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Construction Management
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1. The final phase of design on an architectural project when construction documents are completed and bidding documents formulated.
Budget Estimate
Design Development Phase
Change Order
Contract Document Phase
2. Line-item amounts in the project budget - dedicated to specific cost areas where oversight is an inherent problem in project delivery.
Commissioning
Drawings
Escrow Account
Contingencies
3. Selected strategic events of signal importance to progress used in the milestone schedule.
Subcontractor
Labor and Material Bond
Milestone
Lump Sum Fee
4. A contractor who has a contract with a prime contractor.
Subcontractor
Special Conditions
Professional Liability Insurance
Budget Estimate
5. A business entity that provides independent contractor services to owners through the use of subcontractors when using the general contracting system.
Life-Cycle Cost
Life-Cycle Cost
Preconstruction Phase
General Contractor
6. See: Start-up; Beneficial Occupancy The process at or near construction completion when a facility is tried out (put into use) to see if it functions as designed. Usually applied to manufacturing type projects.
Commissioning
Field Construction Manager
Final Completion
Design-Build (D-B) Contracting
7. A schedule of milestones spanning from the start of construction to occupancy - used as the main measure of progress to keep the project on schedule.
Record Drawings
Performance Bond
Milestone Schedule
Occupancy Phase
8. The initial Design Phase on an architectural project when the A/E delineates the owner's needs in a general way.
Escrow Account
Changed Conditions
Schematic Design Phase
Lien
9. Also: As Builts; Check: Record Drawings Drawings produced during or after construction and amended to show the exact location - geometry - and dimensions of the constructed project. As-Built Drawings are not the same as Record Drawings.
Construction Budget
Contract Documents
As-Built Drawings
Project Manual
10. Also: Errors and Omissions Insurance Insurance provided by design professionals and construction managers that protects the owner against the financial results of negligent acts by the insured.
Notice of Award
Professional Liability Insurance
Approved Bidders List
Notice to Proceed
11. An estimate of the cost still to be expended on a work-scope in order to complete it. The difference between the Cost to Date and the Estimated Final Cost.
Bid
Estimated Cost to Complete
Drawings
Final Design Phase
12. The point at which both parties to a contract declare the other has satisfactorily completed its responsibilities under the contract.
Budget Estimate
Conditions of the Contract
Preconstruction Phase
Final Completion
13. A professional service that applies effective management techniques to the planning - design - and construction of a project form inception to completion for the purpose of controlling time - cost and quality. (As approved by CMAA) OR A project deliv
Construction Management
RFP (Request For Proposal)
Contract Administration
Project Team
14. Check: Letter of Intent; Notice to Proceed A letter from an owner to a contractor stating that a contract has been awarded to the contractor and a contract will be forthcoming.
Construction Budget
Notice of Award
Contract Administration
Progress Meeting
15. Also: Mechanic's Lien The right to take - hold - or sell the property of a debtor as security or payment for a debt.
Lien
Subcontractor
Approved Changes
Substantial Completion
16. The cost of purchasing - installing - owning - operating - and maintaining a construction element over the life of the facility.
Checks and Balances
Project Manual
RFP (Request For Proposal)
Life-Cycle Cost
17. All required phases prior to the start of construction.
Checks and Balances
General Conditions (of the Contract for Construction)
Superintendent
Preconstruction Phase
18. Material and equipment required for construction which have delivery dates too far in the future to be included in a contractor's contract at bid time. They are pre-purchased directly by the owner.
Escrow Account
Long-Lead Items
Preliminary Design Phase
Notice of Award
19. An estimate of cost based on rough or incomplete information - with a stated degree of accuracy. The more information available - the more accurate the estimate. Loosely called a 'ballpark' estimate.
Milestone
Bid Bond
Budget Estimate
Preconstruction Phase
20. Written criteria that augment the drawings pertaining to the technical construction of the project that cannot be conveniently included on the plans.
Technical Specifications
Construction Documents
Direct Costs
Start-Up
21. A contractor that provides design and construction services under a single responsibility contract to an owner .
Estimated Final Cost
Lien
Design-Build (D-B) Contractor
Technical Specifications
22. A contract held by an owner.
Field Construction Manager
Bid
Prime Contract
Escrow Account
23. Changes of any nature in contract requirements which have been agreed upon through a change approval process and approved by the owner.
Warranty
Approved Changes
Conditions of the Contract
Construction Management
24. Also: Field CM; Level 3 Manager; Level 3 Person; Superintendent - Site Manager A person designated by the CM firm to interface with the owner's and A/E's representatives on the project team at the third management level. A person located at the site
Completion Schedule
Technical Specifications
Warranty
Field Construction Manager
25. An individual employed by an owner to represent him on a project at the site of the work. The clerk-of- the-work's abilities - credentials - and responsibilities vary at the discretion of the owner.
