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Construction Management
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1. 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
Design-Build (D-B) Contractor
Substantial Completion
2. 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.
Long-Lead Items
Estimated Cost to Complete
Lien
Reimbursable Expense
3. 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
Occupancy Phase
Construction Documents
Life-Cycle Cost
Project Manual
4. 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.
CM Services
Fast-Track(ing)
Chart of Accounts
Specifications
5. 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.
Start-Up
Clerk-of-the-Work
Project Meeting
Value Engineering
6. 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.
Sub-subcontractor
Bid Depository
Guarantee
Substantial Completion
7. Detailed statements covering procedures - and quantitative and qualitative and qualitative information pertaining to material - products - and equipment to be incorporated into a project.
Approved Bidders List
Superintendent
Occupancy Phase
Specifications
8. A contractor who has a contract with a subcontractor.
Escrow Account
Notice of Award
As-Built Drawings
Sub-subcontractor
9. 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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10. 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.
Project Budget
Notice to Proceed
Critical Path(s)
Construction Manager
11. Costs accruing from expended labor excluding the bonus portion of overtime - insurances - and payroll taxes.
Professional Liability Insurance
Value Engineering
Direct Material Costs
apparent Low Bidder
12. 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)
apparent Low Bidder
Claim
Direct Material Costs
13. The designation used by engineers for the last portion of the design process prior to bidding.
Milestone
Bid Bond
Final Design Phase
Value Engineering
14. Applies to engineering projects; the initial design effort following signing of the owner; engineer agreement. It is followed by the Final Design Phase.
Guarantee
Preliminary Design Phase
apparent Low Bidder
Changed Conditions
15. The bidder who has submitted the lowest competitive proposal as determined by a cursory examination of the bids submitted.
RFP (Request For Proposal)
Lump Sum Fee
apparent Low Bidder
Fast-Track(ing)
16. 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.
Design-Build (D-B) Contracting
Construction Documents
Approved Bidders List
Commissioning
17. 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.
Labor and Material Bond
Approved Changes
Technical Specifications
Direct Material Costs
18. 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.
Direct Labor Costs
Project Budget
Life-Cycle Cost
General Contractor
19. The term used on architectural projects to describe the transitional phase from the Schematic Phase to the Contract Document during design.
Design Development Phase
Technical Specifications
Bid Bond
Preliminary Design Phase
20. The term used on architectural projects to describe the transitional phase from the Schematic Phase to the Contract Document during design.
Critical Path(s)
Special Conditions
Design Development Phase
Reimbursable Expense
21. Partial payments on a contractor's contract amount - periodically paid by the owner for work accomplished by the contractor to date.
Preconstruction Phase
Direct Costs
Progress Payment
Final Design Phase
22. A contractor that provides design and construction services under a single responsibility contract to an owner .
Design-Build (D-B) Contractor
Superintendent
Subcontractor
Warranty
23. A job title usually reserved for the administrative level person who supervises the work of an on-site contractor .
Long-Lead Time
Superintendent
Project Budget
Design-Build (D-B) Contracting
24. The list of contractors that have survived prequalification tests.
Long-Lead Items
Estimated Cost to Complete
Milestone Schedule
Approved Bidders List
25. 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.
Escrow Account
Direct Labor Costs
Checks and Balances
Record Drawings
26. Term that refers to the General Conditions and the Supplementary and Special Conditions of the contract for construction.
As-Built Drawings
Final Design Phase
Conditions of the Contract
Changed Conditions
27. 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.
Project Team
Letter of Intent
Sub-subcontractor
Milestone
28. Partial payments on a contractor's contract amount - periodically paid by the owner for work accomplished by the contractor to date.
Reimbursable Expense
Progress Payment
apparent Low Bidder
Long-Lead Time
29. An agreement by which a party accepts responsibility for fulfilling an obligation.
Construction Documents
Sub-subcontractor
Chart of Accounts
Guarantee
30. 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.
Project Manual
Construction Budget
Clerk-of-the-Work
Schedule of Values
31. 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.
Milestone
Budget Estimate
Project Team
Project Manual
32. A contract held by an owner.
Prime Contract
Guaranteed Maximum Price CM (GMPCM)
Bid Depository
Contract Documents
33. 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.
Bid Depository
Construction Management
Checks and Balances
Contract Document Phase
34. 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
Completion Schedule
Conditions of the Contract
Bid Bond
Contract Document Phase
35. A contractor who has a contract with a prime contractor.
Contract Document Phase
Start-Up
Subcontractor
Prime Contract
36. Graphic representations showing location - geometry - and dimensions of a project or its elements in sufficient detail to facilitate construction.
Project Manual
Changed Conditions
Drawings
Estimated Cost to Complete
37. 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.
Lump Sum Fee
Direct Labor Costs
General Conditions (of the Contract for Construction)
Bid Bond
38. Also: Guarantee Assurance by a providing party that the work - material - and equipment under warranty will perform as promised or as required by contract.
Lump Sum Fee
Substantial Completion
Project Team
Warranty
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.
Schematic Design Phase
Contract Documents
Superintendent
Reimbursable Expense
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.
Start-Up
Contingencies
Escrow Account
Estimated Final Cost
41. 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
Superintendent
Escrow Account
Bid
Construction Management
42. A contractor who has a contract with a prime contractor.
General Contractor
Changed Conditions
Owner's Representative
Subcontractor
43. 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.
Reimbursable Expense
Drawings
Progress Meeting
Direct Costs
44. 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.
Schematic Design Phase
Changed Conditions
Contingencies
As-Built Drawings
45. 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
Milestone
Design-Build (D-B) Contracting
Performance Bond
Estimated Cost to Complete
46. Drawings - technical specification - and addenda; the contract documents that refer to the physical construction requirements established by the A/E.
Shop Drawings
Construction Documents
Claim
Conditions of the Contract
47. 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.
Progress Meeting
Approved Changes
Construction Schedule
Bid Depository
48. Line-item amounts in the project budget - dedicated to specific cost areas where oversight is an inherent problem in project delivery.
Direct Costs
Reimbursable Expense
Contingencies
Design Development Phase
49. A contractor who has a contract with a subcontractor.
Bid Depository
Sub-subcontractor
Project Manual
Professional Liability Insurance
50. The cost of purchasing - installing - owning - operating - and maintaining a construction element over the life of the facility.
Progress Payment
Checks and Balances
Approved Changes
Life-Cycle Cost