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Construction Management
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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.
Estimated Final Cost
Checks and Balances
Lump Sum Fee
Final Completion
2. 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.
Estimated Final Cost
CM Services
Contingencies
Project Meeting
3. 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
Superintendent
Bid Bond
Critical Path(s)
Guaranteed Maximum Price CM (GMPCM)
4. 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.
Professional Liability Insurance
Substantial Completion
Performance Bond
Budget Estimate
5. A business entity that provides independent contractor services to owners through the use of subcontractors when using the general contracting system.
General Contractor
Sub-subcontractor
Sub-subcontractor
Life-Cycle Cost
6. The bidder who has submitted the lowest competitive proposal as determined by a cursory examination of the bids submitted.
Milestone Schedule
apparent Low Bidder
Direct Material Costs
Professional Liability Insurance
7. 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
Bid
Bid Bond
Bid Depository
8. Line-item amounts in the project budget - dedicated to specific cost areas where oversight is an inherent problem in project delivery.
Contingencies
Direct Labor Costs
Changed Conditions
Final Design Phase
9. A binding offer - usually expressed in dollars to provide specific services within clearly stated requirements.
Changed Conditions
Pre-design Phase
Bid
Milestone Schedule
10. 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.
Checks and Balances
Special Conditions
Progress Meeting
Commissioning
11. 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.
Long-Lead Time
Technical Specifications
Progress Meeting
Contract Documents
12. Term that refers to the General Conditions and the Supplementary and Special Conditions of the contract for construction.
Critical Path(s)
Drawings
Conditions of the Contract
Milestone Schedule
13. 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.
Milestone Schedule
Changed Conditions
Shop Drawings
Project Meeting
14. Also: Guarantee Assurance by a providing party that the work - material - and equipment under warranty will perform as promised or as required by contract.
General Conditions (of the Contract for Construction)
Warranty
Estimated Final Cost
Superintendent
15. 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.
Occupancy Phase
Long-Lead Items
Shop Drawings
Clerk-of-the-Work
16. Check: Notice of Award; Letter of Intent A notice from an owner directing a contractor to begin work on a contract - subject to specific stated conditions.
Contract Document Phase
Notice to Proceed
Letter of Intent
Technical Specifications
17. A binding offer - usually expressed in dollars to provide specific services within clearly stated requirements.
Long-Lead Items
Escrow Account
Owner's Representative
Bid
18. 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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19. 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.
Start-Up
Bid Depository
Technical Specifications
Contract Administration
20. Also: Detailed Construction Schedule A graphic - tabular or narrative representation or depiction of the construction portion of the project- delivery process - showing activities and durations or activities in sequential order.
Prime Contract
Guaranteed Maximum Price CM (GMPCM)
Project Team
Construction Schedule
21. 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
Preconstruction Phase
Design-Build (D-B) Contracting
Design-Build (D-B) Contractor
22. 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.
Completion Schedule
Substantial Completion
Guarantee
Lien
23. 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.
Checks and Balances
Construction Schedule
Sub-subcontractor
Guaranteed Maximum Price CM (GMPCM)
24. The initial Design Phase on an architectural project when the A/E delineates the owner's needs in a general way.
Schematic Design Phase
Fast-Track(ing)
Critical Path(s)
Milestone
25. 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.
Construction Manager
Sub-subcontractor
apparent Low Bidder
Changed Conditions
26. 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.
Notice to Proceed
Completion Schedule
Claim
Change Order
27. Drawings - technical specification - and addenda; the contract documents that refer to the physical construction requirements established by the A/E.
Commissioning
Construction Documents
Construction Manager
Long-Lead Time
28. 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.
Conditions of the Contract
Chart of Accounts
As-Built Drawings
General Conditions (of the Contract for Construction)
29. 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.
Project Budget
Technical Specifications
Reimbursable Expense
Field Construction Manager
30. The initial Design Phase on an architectural project when the A/E delineates the owner's needs in a general way.
Schematic Design Phase
Performance Bond
Design-Build (D-B) Contractor
Direct Material Costs
31. The term used on architectural projects to describe the transitional phase from the Schematic Phase to the Contract Document during design.
Design Development Phase
Start-Up
Claim
Direct Costs
32. Changes of any nature in contract requirements which have been agreed upon through a change approval process and approved by the owner.
Start-Up
Approved Changes
General Conditions (of the Contract for Construction)
Design Development Phase
33. Partial payments on a contractor's contract amount - periodically paid by the owner for work accomplished by the contractor to date.
Long-Lead Items
Preliminary Design Phase
Direct Labor Costs
Progress Payment
34. 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
Field Construction Manager
Value Engineering
Construction Budget
Preconstruction Phase
35. Check: CM Project Manual Written information that augments the drawings. The Project Manual contains the General Conditions - Supplementary and Special Conditions - the Form of Contract - Addenda - Change Orders - Bidding Information and Proposal For
Project Manual
Long-Lead Time
Special Conditions
Construction Budget
36. The final phase of design on an architectural project when construction documents are completed and bidding documents formulated.
Construction Documents
Approved Bidders List
Labor and Material Bond
Contract Document Phase
37. 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.
Special Conditions
Final Completion
Specifications
Fast-Track(ing)
38. A contractor that provides design and construction services under a single responsibility contract to an owner .
Life-Cycle Cost
Design-Build (D-B) Contractor
Drawings
Contract Administration
39. The list of contractors that have survived prequalification tests.
Approved Bidders List
Budget Estimate
Design-Build (D-B) Contracting
Occupancy Phase
40. 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.
Field Construction Manager
Completion Schedule
Direct Costs
Notice to Proceed
41. An agreement by which a party accepts responsibility for fulfilling an obligation.
Guarantee
Occupancy Phase
Guaranteed Maximum Price CM (GMPCM)
Project Budget
42. 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.
apparent Low Bidder
Milestone Schedule
Conditions of the Contract
Critical Path(s)
43. 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
Preconstruction Phase
Direct Material Costs
Schedule of Values
44. 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.
Shop Drawings
Direct Labor Costs
Milestone Schedule
Design-Build (D-B) Contractor
45. Check: Notice of Award; Notice to Proceed A notice from an owner to a contractor stating that a contract will be awarded to the contractor providing certain events occur or specific conditions are met by the contractor.
Letter of Intent
Occupancy Phase
General Conditions (of the Contract for Construction)
Clerk-of-the-Work
46. Costs accruing from expended labor excluding the bonus portion of overtime - insurances - and payroll taxes.
Project Manual
Prime Contract
Design Development Phase
Direct Material Costs
47. A contract held by an owner.
Prime Contract
Long-Lead Items
Approved Bidders List
Final Completion
48. The cost of purchasing - installing - owning - operating - and maintaining a construction element over the life of the facility.
Budget Estimate
Life-Cycle Cost
Construction Schedule
Long-Lead Items
49. 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.
CM Services
Direct Labor Costs
Notice to Proceed
Approved Bidders List
50. Also: Supplementary Conditions Amendments to the General Conditions that change standard requirements to unique requirements - appropriate for a specific project.
Special Conditions
Technical Specifications
Clerk-of-the-Work
Start-Up