Final Design Phase
RFP (Request For Proposal)
Clerk-of-the-Work
Superintendent
26. The time between the purchase date and delivery date of long-lead items.
Long-Lead Time
Project Meeting
Conditions of the Contract
Preconstruction Phase
27. The cost of purchasing - installing - owning - operating - and maintaining a construction element over the life of the facility.
Lump Sum Fee
Design Development Phase
Sub-subcontractor
Life-Cycle Cost
28. Also: Supplementary Conditions Amendments to the General Conditions that change standard requirements to unique requirements - appropriate for a specific project.
Subcontractor
Construction Documents
Record Drawings
Special Conditions
29. The second request for uniform detailed information from prospective CM practitioners being screened for a project.
CM Services
RFP (Request For Proposal)
Warranty
Bid
30. A meeting dedicated essentially to contractor performance and progress payments - involving supervisors from contractor home offices and the team's Level 2 and 3 Managers.
Lump Sum Fee
Notice of Award
Project Meeting
Contract Administration
31. Also: Feasibility Phase The phase prior to the start of design.
Life-Cycle Cost
Critical Path(s)
Sub-subcontractor
Pre-design Phase
32. Also: Occupancy Schedule A schedule of the activities and events required to effect occupancy or the use of a facility for its intended purpose. It is used to determine if construction progress will meet the occupancy date.
Completion Schedule
Project Team
Critical Path(s)
Notice of Award
33. Also: Feasibility Phase The phase prior to the start of design.
Performance Bond
Professional Liability Insurance
Pre-design Phase
Budget Estimate
34. The time between the purchase date and delivery date of long-lead items.
Construction Budget
Approved Changes
Long-Lead Time
Budget Estimate
35. Also: Construction Team; Check: Program Team Consists of the architect/engineer - construction manager - and owner - represented by their Level 1 - 2 - and 3 Persons - plus the designated leaders of contracted constructors.
Project Team
Contingencies
Labor and Material Bond
General Contractor
36. The term used on architectural projects to describe the transitional phase from the Schematic Phase to the Contract Document during design.
Life-Cycle Cost
Direct Costs
Design Development Phase
Notice to Proceed
37. Also: Guarantee Assurance by a providing party that the work - material - and equipment under warranty will perform as promised or as required by contract.
Lien
Guarantee
Warranty
Bid
38. Also: As Builts; Check: Record Drawings Drawings produced during or after construction and amended to show the exact location - geometry - and dimensions of the constructed project. As-Built Drawings are not the same as Record Drawings.
As-Built Drawings
Change Order
Commissioning
Construction Manager
39. Also: Construction Team; Check: Program Team Consists of the architect/engineer - construction manager - and owner - represented by their Level 1 - 2 - and 3 Persons - plus the designated leaders of contracted constructors.
Project Manual
Pre-design Phase
Project Team
Contract Administration
40. The initial Design Phase on an architectural project when the A/E delineates the owner's needs in a general way.
Direct Material Costs
Contingencies
Schematic Design Phase
Performance Bond
41. Partial payments on a contractor's contract amount - periodically paid by the owner for work accomplished by the contractor to date.
Notice to Proceed
Progress Payment
Prime Contract
Value Engineering
42. The documents which collectively form the contract between the contractor and the owner. They consist of the bidding documents less bidding information plus pre-award addenda and post-award Change Orders.
Contract Documents
Warranty
Owner's Representative
Milestone
43. The target cost of the project established by the owner and agreed to be achievable by the team. The Project Budget usually includes the cost of construction and the CM fee - plus any other line-item costs (land - legal fees - interest - design fees
Project Budget
Fast-Track(ing)
Project Manual
Estimated Final Cost
44. An estimate of the cost still to be expended on a work-scope in order to complete it. The difference between the Cost to Date and the Estimated Final Cost.
Contingencies
Substantial Completion
Estimated Cost to Complete
Claim
45. A pledge from a third party (usually a surety company) to pay liquidated damages to the owner to the extent of the difference between the bonded contractor bid and the next highest bidder but not to exceed the face value of the bond; if the bonded co
Bid Bond
Design-Build (D-B) Contracting
Lien
Direct Labor Costs
46. A person assigned to a project to represent the owner on the project team at one to the three management levels.
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47. A formal notice sent by a contractor to an owner asserting the fact that the terms of the contract have been breached and compensation is being sought by the contractor from the owner.
Progress Meeting
Estimated Cost to Complete
Preconstruction Phase
Claim
48. The point at which both parties to a contract declare the other has satisfactorily completed its responsibilities under the contract.
Final Completion
Performance Bond
Professional Liability Insurance
Commissioning
49. Check: As-Built Drawings A set of contract document drawings - marked up as construction proceeds - which show the exact location - geometry - and dimensions of all elements of the constructed project as installed.
Design Development Phase
Design-Build (D-B) Contractor
Shop Drawings
Record Drawings
50. A physical location where trade contractor proposals are fled the day before general contractor bids are to be received by an owner for pickup - opening - acceptance - or rejection by general contractors bidding the owner's project.
Value Engineering
Milestone
Bid Depository
Contingencies