Design-Build Institute of America (DBIA) Exam 2 Practice

Keeping the design within budget as it evolves is the responsibility of the Design Manager. This role sits at the interface between design and cost control, continually tracking design decisions against the budget, coordinating with the estimator to update costs as the design develops, and guiding value engineering or scope adjustments to protect financial targets. The Integrated Project Leader handles overall project integration and leadership but not the day-to-day budget monitoring of design decisions. The Estimator provides cost information and forecasts, but ongoing monitoring tied to design progression is managed by the Design Manager. The Designer of Record focuses on delivering the technical design, not budget performance. For these reasons, the Design Manager is the person who monitors the design-to-budget process in a DB project.