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Construction Management
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. The list of contractors that have survived prequalification tests.
Final Completion
apparent Low Bidder
Approved Bidders List
General Contractor
2. Line-item amounts in the project budget - dedicated to specific cost areas where oversight is an inherent problem in project delivery.
Guaranteed Maximum Price CM (GMPCM)
Contingencies
Shop Drawings
Owner's Representative
3. 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.
Final Design Phase
Construction Documents
Record Drawings
Shop Drawings
4. Drawings - technical specification - and addenda; the contract documents that refer to the physical construction requirements established by the A/E.
Construction Documents
Occupancy Phase
Design-Build (D-B) Contracting
Direct Material Costs
5. 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.
Notice to Proceed
Bid
Estimated Cost to Complete
Estimated Final Cost
6. A contractor that provides design and construction services under a single responsibility contract to an owner .
Field Construction Manager
Design-Build (D-B) Contractor
Technical Specifications
Progress Payment
7. 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
Lump Sum Fee
Design-Build (D-B) Contracting
Shop Drawings
Bid Bond
8. 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
Specifications
Project Budget
Design-Build (D-B) Contractor
Reimbursable Expense
9. A contract structure where both design and construction responsibility are vested in a single contractor.
Long-Lead Items
Bid
Professional Liability Insurance
Design-Build (D-B) Contracting
10. Costs accruing from expended labor excluding the bonus portion of overtime - insurances - and payroll taxes.
Direct Material Costs
Project Budget
Sub-subcontractor
Lien
11. Changes of any nature in contract requirements which have been agreed upon through a change approval process and approved by the owner.
Contingencies
Escrow Account
Approved Changes
General Conditions (of the Contract for Construction)
12. 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
Schedule of Values
Lump Sum Fee
Special Conditions
13. A fixed dollar amount which includes all costs of services including overhead and profit.
Start-Up
Construction Management
Construction Manager
Lump Sum Fee
14. The cost of purchasing - installing - owning - operating - and maintaining a construction element over the life of the facility.
Life-Cycle Cost
Claim
Performance Bond
Lump Sum Fee
15. 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
Reimbursable Expense
Substantial Completion
Notice to Proceed
16. The second request for uniform detailed information from prospective CM practitioners being screened for a project.
Labor and Material Bond
RFP (Request For Proposal)
Value Engineering
Reimbursable Expense
17. 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.
Substantial Completion
Reimbursable Expense
Clerk-of-the-Work
Labor and Material Bond
18. 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
Budget Estimate
Bid
Performance Bond
Life-Cycle Cost
19. 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.
Preliminary Design Phase
Technical Specifications
Substantial Completion
Bid Depository
20. 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 Items
Final Completion
Preliminary Design Phase
21. Detailed statements covering procedures - and quantitative and qualitative and qualitative information pertaining to material - products - and equipment to be incorporated into a project.
Pre-design Phase
Specifications
Field Construction Manager
Conditions of the Contract
22. Also: Warranty/Guarantee Phase; Warranty Phase; Guarantee Phase A stipulated length of time following the construction phase - during which contractors are bonded to ensure that materials - equipment - and workmanship meet the requirements of their c
Claim
Checks and Balances
Subcontractor
Occupancy Phase
23. Drawings - technical specification - and addenda; the contract documents that refer to the physical construction requirements established by the A/E.
Construction Documents
Project Meeting
CM Services
Project Manual
24. 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.
Critical Path(s)
Escrow Account
Technical Specifications
Construction Schedule
25. 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.
Long-Lead Items
Clerk-of-the-Work
CM Services
Estimated Final Cost
26. Also: Account Codes; Codes of Accounts An alpha/numeric identification system for budget line items that ensures that project expenditures are properly debited/credited in the project budget as payments are made in behalf of the project.
Labor and Material Bond
Project Meeting
Chart of Accounts
Direct Labor Costs
27. Graphic representations showing location - geometry - and dimensions of a project or its elements in sufficient detail to facilitate construction.
Estimated Final Cost
Construction Management
Final Completion
Drawings
28. A job title usually reserved for the administrative level person who supervises the work of an on-site contractor .
Field Construction Manager
Shop Drawings
Superintendent
Change Order
29. A contractor who has a contract with a subcontractor.
Schematic Design Phase
apparent Low Bidder
Sub-subcontractor
Approved Changes
30. 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.
Field Construction Manager
Notice to Proceed
Lien
Bid Depository
31. The cost of purchasing - installing - owning - operating - and maintaining a construction element over the life of the facility.
Commissioning
Design-Build (D-B) Contracting
Drawings
Life-Cycle Cost
32. Also: Account Codes; Codes of Accounts An alpha/numeric identification system for budget line items that ensures that project expenditures are properly debited/credited in the project budget as payments are made in behalf of the project.
Estimated Final Cost
Long-Lead Items
General Conditions (of the Contract for Construction)
Chart of Accounts
33. Detailed statements covering procedures - and quantitative and qualitative and qualitative information pertaining to material - products - and equipment to be incorporated into a project.
Specifications
Checks and Balances
Estimated Cost to Complete
Approved Bidders List
34. 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.
Design Development Phase
Notice to Proceed
Completion Schedule
Shop Drawings
35. 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
Preconstruction Phase
Sub-subcontractor
Construction Management
Guarantee
36. 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
Lump Sum Fee
Approved Bidders List
Field Construction Manager
Design-Build (D-B) Contracting
37. A contractor who has a contract with a prime contractor.
Claim
Bid Depository
Contract Administration
Subcontractor
38. Graphic representations showing location - geometry - and dimensions of a project or its elements in sufficient detail to facilitate construction.
Commissioning
Drawings
Conditions of the Contract
Substantial Completion
39. 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.
RFP (Request For Proposal)
Substantial Completion
Lien
Reimbursable Expense
40. 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
Lump Sum Fee
Project Manual
Milestone
Performance Bond
41. The point at which both parties to a contract declare the other has satisfactorily completed its responsibilities under the contract.
Final Completion
Milestone Schedule
Technical Specifications
Reimbursable Expense
42. Also: Product Data; Samples Detailed information provided by material and equipment suppliers demonstrating that the item provided meets the requirements of the contract documents.
Clerk-of-the-Work
Shop Drawings
Bid Bond
Letter of Intent
43. An agreement by which a party accepts responsibility for fulfilling an obligation.
Guarantee
Direct Costs
Bid
Project Team
44. Partial payments on a contractor's contract amount - periodically paid by the owner for work accomplished by the contractor to date.
Progress Payment
Contract Document Phase
Pre-design Phase
Estimated Cost to Complete
45. A binding offer - usually expressed in dollars to provide specific services within clearly stated requirements.
Final Design Phase
Bid
Letter of Intent
Warranty
46. The term used on architectural projects to describe the transitional phase from the Schematic Phase to the Contract Document during design.
Design-Build (D-B) Contracting
RFP (Request For Proposal)
Design Development Phase
Technical Specifications
47. 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.
Preconstruction Phase
Contract Document Phase
Schedule of Values
Changed Conditions
48. 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 Budget
Clerk-of-the-Work
Progress Meeting
Changed Conditions
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.
Value Engineering
Direct Costs
Prime Contract
Contingencies
50. Written criteria that augment the drawings pertaining to the technical construction of the project that cannot be conveniently included on the plans.
Claim
Budget Estimate
Technical Specifications
Field Construction Manager