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Construction Management
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1. The scope of services provided by a construction manager and available to owners in whole or in part. CM services are not consistent in scope or performance from one CM firm to another.
Chart of Accounts
Schematic Design Phase
CM Services
Field Construction Manager
2. Applies to engineering projects; the initial design effort following signing of the owner; engineer agreement. It is followed by the Final Design Phase.
Project Budget
Completion Schedule
Milestone
Preliminary Design Phase
3. Also: Concealed Conditions; Latent Conditions Conditions or circumstances - physical or otherwise - which surface after a contract has been signed and which alter the circumstances or conditions on which the contract is based.
Clerk-of-the-Work
Project Team
Changed Conditions
Guaranteed Maximum Price CM (GMPCM)
4. The list of contractors that have survived prequalification tests.
Notice to Proceed
Critical Path(s)
Approved Bidders List
Long-Lead Time
5. 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.
Clerk-of-the-Work
Bid Depository
Prime Contract
RFP (Request For Proposal)
6. See: Front-End Specifications The part of the contract that prescribes the rights - responsibilities - and relationships of the parties signing the agreement and outlines the administration of the contract for construction.
General Conditions (of the Contract for Construction)
Prime Contract
CM Services
Completion Schedule
7. Also: Supplementary Conditions Amendments to the General Conditions that change standard requirements to unique requirements - appropriate for a specific project.
Approved Changes
Special Conditions
Direct Labor Costs
Final Completion
8. All required phases prior to the start of construction.
Contract Document Phase
Preconstruction Phase
Change Order
Letter of Intent
9. Written criteria that augment the drawings pertaining to the technical construction of the project that cannot be conveniently included on the plans.
As-Built Drawings
Progress Payment
Letter of Intent
Technical Specifications
10. The date on which a contractor reaches a point of completion - when subsequent interfacing contractors can productively begin work or the owner can occupy the project - in whole or in part - without undo interference.
Construction Management
Bid
Estimated Final Cost
Substantial Completion
11. The continuous chain(s) of activities from project-start to project-finish - whose durations cannot be exceeded if the project is to be completed on the project-finish date. A sequence of activities that collectively require the longest duration to c
Critical Path(s)
Design-Build (D-B) Contractor
Long-Lead Items
Prime Contract
12. 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
Record Drawings
General Conditions (of the Contract for Construction)
Bid Bond
Progress Payment
13. 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
Change Order
Notice of Award
Milestone
14. The bidder who has submitted the lowest competitive proposal as determined by a cursory examination of the bids submitted.
apparent Low Bidder
RFP (Request For Proposal)
Life-Cycle Cost
Clerk-of-the-Work
15. The initial Design Phase on an architectural project when the A/E delineates the owner's needs in a general way.
Commissioning
Schematic Design Phase
Prime Contract
Contingencies
16. The time between the purchase date and delivery date of long-lead items.
Schematic Design Phase
Design-Build (D-B) Contractor
Lump Sum Fee
Superintendent
17. 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.
Start-Up
Long-Lead Items
Approved Bidders List
Shop Drawings
18. Also: Reimbursable Charges to the owner covering costs for services that could not or intentionally were not quantified at the time the fee arrangement was made.
Approved Bidders List
Schematic Design Phase
Reimbursable Expense
As-Built Drawings
19. An estimate of the final cost of a work item based on its Cost to Date and the estimated cost to complete it. The sum of the Cost to Date and the Estimated Cost to Complete.
Change Order
Contract Document Phase
Estimated Final Cost
Milestone Schedule
20. Check: Surety; Performance Bond A guarantee provided by a surety to pay claims against the owner from contractors and suppliers who have not been paid for labor - material - and equipment incorporated into the project.
As-Built Drawings
Project Team
Labor and Material Bond
Schematic Design Phase
21. A contractor that provides design and construction services under a single responsibility contract to an owner .
Design-Build (D-B) Contractor
Subcontractor
Bid Depository
Superintendent
22. Also: Feasibility Phase The phase prior to the start of design.
General Conditions (of the Contract for Construction)
Pre-design Phase
Notice to Proceed
Conditions of the Contract
23. A contractor who has a contract with a subcontractor.
Sub-subcontractor
Construction Manager
Occupancy Phase
Contingencies
24. The cost of purchasing - installing - owning - operating - and maintaining a construction element over the life of the facility.
Life-Cycle Cost
Critical Path(s)
Contingencies
Conditions of the Contract
25. Line-item amounts in the project budget - dedicated to specific cost areas where oversight is an inherent problem in project delivery.
