
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Hello Minquan Wang ~
This is good question, thanks in advance for the post!
Forgive me, for I have not yet found the most accurate answer in the AHPP; however, my understanding is based on the key words "assist", and "early"; for the owner has a complex project, and hiring a CM, PM, and/or possibly other consultants on "early" to help with understanding of the Scope/Budget/Schedule of the project as it develops from SD to CD phase. This would probably end up costing the owner more in design contract fees; however, it would benefit the owner from attempting to make such tough decisions alone with his/her architect, especially since he/she is unclear of the S/B/S, etc. early on, and would rely on those design/construction consultants to procure those aspects and share them with the owner as they develop (hence, educating an uneducated owner).
REFERENCE: The results of a DA method: “Project owners can have more confidence in estimated costs,” says Turner Construction’s Kurt Smith. “Real-time cost feedback occurs throughout design and construction phases.”
AND, here is an article I also found online, so I do advise you to use good judgment when reading it. Good luck, hope this helps!
https://www.bdcnetwork.com/design-assist-way-really-fly-aia-course
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