About This Offering

This six-session short-course will provide the learner with an overview of Delegated Design and how it interplays with construction delivery methods, contracting, scope and scope gap mitigation, systems coordination, modular construction and identification of client programmatic needs.

Eva Chapin CCP

Seasoned project manager with 20 years of experience across the construction industry who: 1. Serve as the liaison between the client, architects/engineers (A/E), CMAR/contractors, subcontractors, and other client consultants. 2. Review and analyze program and project budgets, and provide recommendation to client regarding funding utilization. 3. Provide cashflow and spend forecast/schedule to the client, client’s financial advisory service provider and the client’s bank. 4. Conduct program and project scope, and cost gap analysis. 5. Perform benchmarking studies for client program and project. 6. Develop and maintain program and project schedule. 7. Analyze A/E and contractor schedule, and provide notification of findings and recommendations to client to recover, if appropriate. 8. Review of design documents for adherence to code and client requirements. 9. Provide recommendation for program project packaging. 10. Provide construction phasing recommendations to client. 11. Assist in the development of Master Service Agreement for CMAR with client legal team and outside counsel. 12. Review client contracts, contractor scope and schedule for risk and provide recommendation to client of observed risk to enhance contract language and minimize contractor scope issues. 13. Develop client project management process manual. 14. Develop written narrative and recommendation to client’s project implementation manual. 15. Review and update client master specifications to meet industry standards and codes. 16. Provide cost estimate review analysis to validate contractor estimates during preconstruction and construction. 17. Perform construction cost review of client spend on program or project, and reconcile progress and final costs. 18. Program and project quality control management. 19. Site planning and logistics. 20. Enforce safety.
  • Registration: Closed Event
  • Course Dates: 2/20, 3/6, 3/20, 4/3, 4/17, 5/1 [2026]
  • PDH: 16
  • Price: $1,499
  • Location: Private Company

This six-session short-course will provide the learner with an overview of Delegated Design and how it interplays with construction delivery methods, contracting, scope and scope gap mitigation, systems coordination, modular construction and identification of client programmatic needs.

Session 1 – Overview of Delegated Design

  1. What is delegated design?
  2. Changes to industry standard practices in how we
  3. Evolution to delegated design:
    1. Structural implications in design stemming system
    2. Impacts associated with
    3. Evolution of technologies building systems (GPS coordinate systems).
    4.  
    5. Construction delivery

Session 2 – Construction Delivery Methods and Contracting

  1. Integrated project delivery (speed of delivery to use).
  2. Design-Build versus progressive design
  3. Delegated design versus design
  4. Material procurement trends since COVID-19 (2019).
  5. Market stability impacts and cost

Session 3 – Scope and Scope Gap Mitigation

  1. A/E and contractor roles and
  2. BIM Implementation Plan (random but needs to be discussed outside of coordination).
  3. Level of detail A/E versus contractor led
  4. Submittals (deferred submittals) and submittal
  5. Permitting responsibilities and coordination with existing

Session 4 – Systems Coordination and Correlation to Delegated Design

  1. Common delegated design of building
  2. Coordination between various systems/construction
  3. Mechanical systems as delegated design components (what is truly delegated if specifications dictate performance and system = performance).
    1. Proprietary equipment
    2. Seismic
    3. Ductwork layout
    4. Pipe expansion joints and layouts
  4. Electrical systems and low-voltage design

Session 5 – Delegated Design in Modular Construction

  1. Prefabrication solutions for modular
  2. Basis of design and development of performance
  3. Systems management and
  4. Pros and cons to modular
  5. Case example, DFW modular design with Holder Construction

Session 6 – Identification of Client Programmatic Needs

  1. Program Definition Development (PDD) - CM observations and
  2. Communication
  3. Design progression
  4. Schedule and budgetary
  5. Managing risk and
  6. Case example, STL Consolidated Terminal