What are the four tasks when performing a design review?

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

Answer: (C)

The design review is about making sure the design stays true to the owner’s goals and stays coordinated across all specialties. The four tasks reflect that focus.

First, general quality checks ensure the overall design quality aligns with the owner’s intent, uses consistent standards, and is complete and coherent across drawings, models, and calculations. This sets a solid foundation before more detailed checks.

Second, coordination between disciplines is essential to catch interface conflicts early. Architecture, structure, and all engineering systems must fit together without clashes, with shared spaces, equipment, and runouts properly coordinated so changes in one area don’t break another.

Third, a discipline-specific review aimed at achieving the Owner’s Project Requirements (OPR) ensures each discipline’s design decisions directly support the owner’s stated goals. This ties the design to the OPR and the Basis of Design, verifying that performance criteria, behavior, and design intent are consistently addressed within each specialty.

Fourth, checking specification applicability and ensuring consistency with the OPR and Basis of Design makes sure the written procurement and performance criteria match what the owner wants and what the design establishes. It avoids contradictions between what’s required and what’s documented.

Together, these tasks keep the design coherent, buildable, and aligned with the owner’s objectives before moving into construction documents and construction. Other items like cost estimation, scheduling, or construction-document verification belong in later stages or broader project management activities, not the design review scope.