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Construction Management

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1. The designation used by engineers for the last portion of the design process prior to bidding.






2. All required phases prior to the start of construction.






3. Selected strategic events of signal importance to progress used in the milestone schedule.






4. 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.






5. 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.






6. 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.






7. 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.






8. 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






9. 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






10. A fixed dollar amount which includes all costs of services including overhead and profit.






11. The point at which both parties to a contract declare the other has satisfactorily completed its responsibilities under the contract.






12. 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.






13. 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.






14. 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.






15. The time between the purchase date and delivery date of long-lead items.






16. An agreement by which a party accepts responsibility for fulfilling an obligation.






17. Detailed statements covering procedures - and quantitative and qualitative and qualitative information pertaining to material - products - and equipment to be incorporated into a project.






18. Changes of any nature in contract requirements which have been agreed upon through a change approval process and approved by the owner.






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.






20. 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






21. 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.






22. A contract held by an owner.






23. 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.






24. All required phases prior to the start of construction.






25. A contractor that provides design and construction services under a single responsibility contract to an owner .






26. 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.






27. 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






28. The bidder who has submitted the lowest competitive proposal as determined by a cursory examination of the bids submitted.






29. 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.






30. The term used to describe the use of the overlapping expertise of each team member during team decision making.






31. A technical review process; the close matching of engineering design to the value an owner derives from the design.






32. A job title usually reserved for the administrative level person who supervises the work of an on-site contractor .






33. 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.






34. Drawings - technical specification - and addenda; the contract documents that refer to the physical construction requirements established by the A/E.






35. Detailed statements covering procedures - and quantitative and qualitative and qualitative information pertaining to material - products - and equipment to be incorporated into a project.






36. The cost of purchasing - installing - owning - operating - and maintaining a construction element over the life of the facility.






37. Line-item amounts in the project budget - dedicated to specific cost areas where oversight is an inherent problem in project delivery.






38. 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.






39. 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.






40. 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.






41. The second request for uniform detailed information from prospective CM practitioners being screened for a project.






42. 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






43. 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.






44. A fixed dollar amount which includes all costs of services including overhead and profit.






45. 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.






46. Also: Feasibility Phase The phase prior to the start of design.






47. 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.






48. Also: Supplementary Conditions Amendments to the General Conditions that change standard requirements to unique requirements - appropriate for a specific project.






49. The point at which both parties to a contract declare the other has satisfactorily completed its responsibilities under the contract.






50. Line-item amounts in the project budget - dedicated to specific cost areas where oversight is an inherent problem in project delivery.