- The course aims to equip architects with the basic knowledge, techniques and skills required for the successful administration of Design Build Contracts.
Prerequisite(s)
None
Corequisite(s)
None
Special Requisite(s)
None
Instructor(s)
Assist. Prof. Dr. Gamze Alptekin
Course Assistant(s)
Schedule
Day, hours, XXX Campus, classroom number.
Office Hour(s)
Prof. Dr. Zeynep Sözen, day, hours, XXX Campus, office number.
Teaching Methods and Techniques
- Lectures, discussions, questions and answers, problem solving, case study
Principle Sources
- Sözen, Zeynep, Tasarım-Yapım Sözleşmeleri, Ders notu, 2011. (Sözen, Zeynep, Design Build Contracts, Lecture Notes, 2011),ASCE Press, 2010
- Koch, James E., Gransberg, Douglas D. and Molenaar, Keith R. , Project Administration for Design-Build Contracts: A Primer for Owners, Engineers, and Contractors
- Beard, Jeffrey L., Wundram Edward C. And Loulakis, Michael C. Design-Build: Planning Through Development, McGraw Hill, 2010
- Quatman, William G., Design-Build for the Design Professional , Construction Law Library, Aspen 2000. - Bramble, Barry B., and West Joseph D., Design-Build Contracting Claims , Construction Law Library, Aspen 1999 - Uğur, Latif Onur, Insaat Sozlesmelerinin Yonetiminde Modern Yaklasimlar , Teknik yayınevi, Ankara, 2000.
Other Sources
- Uyanık, Nedim, İnşaat İşlerinde Sözleşme Yönetimi , Beta, İstanbul, 2004.
- Uğur, Latif Onur, FIDIC Tasarım-Yapım ve Anahtar Teslimi Tip Sözleşmesi İdari Şartnamesinde Teminatlar, Yapı Dünyası, sayı 133, s. 50-53, 2007
- Tasarım-Yapım ve Anahtar Teslimi Sözleşmelerinin İdari Şartnamesi, Türk MMMB Yayınları.
Course Schedules
Week
Contents
Learning Methods
1. Week
Design Build Contracts, Introduction: Basic principles of Contract Administration
Lecture
2. Week
The basic elements of Design Build Contracts
Major differences between Design Build Contracts and conventional contracts
Lecture
3. Week
The Design Build Contract as a legal document
Lecture, discussion
4. Week
Definitions and particular conditions
Lecture, discussion
5. Week
The interpretation of contract clasues: general principles
Lecture, discussion
6. Week
Red-flag clauses in Design Build Contracts Variations
Lecture, discussion
7. Week
Delays in Design Build Contracts
Scenario, problem sokving
8. Week
Midterm exam
Exam
9. Week
Inclement weather, Selection of a contract for the Contract Administration Manual
Lecture, case sudy
10. Week
Force majeure, Development of the Contract Administration Manual in class
Lecture, discussion, project
11. Week
Unforeseen site conditions
Lecture, case study
12. Week
Types of damages and compensation procedures
Lecture, discussion, project
13. Week
Acceptance procedure
Lecture, discussion, project
14. Week
Termination of the contract
Lecture, discussion, project
15. Week
Dispute resolution
Lecture, discussion, project
16. Week
Submission of the Contract Administration Manual
Project, discussion
17. Week
Final exam
Exam
Assessments
Evaluation tools
Quantity
Weight(%)
Program Outcomes
PO-1
Having knowledge to produce critical and original work in the fields of architectural theory, design methods and design philosophy. (KNOWLEDGE)
PO-2
Having knowledge to produce critical and original work in the fields of social and cultural geography and on the concepts of space and time. (KNOWLEDGE)
PO-3
Having knowledge to produce critical and original work in the field of built environment and human/society relationship within the framework of human-environment-behaviour. (KNOWLEDGE)
PO-4
Ability to direct the experience gained from architectural design and other knowledge areas to new fields and generate strategies. (ABILITY)
PO-5
Ability to conduct research, examination, interpretation; to use adequate techniques and produce original results in the field of academic knowledge and design process. (ABILITY)
PO-6
Ability to use the theoretical and practical knowledge of architectural design referring to undergraduate competence. (ABILITY)
PO-7
Competence for analyzing and interpreting architectural products within the framework of architectural concepts. (COMPETENCE)
PO-8
Competence for relating architectural design, architectural theory and building construction with social sciences and humanities such as psychology, philosophy and political economy. (COMPETENCE)
PO-9
Competence for presenting a work - made individually or in a group- systematically, in a foreign language, using the required computer programs, verbal, written and visual. (COMPETENCE)
PO-10
To gain knowledge and understand the socio-economical and spatial components and processes which are both the subjects and the outcomes of an urban design project.
