Construction Contract Exercise Map

Exercise sequence

Earlier decisions stay visible as later consequences arrive.

Rows move forward through FY27. Each active increment has a calendar date, and columns keep concurrent workstreams aligned.

Time

01Recreation Center / HVAC

02Airfield / Port

03Headquarters / Community Center

04Command Post

05COR / Government Property

Increment0031 Mar 2027

[M]CommonShadow Moses mission packetOpens the exercise with the installation mission, construction portfolio, and authority structure—without revealing later conflicts.Open plan

Increment0113 Apr 2027

[A]DecisionPerformance stage constructionA $3.72 million, FY27 3400-funded SABER construction requirement tests minor-construction funding and whether trainees reconcile two jointly issued designs that occupy the same facility volume.Open plan [B]DecisionRecreation Center HVAC renewalA proposed $4.20 million SABER construction order tests project funding, award readiness, requirement clarity, schedule pressure, and reconciliation with another planned project in the same room.Open plan

Increment0320 Apr 2027

[C]DecisionRunway-light access before awardLast year's irregular hailstorms broke nearly all of Runway 10/28's approach lights. The urgent restoration package includes a fixed completion date and liquidated damages, but its otherwise complete access record requires careful review.Open plan

Increment0410 May 2027

[AG]Good pathConflict prevented; differing-site-condition REATrainees prevented the stage/HVAC conflict, but Outer Heaven now invokes the Differing Site Conditions clause and seeks $21,600 after a delivery opening shown on the Government-furnished floor plan proved to be sealed.Open plan [AB]Bad pathConflict missed; HVAC relocation REABecause neither deconfliction revision was incorporated, the Government awarded two physically incompatible requirements, used the construction Changes clause to direct HVAC relocation, and now must correctly process Outer Heaven's resulting REA.Open plan

Increment0519 May 2027Role-play required

[I]DecisionReplacement COR orientationSgt Johnny begins unexpected medical leave with no expected end date. Civil Engineering nominates trained replacement COR 1st Lt Jack 'Raiden,' who admits that he retained little from training because he expected Johnny to handle the work. The contracting team must give him a practical opening orientation.Open plan

Increment0626 May 2027Role-play required

[N]DecisionCargo Pier site-visit questionsDuring the $38.40 million Cargo Pier MACC competition, trainees discover that Diamond Dogs privately received the east-apron availability schedule from an LRS site-visit representative.Open plan

Increment0729 Jun 2027

[CG]Good pathSuperintendent barred from flightlineThe entire contractor team received timely flightline access under C-02, but Airfield Operations barred named superintendent Avery Stone from the flightline after inappropriate conduct and Outer Heaven could not resume until an acceptable replacement completed access processing.Open plan [CB]Bad pathFlightline access missingThe Government awarded the order with installation entry in place but without the separate controlled-flightline permission needed to reach any part of the work site.Open plan

Increment086 Jul 2027

[E]DecisionCommunity Support Center planningA low-pressure file-readiness check makes trainees inspect purpose, time, amount, and the planned MACC competition before the records become evidence in [F].Open plan

Increment0913 Jul 2027

[F]DecisionAsbestos and proposed building substitutionA latent-condition notice and safety stop collide with an attractive proposal to swap a different building into the existing contract.Open plan

Increment1127 Jul 2027

[G]DecisionCommand Post design-build awardThree SM-MACC-01 holders have submitted firm-fixed-price concept designs and prices in a single-phase design-build competition. Trainees may rank the offers, but the real decision is whether they notice that every proposed west boulder line occupies the fixed north-south fire-lane corridor in [H] and request revised designs before award.Open plan [H]DecisionCommand Post fire laneA separate SABER order will construct a 700-foot north-south all-weather fire lane west of the Command Post. Its 24-foot road envelope lies 28 to 52 feet west of the Command Post west wall—an approved, fixed life-safety alignment that must be coordinated with [G].Open plan

Increment1217 Aug 2027

[IG]Good pathCommander-directed unauthorized installationWhile walking past the Campbell Hall job site, Colonel Roy Campbell suggests that Peace Walker add a dedicated mini-split where his office is being built and tells the foreman to proceed before the wall closes. The contractor acts in good faith on what it believes is lawful Government direction and now invoices $32,000 for the extra work, although no Contracting Officer authorized the change.Open plan [IB]Bad pathCOR-authorized unauthorized installationBecause trainees omitted the unauthorized-commitment warning from Raiden's opening briefing, he approves Colonel Campbell's request and the contractor installs the $32,000 mini-split, creating an unauthorized commitment by the COR.Open plan

Increment1524 Aug 2027Role-play required

[J]DecisionRequest to use the 713 LRS forkliftAt the start of limited Command Post boulder-mockup work, Diamond Dogs Civil Works, LLC asks the Government to furnish a heavy forklift after its rented equipment fails.Open plan

Increment171 Sep 2027Role-play required

[D]DecisionHeadquarters progress paymentTrainees test a COR's installed-work estimate against the accepted progress schedule and FAR 52.232-5 treatment of material delivered and staged on site.Open plan

Increment1913 Sep 2027Role-play required

[K]DecisionConstruction wage concernsTrainees determine whether workers were paid the wage determination's minimum for the classification of work actually performed, not merely the classification written on a certified payroll.Open plan

[O]DecisionSIPR room possession and wall damageAfter the Contracting Officer authorizes early possession of the Command Post SIPR room, a scratched wall forces trainees to investigate causation and distinguish possession from contractual acceptance.Open plan

Increment2322 Sep 2027

[L]DecisionAdverse-weather extension requestA SABER prime forwards its roofing subcontractor’s request treating every unsafe rain interruption as excusable, forcing trainees to determine whether the encountered weather was unusually severe.Open plan

Increment2529 Sep 2027

[FINAL]CloseoutIntegrated final briefTeams explain their decisions, authorities, facts considered, missing information, downstream consequences, and the facts that would change each answer.Open plan