Which statement is false?

Which statement is false?

• A. The contract documents for a project should be written primarily to protect the CM's interests.
• B. As the numbers of prime contractors on a project increase, the need to carefully coordinate contract documents increases.
• C. The CMAA CM-at-Risk contract documents, the CM may perform part of the construction work if the CM so chooses.
• D. After the owner accepts a CM's proposed GMP as contemplated by the CMAA CM-at-Risk Series documents, the responsibilities and duties are essentially the same as if the owner and CM were using the AIA GMP documents.

Answer: (D)

This question tests how CMAA CM-at-Risk contracts handle the CM’s role and the eyes of risk after a GMP is set, compared to how AIA GMP documents are structured. In CMAA CM-at-Risk, the CM acts as the owner’s construction manager with at-risk financial exposure to deliver the project within a GMP, coordinating and managing construction rather than simply acting as a passive agent. The statement that the CM may perform part of the construction work simply because it chooses to is not correct, because any self-performed work would be governed by specific contract terms and would still be part of the GMP and the overall risk allocation, not a free, unilateral right of the CM. After the owner accepts the GMP under CMAA, the duties and relationships reflect the CM-at-Risk framework, which differs in key ways from the AIA GMP setup where a general contractor takes primary responsibility for construction. So, the claim that CMAA CM-at-Risk documents allow the CM to self-perform construction work at its sole discretion is not accurate, making that statement false.

This question tests how CMAA CM-at-Risk contracts handle the CM’s role and the eyes of risk after a GMP is set, compared to how AIA GMP documents are structured. In CMAA CM-at-Risk, the CM acts as the owner’s construction manager with at-risk financial exposure to deliver the project within a GMP, coordinating and managing construction rather than simply acting as a passive agent. The statement that the CM may perform part of the construction work simply because it chooses to is not correct, because any self-performed work would be governed by specific contract terms and would still be part of the GMP and the overall risk allocation, not a free, unilateral right of the CM. After the owner accepts the GMP under CMAA, the duties and relationships reflect the CM-at-Risk framework, which differs in key ways from the AIA GMP setup where a general contractor takes primary responsibility for construction. So, the claim that CMAA CM-at-Risk documents allow the CM to self-perform construction work at its sole discretion is not accurate, making that statement false.