This page consists of a compilation of web-based and other resources that complement The Academy’s CON 243 course, Architect-Engineer Contracting.
For the convenience of students, the links listed below are grouped consistent with each of the nine Lessons in the CON 243 Student Guide as published by The Contracting Education Academy at Georgia Tech.
Please email us at info@ContractingAcademy.gatech.edu if you discover a web link that is broken so that we may update it.
Lesson 1 – Intro to A&E Design Services
- Brooks Act – PL_92-582 Brooks Act – PL_92-582
- Design Failure – WSJ Shanghai China 2009
- The cost of allocating design risk to contractors – Oct. 2018
- SF330
Lesson 2 – Advertising Requirements
Lesson 3 – Statement of Work
- Executive Order 13693 – Planning for Federal Sustainability
- EPA – Guiding_Principles_Checklist
- Sustainable Buildings MOU
- Performance Work Statement Handbook
Lesson 4 – Selection Procedures
- Indirect Costs
- Source Selection Procedures DPAP
- Oversight of Contractor Performance Information
- SF330
- FAR Rule – 5 Offerors in Phase 2 of Selection of A-E Offerors – 05.16.2016
- DeMille SF 330
- Kellerman SF 330
- King SF 330
- Jakes Designers SF 330
- Margolin SF 330
- Sample Board Report
Lesson 5 – Cost Principles
Lesson 6 – Government Estimates
- A-E Fee Calculation
- Alternate Structured Approach for Profit Determination
- DD1547 Weighted Guidelines Tool
- DD Form 1547 Instructions
- DD1547 Fillable
- Independent Government Estimates
- A-E Fee Itemization Form
- Analyzing Profit or Fee – DPAP
- A-E IGE
- GSA Project Estimating Requirements
- Lesson 06 Calculations
Lesson 7 – Negotiation Process
Lesson 8 – Quality Management
- Constructability Review Checklist
- Architect-Engineer Contracting – USACE
- A-E Contracting – Naval Facilities Engineering Command NAVFAC
- Unified Facilities Guide Specifications (UFGS) Table of Contents
- Contractors Guide to Contract Administration – USACE
- Constructability Checklist – Dept. of Interior
Lesson 9 – Contract Management and Administration
- Performance Evaluation Standards for Construction and A-E Contracts – USACE
- Example- Contractor Performance Assessment and Reporting System (CPARS) Information
- Governmentwide Actions Needed to Improve Agencies’ Use of Performance Information in Decision Making – GAO – 09.2018
- DoD A-E Contract Administration Policy Manual
- Draft Executive Order to ‘Make Federal Buildings Beautiful Again’ Causes Stir – 02.07.2020
- Draft – White House Executive Order on Federal Buildings – 02.2020
