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Construction Management
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1. All required phases prior to the start of construction.
Record Drawings
Construction Management
Preconstruction Phase
Performance Bond
2. The cost of purchasing - installing - owning - operating - and maintaining a construction element over the life of the facility.
Life-Cycle Cost
Substantial Completion
Construction Documents
Prime Contract
3. 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
Letter of Intent
Prime Contract
Clerk-of-the-Work
4. 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 Costs
Subcontractor
Budget Estimate
Substantial Completion
5. The term used on architectural projects to describe the transitional phase from the Schematic Phase to the Contract Document during design.
Escrow Account
Pre-design Phase
Design Development Phase
Contract Administration
6. 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
Bid
Long-Lead Items
Critical Path(s)
Specifications
7. Check: Letter of Intent; Notice to Proceed A letter from an owner to a contractor stating that a contract has been awarded to the contractor and a contract will be forthcoming.
Notice of Award
Critical Path(s)
Lien
Clerk-of-the-Work
8. Applies to engineering projects; the initial design effort following signing of the owner; engineer agreement. It is followed by the Final Design Phase.
Substantial Completion
Preliminary Design Phase
Start-Up
Long-Lead Items
9. Drawings - technical specification - and addenda; the contract documents that refer to the physical construction requirements established by the A/E.
Checks and Balances
Construction Documents
Project Team
Long-Lead Time
10. Partial payments on a contractor's contract amount - periodically paid by the owner for work accomplished by the contractor to date.
Progress Payment
Guaranteed Maximum Price CM (GMPCM)
Critical Path(s)
Start-Up
11. A contractor that provides design and construction services under a single responsibility contract to an owner .
Design-Build (D-B) Contractor
Checks and Balances
Life-Cycle Cost
Field Construction Manager
12. Also: Feasibility Phase The phase prior to the start of design.
Technical Specifications
Pre-design Phase
Life-Cycle Cost
Conditions of the Contract
13. 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.
Owner's Representative
Long-Lead Items
Fast-Track(ing)
Progress Payment
14. 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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15. 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.
Claim
Schematic Design Phase
Project Budget
Estimated Final Cost
16. 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
Warranty
Change Order
Design-Build (D-B) Contractor
17. 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
Changed Conditions
Contract Documents
CM Services
18. 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.
Commissioning
Labor and Material Bond
Milestone Schedule
Final Completion
19. The term used to describe the use of the overlapping expertise of each team member during team decision making.
Warranty
Direct Material Costs
Checks and Balances
Specifications
20. A binding offer - usually expressed in dollars to provide specific services within clearly stated requirements.
Milestone
Long-Lead Items
Shop Drawings
Bid
21. A job title usually reserved for the administrative level person who supervises the work of an on-site contractor .
Progress Payment
Contingencies
Owner's Representative
Superintendent
22. 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.
Design-Build (D-B) Contractor
Changed Conditions
Reimbursable Expense
Preliminary Design Phase
23. A technical review process; the close matching of engineering design to the value an owner derives from the design.
Guaranteed Maximum Price CM (GMPCM)
Contract Documents
Project Team
Value Engineering
24. 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.
Milestone Schedule
Long-Lead Time
Approved Changes
Preconstruction Phase
25. 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.
Bid Depository
Direct Labor Costs
Reimbursable Expense
Special Conditions
26. The point at which both parties to a contract declare the other has satisfactorily completed its responsibilities under the contract.
Project Budget
Final Completion
Bid Depository
Claim
27. 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
Escrow Account
Warranty
Construction Management
Performance Bond
28. A business entity that provides independent contractor services to owners through the use of subcontractors when using the general contracting system.
Clerk-of-the-Work
Labor and Material Bond
General Contractor
Estimated Final Cost
29. 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 Costs
Lump Sum Fee
Schematic Design Phase
Guarantee
30. 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
Schedule of Values
Preconstruction Phase
Project Meeting
Project Budget
31. Check: Letter of Intent; Notice to Proceed A letter from an owner to a contractor stating that a contract has been awarded to the contractor and a contract will be forthcoming.
As-Built Drawings
Clerk-of-the-Work
Changed Conditions
Notice of Award
32. A contract held by an owner.
Contract Administration
Prime Contract
Preliminary Design Phase
Notice of Award
33. A binding offer - usually expressed in dollars to provide specific services within clearly stated requirements.
Project Meeting
Progress Meeting
Budget Estimate
Bid
34. A business entity that provides independent contractor services to owners through the use of subcontractors when using the general contracting system.
Occupancy Phase
Fast-Track(ing)
Bid Bond
General Contractor
35. Also: Mechanic's Lien The right to take - hold - or sell the property of a debtor as security or payment for a debt.
Value Engineering
Lien
Progress Payment
Subcontractor
36. The breakdown of a lump sum price into sub-items and sub-costs for identifiable construction elements - which can be evaluated by examination for contractor progress payment purposes.
Schedule of Values
Project Manual
Changed Conditions
Long-Lead Items
37. 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
Notice to Proceed
Performance Bond
Prime Contract
38. 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.
CM Services
Claim
Guaranteed Maximum Price CM (GMPCM)
Project Budget
39. 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.
Final Completion
Sub-subcontractor
Construction Management
Estimated Cost to Complete
40. Selected strategic events of signal importance to progress used in the milestone schedule.
Estimated Final Cost
Letter of Intent
Estimated Cost to Complete
Milestone
41. A contractor who has a contract with a subcontractor.
Sub-subcontractor
Final Design Phase
Contingencies
Schematic Design Phase
42. 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
Contingencies
apparent Low Bidder
Project Manual
43. 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.
Escrow Account
Notice of Award
Value Engineering
Approved Bidders List
44. 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
Life-Cycle Cost
Letter of Intent
Lien
45. 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.
Life-Cycle Cost
Specifications
Milestone
Direct Labor Costs
46. Detailed statements covering procedures - and quantitative and qualitative and qualitative information pertaining to material - products - and equipment to be incorporated into a project.
Bid
Specifications
apparent Low Bidder
Shop Drawings
47. The final phase of design on an architectural project when construction documents are completed and bidding documents formulated.
Shop Drawings
Approved Changes
Contract Document Phase
Bid Depository
48. 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.
Notice of Award
Contract Documents
Notice to Proceed
Completion Schedule
49. 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.
Preliminary Design Phase
As-Built Drawings
Commissioning
Occupancy Phase
50. The bidder who has submitted the lowest competitive proposal as determined by a cursory examination of the bids submitted.
Start-Up
Pre-design Phase
apparent Low Bidder
Conditions of the Contract