PO-11
To gain knowledge and critical awareness about the relations in between urban design and the other disciplines like architecture, urban planning, economy and sociology; and the opportunuties and threats that will arise by these relations.
PO-12
Ability to realize an urban design project or a research on urban design in a multidisciplinary process, using both the theoretical and practical knowledge infrastructure, developing new methods and techniques.
PO-13
Ability to direct socio-economical and spatial components and processes in the urban design process.
PO-14
To gain competency on conducting an indivudial research or project on urban design.
PO-15
To gain competency on working as a group member and to work out the complicated processes that will occur during the urban design.
PO-16
To gain competancy to produce an original academical/scientific research, to present and to discuss in a dialectical framework.
PO-17
To gain competency on strategical decision making as a component of the urban design project and to produce original solutions considering ethical values.
PO-18
Understanding time management and control, cost planning and control, risk management, approaches, models and techniques to improve organizational / management effectiveness in project and construction management.
PO-19
Understanding classic and contemporary management theories and human relationship in management to improve management effectiveness in beginning, design and construction processes of a project.
PO-20
Ability to direct the experience gained from construction management and technology to new fields and ability to generate strategies.
PO-21
Ability to transfer and apply knowledge according to construction management and technology to the beginning of project, design and construction processes.
PO-22
Competence for analyzing, interpreting and establish relations within the framework of construction management and technology with the project and construction process.
PO-23
Competence for making strategic decisions of architectural design projects, in the field of construction management and technology, and generating original solutions.
PO-24
Understanding the basic principles of structural systems, development and appropriate application of contemporary structural systems.
PO-25
Understanding managerial tasks of architect and approaches, models and techniques to improve effectiveness in project and construction management.
PO-26
Understanding the relationship between sub systems which forms entire building and building technology, to ensure effective and correct use of a complex building from the beginning of design process to the usage, and ability to be able to criticize them.
PO-27
Ability to transfer and apply knowledge according to architectural engineering, to the beginning of design and construction processes of a project.
PO-28
Competence for producing a comprehensive architectural project from the beginning of schematic design to detailed system development phase (structural and environmental systems, safety and fire protection, partition systems, building envelop, building service systems).
PO-29
Competence for making strategic decisions of architectural design projects, in the field of architectural engineering, and generating original solutions.
PO-30
To have advenced level knowledge and realization about two different scale monument and site conservation.
PO-31
To have advenced level knowledge and realization about basic issues of conservation which are restoration theories, international modern conservation principles, national and international legal and organizational regulations and recording cultural heritage.
PO-32
To have advenced level of knowledge and realization about design principles of new addition to the historic building and infill building in historic settlement, measured drawing, restitution and restoration projects of historic building.
PO-33
To be informed and own critical awareness for utilizing from national and international examples of conservation of historical sites that are rapidly disappearing, preparing analytical surveys, preparing morphology and typology study and evaluating the data reunited from these studies.
PO-34
To gain cognitive and practice knowledge for proficiency in practice about monument and site conservation.
PO-35
To apply and integrate the knowledge, conception and problem solving ability about monument and site conservation with the knowledges from architectural history, city planning, urban design, archeology, civil engineering and such discipline areas and to apply within interdisciplinary, multi-disciplinary and upper-disciplinary contexts.
PO-36
To develop new data and methods on monument and site conservation and to have ability for merging the gained knowledge with the knowledge from the other discipline areas.
PO-37
To have ability for performing research, survey and critical evaluation on academic knowledge and design process, using approprate technics and producing unique outcomes.
PO-38
To have ability for carrying out individual study on monument and site conservation.
PO-39
To have ability for making a decision in analysis stage about monument and site conservation area, to lead projects/academic studies, to produce a work in a group by taking individual responsibility and to have ability for leading and changing complex processes.
PO-40
To have ability for taking strategic decisions about monument and site conservation projects and concerning ethic values while producing unique solutions.
Learning Outcomes
LO-1
An awareness of Design Build Contracts.
LO-2
Competence in understanding and interpreting Design Build Contracts.
LO-3
An awareness of the legal responsibilites of the Parties to the Design Build Contract.
LO-4
Skills in evaluating contractual risk.
LO-5
Competence in evaluating standard forms of contract.
LO-6
Competence in the administration of a contract.
LO-7
Awareness of proper documentation and archiving.
LO-8
Competence in writing a Design Build Contract.
LO-9
Competence in writing particular conditions to a Design Build Contract.
LO-10
Competence in detecting dispute prone clauses in aDesign Build Contract.
LO-11
Competence in resolving a dispute.
LO-12
Competence in formulating solutions in a dispute situation.
