Which option best represents the complete set of tasks when performing a design review?

Which option best represents the complete set of tasks when performing a design review?

• A. General quality; Interdisciplinary coordination; Discipline-specific review for achieving OPR; Specification applicability and consistency w/OPR & BOD
• B. Design scope; Cost estimation; Material selection; Risk assessment
• C. Quality assurance; Permitting; Construction costs; Risk assessment
• D. General quality; Coordination between disciplines; Compliance with local codes; Schedule alignment

Answer: (A)

Design review aims to verify that the design meets the owner's requirements and is coherent across every discipline. The best set of tasks for this process includes ensuring general quality, coordinating between disciplines, conducting discipline-specific reviews to achieve the Owner’s Project Requirements, and checking that the specifications are applicable and consistent with both the OPR and the Basis of Design. This combination ensures the design reflects the owner’s goals, maintains design intent, and resolves cross-disciplinary conflicts before proceeding. Other options pull in elements like cost estimation, permitting, or scheduling, which are important activities but belong to different stages or processes and don’t capture the full design-review scope. They miss the explicit alignment with the OPR and BOD and the targeted discipline-specific checks that ensure the design truly satisfies the owner’s requirements across all systems.

Design review aims to verify that the design meets the owner's requirements and is coherent across every discipline. The best set of tasks for this process includes ensuring general quality, coordinating between disciplines, conducting discipline-specific reviews to achieve the Owner’s Project Requirements, and checking that the specifications are applicable and consistent with both the OPR and the Basis of Design. This combination ensures the design reflects the owner’s goals, maintains design intent, and resolves cross-disciplinary conflicts before proceeding.

Other options pull in elements like cost estimation, permitting, or scheduling, which are important activities but belong to different stages or processes and don’t capture the full design-review scope. They miss the explicit alignment with the OPR and BOD and the targeted discipline-specific checks that ensure the design truly satisfies the owner’s requirements across all systems.