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Construction Management
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1. Servicing the interactive provisions in the contracts for construction between the owner and the contractor(s).
Checks and Balances
Contract Administration
Contract Documents
Construction Management
2. 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.
Construction Management
Long-Lead Items
Project Team
Approved Changes
3. The cost of purchasing - installing - owning - operating - and maintaining a construction element over the life of the facility.
Commissioning
Notice to Proceed
Conditions of the Contract
Life-Cycle Cost
4. 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
Contract Administration
Completion Schedule
Milestone
5. Also: Mechanic's Lien The right to take - hold - or sell the property of a debtor as security or payment for a debt.
Estimated Final Cost
Lien
Contract Document Phase
Superintendent
6. The list of contractors that have survived prequalification tests.
Approved Bidders List
Direct Costs
Owner's Representative
Shop Drawings
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
Clerk-of-the-Work
Changed Conditions
Bid Bond
Construction Schedule
8. 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.
Bid Depository
Critical Path(s)
Change Order
Lump Sum Fee
9. 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.
Construction Management
Approved Changes
Letter of Intent
As-Built Drawings
10. Also: Supplementary Conditions Amendments to the General Conditions that change standard requirements to unique requirements - appropriate for a specific project.
Special Conditions
Guarantee
Fast-Track(ing)
Construction Manager
11. Changes of any nature in contract requirements which have been agreed upon through a change approval process and approved by the owner.
CM Services
Approved Bidders List
Approved Changes
Notice of Award
12. Applies to engineering projects; the initial design effort following signing of the owner; engineer agreement. It is followed by the Final Design Phase.
Lump Sum Fee
Preliminary Design Phase
Project Manual
Direct Material Costs
13. The time between the purchase date and delivery date of long-lead items.
Specifications
Drawings
Lien
Lump Sum Fee
14. 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
General Conditions (of the Contract for Construction)
Estimated Cost to Complete
Lump Sum Fee
15. 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
Design-Build (D-B) Contractor
Budget Estimate
Pre-design Phase
16. Selected strategic events of signal importance to progress used in the milestone schedule.
Prime Contract
Milestone
Construction Schedule
Approved Changes
17. 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.
Claim
Start-Up
Specifications
Estimated Final Cost
18. The initial Design Phase on an architectural project when the A/E delineates the owner's needs in a general way.
Contract Documents
Schematic Design Phase
Technical Specifications
Project Manual
19. 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.
Budget Estimate
Conditions of the Contract
Notice of Award
Bid Bond
20. Partial payments on a contractor's contract amount - periodically paid by the owner for work accomplished by the contractor to date.
Technical Specifications
Progress Payment
Escrow Account
Change Order
21. 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.
Design-Build (D-B) Contracting
Milestone Schedule
Fast-Track(ing)
Preconstruction Phase
22. The final phase of design on an architectural project when construction documents are completed and bidding documents formulated.
Progress Meeting
Preliminary Design Phase
Prime Contract
Contract Document Phase
23. 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.
Substantial Completion
Lien
Preliminary Design Phase
Bid
24. 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)
Budget Estimate
Fast-Track(ing)
Warranty
25. A technical review process; the close matching of engineering design to the value an owner derives from the design.
Pre-design Phase
Value Engineering
Subcontractor
Contract Document Phase
26. 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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27. 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
Clerk-of-the-Work
Pre-design Phase
Warranty
28. Also: Site Coordination Meeting - Coordination meeting A meeting dedicated essentially to contractor progress during the construction phase.
RFP (Request For Proposal)
Schedule of Values
Progress Meeting
Sub-subcontractor
29. 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.
Contingencies
Construction Manager
Shop Drawings
Occupancy Phase
30. 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
Milestone Schedule
Subcontractor
Fast-Track(ing)
Project Manual
31. 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
Labor and Material Bond
Claim
Bid Bond
Shop Drawings
32. Written criteria that augment the drawings pertaining to the technical construction of the project that cannot be conveniently included on the plans.
Changed Conditions
Technical Specifications
Chart of Accounts
Owner's Representative
33. 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.
Occupancy Phase
As-Built Drawings
Life-Cycle Cost
Schematic Design Phase
34. 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
Bid
Value Engineering
Commissioning
35. Also: Supplementary Conditions Amendments to the General Conditions that change standard requirements to unique requirements - appropriate for a specific project.
Special Conditions
RFP (Request For Proposal)
Owner's Representative
Occupancy Phase
36. 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.
Prime Contract
Shop Drawings
Project Team
Record Drawings
37. 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
Guarantee
Field Construction Manager
Escrow Account
Project Team
38. All required phases prior to the start of construction.
Letter of Intent
Contract Documents
Technical Specifications
Preconstruction Phase
39. A binding offer - usually expressed in dollars to provide specific services within clearly stated requirements.
Construction Schedule
Bid
Occupancy Phase
Construction Schedule
40. 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.
Estimated Cost to Complete
Clerk-of-the-Work
Technical Specifications
Bid
41. 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
Preliminary Design Phase
Critical Path(s)
Construction Schedule
Drawings
42. A contract structure where both design and construction responsibility are vested in a single contractor.
Construction Documents
Progress Payment
Direct Costs
Design-Build (D-B) Contracting
43. 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.
Project Team
CM Services
Special Conditions
Contract Documents
44. 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.
Shop Drawings
Conditions of the Contract
Bid
Construction Schedule
45. Also: Product Data; Samples Detailed information provided by material and equipment suppliers demonstrating that the item provided meets the requirements of the contract documents.
Shop Drawings
Owner's Representative
CM Services
Design Development Phase
46. Also: Feasibility Phase The phase prior to the start of design.
Milestone Schedule
Pre-design Phase
Value Engineering
Project Team
47. 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
Long-Lead Items
Shop Drawings
Notice of Award
48. 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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49. The designation used by engineers for the last portion of the design process prior to bidding.
Final Design Phase
Contract Administration
Subcontractor
Lump Sum Fee
50. Detailed statements covering procedures - and quantitative and qualitative and qualitative information pertaining to material - products - and equipment to be incorporated into a project.
Design-Build (D-B) Contractor
Specifications
Conditions of the Contract
Warranty
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