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Construction Management

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1. 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.






2. 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.






3. 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.






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






5. 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






6. 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.






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.






8. 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.






9. 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.






10. A firm or business organization with the expertise and resources to manage the design - contracting - and construction aspects of project delivery. Individuals who work for a CM Firm are also referred to as Construction Managers.






11. A contractor who has a contract with a prime contractor.






12. Costs accruing from expended labor excluding the bonus portion of overtime - insurances - and payroll taxes.






13. A contract held by an owner.






14. Costs accruing from expended labor excluding the bonus portion of overtime - insurances - and payroll taxes.






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






16. A person assigned to a project to represent the owner on the project team at one to the three management levels.


17. 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.






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






19. 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.






20. 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






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






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






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.






24. 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.






25. A contract structure where both design and construction responsibility are vested in a single contractor.






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






27. 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






28. 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.






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






30. Written criteria that augment the drawings pertaining to the technical construction of the project that cannot be conveniently included on the plans.






31. 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.






32. A business entity that provides independent contractor services to owners through the use of subcontractors when using the general contracting system.






33. 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.






34. 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.






35. 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.






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






37. 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.






38. 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.






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.






40. The list of contractors that have survived prequalification tests.






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






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






43. The term used on architectural projects to describe the transitional phase from the Schematic Phase to the Contract Document during design.






44. Graphic representations showing location - geometry - and dimensions of a project or its elements in sufficient detail to facilitate construction.






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.






46. 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.






47. 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.






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






49. 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






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