As-Built Drawings
Contingencies
Notice to Proceed
Shop Drawings
26. Graphic representations showing location - geometry - and dimensions of a project or its elements in sufficient detail to facilitate construction.
Substantial Completion
Superintendent
Contract Administration
Drawings
27. 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.
CM Services
Direct Costs
Estimated Cost to Complete
Notice to Proceed
28. A fixed dollar amount which includes all costs of services including overhead and profit.
Clerk-of-the-Work
Sub-subcontractor
Lump Sum Fee
Completion Schedule
29. 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.
Notice of Award
Checks and Balances
Project Meeting
Project Meeting
30. Also: Contract Modification The document that alters the contract amount - contract time - or contract requirements of the original contract entered into by the owner and a contractor.
Change Order
Design-Build (D-B) Contractor
Occupancy Phase
apparent Low Bidder
31. Costs accruing from expended labor excluding the bonus portion of overtime - insurances - and payroll taxes.
Notice to Proceed
Direct Material Costs
Bid Depository
Preconstruction Phase
32. The process of designing portions of a project while portions already designed are under construction. A series of controlled design-build sequences that collectively constitute a complete project.
Lien
Progress Payment
Fast-Track(ing)
Design-Build (D-B) Contractor
33. 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.
Commissioning
Conditions of the Contract
Professional Liability Insurance
Specifications
34. A form of the CM system where the construction manager guarantees - in addition to providing ACM services - a ceiling price to the owner for the cost of construction.
Guaranteed Maximum Price CM (GMPCM)
Owner's Representative
Changed Conditions
Claim
35. The costs directly attributed to a work-scope - such as labor - material - equipment - and subcontracts but not he cost of operations overhead and the labor - material - equipment - and subcontracts expended in support of the undertaking.
Checks and Balances
Direct Costs
Project Budget
Life-Cycle Cost
36. Also: Mechanic's Lien The right to take - hold - or sell the property of a debtor as security or payment for a debt.
Preliminary Design Phase
Lien
Progress Meeting
General Contractor
37. 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.
Pre-design Phase
Value Engineering
As-Built Drawings
Estimated Cost to Complete
38. The bidder who has submitted the lowest competitive proposal as determined by a cursory examination of the bids submitted.
Chart of Accounts
apparent Low Bidder
Special Conditions
Commissioning
39. Also: Concealed Conditions; Latent Conditions Conditions or circumstances - physical or otherwise - which surface after a contract has been signed and which alter the circumstances or conditions on which the contract is based.
Occupancy Phase
Changed Conditions
Estimated Final Cost
Subcontractor
40. Check: Commissioning; Beneficial Occupancy The period prior to owner occupancy when mechanical - electrical - and other systems are activated and the owner's operating and maintenance staff are instructed in their use.
Guarantee
Contract Administration
Start-Up
Project Meeting
41. Check: Labor and Material Bond; Surety A guarantee provided by a surety to complete a project according to the terms of the contract documents in the event that the bonded contractor defaults on the contract or to pay the owner the face value of the
Performance Bond
Contract Documents
Estimated Cost to Complete
As-Built Drawings
42. 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.
Change Order
Final Design Phase
Notice of Award
Lien
43. Money put into the custody of the third party by the first party for disbursement tot the second party. A brief temporary depository for progress payments until authorized for release according to the depositor's explicit instructions.
Long-Lead Items
Direct Labor Costs
Escrow Account
Pre-design Phase
44. The designation used by engineers for the last portion of the design process prior to bidding.
Project Team
Final Design Phase
Direct Labor Costs
Contract Documents
45. The scope of services provided by a construction manager and available to owners in whole or in part. CM services are not consistent in scope or performance from one CM firm to another.
CM Services
Long-Lead Time
Estimated Final Cost
Checks and Balances
46. 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.
Completion Schedule
Professional Liability Insurance
Schematic Design Phase
Budget Estimate
47. A business entity that provides independent contractor services to owners through the use of subcontractors when using the general contracting system.
Design-Build (D-B) Contractor
Design-Build (D-B) Contracting
General Contractor
Milestone
48. Also: Site Coordination Meeting - Coordination meeting A meeting dedicated essentially to contractor progress during the construction phase.
Design-Build (D-B) Contractor
Life-Cycle Cost
Project Team
Progress Meeting
49. Also: Guarantee Assurance by a providing party that the work - material - and equipment under warranty will perform as promised or as required by contract.
Change Order
Start-Up
Warranty
Checks and Balances
50. 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
Value Engineering
Notice to Proceed
Bid Bond
Project Budget