Exam 15: Understanding Contracts and Contractors

When a project is being done in the public sector, the law usually requires ____________________ bidding as the means by which contractors are chosen.

When a client chooses to have prime contract relationships with multiple professionals, one of the prime contractors will be designated as the ____________________ to ensure that the project runs smoothly.

Safeguards such as prequalification of bidders seek to guarantee that the lowest bidder is an expert and financially capable of completing the project.

It can be the responsibility of the landscape architect to prepare detailed construction drawings and written specifications for every aspect of the job.

The subcontractor and prime contractor enter into a relationship known as a ____________________.

The negotiated contract is the preferred method of doing business because it clarifies and eliminates uncertainty before construction begins.

What party in a contract owns and provides financing for a project?

Firms are rarely chosen because of their professional reputation in a market region.

Which one of the choices is NOT a way that landscape contractors can obtain work?

A written contract must contain the names of the parties, their signatures, and the ____________________ of their signing.

Usually, the prime contractor retains full responsibility for management and control of the project, even the subcontractors.

Rather than waiting for the telephone to ring or customers to walk through the door, how may a firm seek new clients?

The direct solicitation of a landscape company to accomplish a project is more common to residential projects than to commercial projects.

Owners of private projects may seek bids by extending _________________________ to contractors who have the capability to do the work.

A landscape company that did a mass mailing of brochures describing their services to every home owner in a suburban development would be using ____________________ to generate new jobs.

It is not wise or common to put agreements between parties in written form.

In the building trades, how are most general contracts awarded?

In competitive bidding, which bid is usually the one that gets accepted?

Occasionally, a landscape contractor may be selected to build a landscape without competitive bidding because of close proximity to the project site.

When using competitive bidding, firms that are not financially astute are easily identified because their bids are significantly higher or lower than the majority.