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Construction Management
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. A contract held by an owner.
Prime Contract
Specifications
Warranty
Estimated Cost to Complete
2. 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.
Contract Administration
Subcontractor
Reimbursable Expense
Professional Liability Insurance
3. Applies to engineering projects; the initial design effort following signing of the owner; engineer agreement. It is followed by the Final Design Phase.
Schedule of Values
Record Drawings
Long-Lead Time
Preliminary Design Phase
4. 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.
Professional Liability Insurance
Commissioning
Prime Contract
Contract Administration
5. Detailed statements covering procedures - and quantitative and qualitative and qualitative information pertaining to material - products - and equipment to be incorporated into a project.
Pre-design Phase
Bid
Project Team
Specifications
6. 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.
Critical Path(s)
General Conditions (of the Contract for Construction)
Performance Bond
Construction Budget
7. A contractor that provides design and construction services under a single responsibility contract to an owner .
Design-Build (D-B) Contractor
Construction Documents
Substantial Completion
General Contractor
8. 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.
Change Order
CM Services
Occupancy Phase
Contract Documents
9. An estimate of cost based on rough or incomplete information - with a stated degree of accuracy. The more information available - the more accurate the estimate. Loosely called a 'ballpark' estimate.
Letter of Intent
Direct Material Costs
Contract Document Phase
Budget Estimate
10. 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.
Milestone Schedule
Schematic Design Phase
Schedule of Values
Direct Labor Costs
11. 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)
Lump Sum Fee
Project Manual
Construction Budget
12. The target cost figure covering the construction phase of a project. It includes the cost of contracts with trade contractors - construction support items other purchased labor - material and equipment - and the construction manager's cost but not th
Construction Budget
Notice to Proceed
Final Design Phase
Contract Administration
13. The second request for uniform detailed information from prospective CM practitioners being screened for a project.
Reimbursable Expense
Checks and Balances
General Contractor
RFP (Request For Proposal)
14. 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.
Chart of Accounts
Schedule of Values
Budget Estimate
Long-Lead Items
15. The cost of purchasing - installing - owning - operating - and maintaining a construction element over the life of the facility.
Project Manual
Commissioning
Chart of Accounts
Life-Cycle Cost
16. Applies to engineering projects; the initial design effort following signing of the owner; engineer agreement. It is followed by the Final Design Phase.
Occupancy Phase
Progress Meeting
Changed Conditions
Preliminary Design Phase
17. 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.
Occupancy Phase
Direct Costs
Contract Documents
Prime Contract
18. The term used to describe the use of the overlapping expertise of each team member during team decision making.
Checks and Balances
Progress Meeting
Occupancy Phase
Project Meeting
19. 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.
Notice to Proceed
Reimbursable Expense
Bid Bond
Project Team
20. The initial Design Phase on an architectural project when the A/E delineates the owner's needs in a general way.
Field Construction Manager
Start-Up
Schematic Design Phase
Final Completion
21. 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.
Fast-Track(ing)
Construction Management
Construction Manager
Schedule of Values
22. The time between the purchase date and delivery date of long-lead items.
Estimated Cost to Complete
Contract Document Phase
Project Manual
Long-Lead Time
23. Also: Feasibility Phase The phase prior to the start of design.
Contingencies
Owner's Representative
Contingencies
Pre-design Phase
24. The list of contractors that have survived prequalification tests.
Approved Bidders List
Reimbursable Expense
Completion Schedule
Specifications
25. The list of contractors that have survived prequalification tests.
Approved Bidders List
Project Team
Contract Documents
Technical Specifications
26. Also: Feasibility Phase The phase prior to the start of design.
Pre-design Phase
Sub-subcontractor
Field Construction Manager
Estimated Cost to Complete
27. Selected strategic events of signal importance to progress used in the milestone schedule.
Project Manual
Life-Cycle Cost
Milestone
Direct Costs
28. The term used on architectural projects to describe the transitional phase from the Schematic Phase to the Contract Document during design.
General Conditions (of the Contract for Construction)
Design Development Phase
Guaranteed Maximum Price CM (GMPCM)
Contingencies
29. A binding offer - usually expressed in dollars to provide specific services within clearly stated requirements.
Contract Documents
Bid
Project Budget
Construction Management
30. 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.
Project Meeting
Value Engineering
Notice to Proceed
Critical Path(s)
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
Completion Schedule
Bid Bond
Field Construction Manager
Lump Sum Fee
32. 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.
Technical Specifications
Clerk-of-the-Work
Record Drawings
Direct Labor Costs
33. The target cost figure covering the construction phase of a project. It includes the cost of contracts with trade contractors - construction support items other purchased labor - material and equipment - and the construction manager's cost but not th
Construction Budget
Estimated Final Cost
Labor and Material Bond
Schematic Design Phase
34. 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.
Construction Manager
Letter of Intent
Fast-Track(ing)
Preconstruction Phase
35. All required phases prior to the start of construction.
Direct Costs
Change Order
Preconstruction Phase
Guarantee
36. Graphic representations showing location - geometry - and dimensions of a project or its elements in sufficient detail to facilitate construction.
Estimated Cost to Complete
Drawings
Record Drawings
Notice of Award
37. Also: Mechanic's Lien The right to take - hold - or sell the property of a debtor as security or payment for a debt.
Progress Meeting
Preliminary Design Phase
Milestone Schedule
Lien
38. An agreement by which a party accepts responsibility for fulfilling an obligation.
Labor and Material Bond
Guarantee
Notice to Proceed
Warranty
39. 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
Field Construction Manager
Labor and Material Bond
Contingencies
General Contractor
40. 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
Labor and Material Bond
As-Built Drawings
Bid
41. Term that refers to the General Conditions and the Supplementary and Special Conditions of the contract for construction.
Conditions of the Contract
Checks and Balances
Final Design Phase
Performance Bond
42. A business entity that provides independent contractor services to owners through the use of subcontractors when using the general contracting system.
Long-Lead Items
As-Built Drawings
Critical Path(s)
General Contractor
43. 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
Long-Lead Time
Lien
Project Budget
Project Meeting
44. 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.
Letter of Intent
Long-Lead Time
Owner's Representative
Field Construction Manager
45. Line-item amounts in the project budget - dedicated to specific cost areas where oversight is an inherent problem in project delivery.
Contingencies
Occupancy Phase
Final Design Phase
Long-Lead Items
46. The term used to describe the use of the overlapping expertise of each team member during team decision making.
Drawings
Checks and Balances
Long-Lead Items
Labor and Material Bond
47. Line-item amounts in the project budget - dedicated to specific cost areas where oversight is an inherent problem in project delivery.
Contract Documents
Contingencies
Drawings
Project Manual
48. A job title usually reserved for the administrative level person who supervises the work of an on-site contractor .
Guarantee
RFP (Request For Proposal)
Progress Payment
Superintendent
49. Servicing the interactive provisions in the contracts for construction between the owner and the contractor(s).
CM Services
Lump Sum Fee
Estimated Cost to Complete
Contract Administration
50. 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
Contract Document Phase
Preconstruction Phase
Design-Build (D-B) Contractor
Performance Bond