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Construction Management
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1. Changes of any nature in contract requirements which have been agreed upon through a change approval process and approved by the owner.
Owner's Representative
Approved Changes
Value Engineering
Commissioning
2. 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.
Subcontractor
Direct Costs
Checks and Balances
Construction Management
3. The initial Design Phase on an architectural project when the A/E delineates the owner's needs in a general way.
Bid Bond
Schematic Design Phase
Life-Cycle Cost
Design Development Phase
4. A technical review process; the close matching of engineering design to the value an owner derives from the design.
General Conditions (of the Contract for Construction)
Value Engineering
Bid
Guaranteed Maximum Price CM (GMPCM)
5. A contract structure where both design and construction responsibility are vested in a single contractor.
Design-Build (D-B) Contracting
Superintendent
Special Conditions
Construction Budget
6. Also: Errors and Omissions Insurance Insurance provided by design professionals and construction managers that protects the owner against the financial results of negligent acts by the insured.
Long-Lead Items
Chart of Accounts
Project Team
Professional Liability Insurance
7. The initial Design Phase on an architectural project when the A/E delineates the owner's needs in a general way.
Change Order
Schematic Design Phase
Life-Cycle Cost
Design Development Phase
8. 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
Progress Payment
Chart of Accounts
Construction Budget
Performance Bond
9. 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 Time
Contract Administration
Estimated Cost to Complete
Guarantee
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.
Subcontractor
Direct Material Costs
Construction Manager
General Contractor
11. The time between the purchase date and delivery date of long-lead items.
Project Budget
Lump Sum Fee
Conditions of the Contract
Value Engineering
12. Also: Site Coordination Meeting - Coordination meeting A meeting dedicated essentially to contractor progress during the construction phase.
Lump Sum Fee
Claim
Progress Meeting
Substantial Completion
13. Also: Site Coordination Meeting - Coordination meeting A meeting dedicated essentially to contractor progress during the construction phase.
Project Manual
Construction Documents
General Conditions (of the Contract for Construction)
Progress Meeting
14. 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.
Estimated Cost to Complete
Claim
Project Team
Checks and Balances
15. 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.
Occupancy Phase
Escrow Account
Owner's Representative
Estimated Final Cost
16. 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.
Long-Lead Items
Preliminary Design Phase
Construction Schedule
Letter of Intent
17. The term used on architectural projects to describe the transitional phase from the Schematic Phase to the Contract Document during design.
Construction Manager
Special Conditions
Design Development Phase
Warranty
18. A contractor that provides design and construction services under a single responsibility contract to an owner .
Design-Build (D-B) Contractor
RFP (Request For Proposal)
Prime Contract
Escrow Account
19. 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.
Checks and Balances
Lump Sum Fee
RFP (Request For Proposal)
As-Built Drawings
20. 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
Progress Payment
Long-Lead Items
Bid
21. 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.
RFP (Request For Proposal)
Subcontractor
Shop Drawings
Bid Depository
22. Also: Product Data; Samples Detailed information provided by material and equipment suppliers demonstrating that the item provided meets the requirements of the contract documents.
Contract Documents
Reimbursable Expense
Shop Drawings
Critical Path(s)
23. 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.
Preconstruction Phase
Estimated Final Cost
Construction Manager
Approved Bidders List
24. The point at which both parties to a contract declare the other has satisfactorily completed its responsibilities under the contract.
General Contractor
Performance Bond
Drawings
Final Completion
25. Graphic representations showing location - geometry - and dimensions of a project or its elements in sufficient detail to facilitate construction.
Owner's Representative
Bid Depository
Change Order
Drawings
26. A contractor who has a contract with a prime contractor.
Construction Budget
Shop Drawings
apparent Low Bidder
Subcontractor
27. Drawings - technical specification - and addenda; the contract documents that refer to the physical construction requirements established by the A/E.
Construction Documents
Lump Sum Fee
Technical Specifications
Guarantee
28. The bidder who has submitted the lowest competitive proposal as determined by a cursory examination of the bids submitted.
Completion Schedule
apparent Low Bidder
Lump Sum Fee
Guarantee
29. The time between the purchase date and delivery date of long-lead items.
Construction Budget
apparent Low Bidder
Notice of Award
Long-Lead Time
30. 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.
Approved Changes
Changed Conditions
Construction Management
General Conditions (of the Contract for Construction)
31. A binding offer - usually expressed in dollars to provide specific services within clearly stated requirements.
Bid
Substantial Completion
Conditions of the Contract
Lien
32. 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.
Project Meeting
Completion Schedule
Estimated Cost to Complete
Change Order
33. 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.
Clerk-of-the-Work
Escrow Account
Milestone
Fast-Track(ing)
34. 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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35. 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)
Project Budget
Checks and Balances
Long-Lead Items
36. Changes of any nature in contract requirements which have been agreed upon through a change approval process and approved by the owner.
Approved Changes
Project Team
Estimated Final Cost
As-Built Drawings
37. 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.
Contract Document Phase
Construction Manager
Estimated Cost to Complete
Pre-design Phase
38. Costs accruing from expended labor excluding the bonus portion of overtime - insurances - and payroll taxes.
Completion Schedule
Shop Drawings
Subcontractor
Direct Material Costs
39. The list of contractors that have survived prequalification tests.
Warranty
General Contractor
Preconstruction Phase
Approved Bidders List
40. 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.
As-Built Drawings
Milestone Schedule
Special Conditions
Design-Build (D-B) Contracting
41. Term that refers to the General Conditions and the Supplementary and Special Conditions of the contract for construction.
Conditions of the Contract
Bid
Owner's Representative
Design-Build (D-B) Contractor
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.
Reimbursable Expense
Direct Material Costs
Change Order
CM Services
43. A job title usually reserved for the administrative level person who supervises the work of an on-site contractor .
Contingencies
Claim
Subcontractor
Superintendent
44. Drawings - technical specification - and addenda; the contract documents that refer to the physical construction requirements established by the A/E.
Final Design Phase
Construction Documents
Construction Budget
Project Team
45. 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.
Contract Administration
Substantial Completion
Sub-subcontractor
Claim
46. Graphic representations showing location - geometry - and dimensions of a project or its elements in sufficient detail to facilitate construction.
apparent Low Bidder
Substantial Completion
Drawings
Reimbursable Expense
47. 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
Pre-design Phase
Budget Estimate
Estimated Final Cost
Occupancy Phase
48. The final phase of design on an architectural project when construction documents are completed and bidding documents formulated.
Project Meeting
Notice of Award
Owner's Representative
Contract Document Phase
49. 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.
Life-Cycle Cost
Fast-Track(ing)
Milestone
General Conditions (of the Contract for Construction)
50. A business entity that provides independent contractor services to owners through the use of subcontractors when using the general contracting system.
Construction Manager
Design-Build (D-B) Contractor
General Contractor
Occupancy Phase