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Disadvantages • Reconciliation of bid received on incomplete documents to final complete drawings can be difficult. • Potential for cost growth (change orders, claims). • Dependent upon extent of the selection process, Owner-Contractor relationships can still be adversarial. • Potential for schedule impacts (delay, acceleration). • Some potential for poor quality workmanship. Pure Construction Manaqer (CM) Contract to provide construction manager services is awarded to organization that provides the Owner with the best experience, team, and "fit". Advantages • CM firm can provide budget, schedule, and value engineering input. • CM firm will manage all aspects of cont~actor selection and bid process. • CM will negotiate contracts o~ behalf of the Owner. Disadvantages • Owner contracts di~ectly with general contractor and maintains contractual liability. • CM firm has no contractor contractuai liabilily and is not "at risk". • CM firm may not possess in-house capabilities for perfor-ning market sensitive value engineering, budgeting, and scheduling. • CM firm has difficulty in remaining in touch with cost and schedule status of ongoing work. • CM is unable to provide effective ongoing value engineering. Construction Manaaer / General Contractor (CM/GC Bidders are pre-qualfied prior to bid. Contractor evaluation criteria can include: strength of contractor team, compatibility, similar p~oject experie~ce, schedule and budget performance history, and work quality. Contractors are selected via a proposal competitio~. Contract is awarded during initial design phase to contractor that provides the best experience and "fit". Advantages • Owner is contractualiy liable to a single prime contractor. • General cont~actor fees and general condition costs can be "bid" during proposai selection process. • Owner-Contractor relationships typically are good and producfive with a~team" approach. • Design phase contractor input for budgeting and scheduling. • Contractor can provide value engineering on an ongoing basis. • Proper contractor prequalification may preclude the need for general contractor bonding. • GMP process typically recognizes complete scope of work. • If desired,100% of work can be competitively bid. • Cost growth is controiled by project team. Disadvantages • Selection process will prohibit some "bondable" contractors from partiapating.