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Construction Management
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1. Graphic representations showing location - geometry - and dimensions of a project or its elements in sufficient detail to facilitate construction.
Drawings
Design-Build (D-B) Contracting
Progress Payment
Contract Document Phase
2. 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
Approved Changes
Performance Bond
Chart of Accounts
Project Manual
3. 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.
Estimated Cost to Complete
General Contractor
Schedule of Values
Record Drawings
4. 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
General Conditions (of the Contract for Construction)
Start-Up
Construction Management
Occupancy Phase
5. 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.
Budget Estimate
Milestone
Preconstruction Phase
Contract Administration
6. Also: Supplementary Conditions Amendments to the General Conditions that change standard requirements to unique requirements - appropriate for a specific project.
Commissioning
Construction Manager
Milestone Schedule
Special Conditions
7. Also: Supplementary Conditions Amendments to the General Conditions that change standard requirements to unique requirements - appropriate for a specific project.
Special Conditions
Estimated Cost to Complete
Prime Contract
Milestone
8. 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
Life-Cycle Cost
Chart of Accounts
Construction Budget
Changed Conditions
9. 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.
Estimated Cost to Complete
Milestone Schedule
Approved Bidders List
Commissioning
10. 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.
Labor and Material Bond
Professional Liability Insurance
As-Built Drawings
Commissioning
11. 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.
Schematic Design Phase
Professional Liability Insurance
Guaranteed Maximum Price CM (GMPCM)
Performance Bond
12. Written criteria that augment the drawings pertaining to the technical construction of the project that cannot be conveniently included on the plans.
Preliminary Design Phase
Technical Specifications
Lien
Construction Management
13. A technical review process; the close matching of engineering design to the value an owner derives from the design.
Project Budget
Contract Documents
Value Engineering
Subcontractor
14. The second request for uniform detailed information from prospective CM practitioners being screened for a project.
RFP (Request For Proposal)
Chart of Accounts
Design-Build (D-B) Contracting
Field Construction Manager
15. Partial payments on a contractor's contract amount - periodically paid by the owner for work accomplished by the contractor to date.
Progress Payment
Bid Bond
Performance Bond
Bid Bond
16. 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.
Completion Schedule
Bid Bond
Estimated Cost to Complete
Lump Sum Fee
17. The final phase of design on an architectural project when construction documents are completed and bidding documents formulated.
Clerk-of-the-Work
Construction Budget
Contract Document Phase
Pre-design Phase
18. The term used on architectural projects to describe the transitional phase from the Schematic Phase to the Contract Document during design.
Design Development Phase
Checks and Balances
Prime Contract
Lien
19. 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.
Superintendent
Direct Labor Costs
Lump Sum Fee
Construction Manager
20. 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 to Proceed
Notice of Award
Record Drawings
Approved Bidders List
21. A contractor who has a contract with a prime contractor.
Contract Administration
Bid Bond
As-Built Drawings
Subcontractor
22. The time between the purchase date and delivery date of long-lead items.
Construction Documents
Construction Management
Lump Sum Fee
Approved Changes
23. A contract structure where both design and construction responsibility are vested in a single contractor.
Design-Build (D-B) Contractor
Professional Liability Insurance
Contract Document Phase
Design-Build (D-B) Contracting
24. Servicing the interactive provisions in the contracts for construction between the owner and the contractor(s).
Approved Bidders List
Professional Liability Insurance
Project Manual
Contract Administration
25. 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.
Bid Depository
Critical Path(s)
Design-Build (D-B) Contractor
Guaranteed Maximum Price CM (GMPCM)
26. A technical review process; the close matching of engineering design to the value an owner derives from the design.
Value Engineering
Checks and Balances
Change Order
Changed Conditions
27. 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.
Construction Schedule
Bid Depository
Reimbursable Expense
Progress Meeting
28. 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.
Field Construction Manager
Professional Liability Insurance
Record Drawings
Contract Document Phase
29. 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.
Lien
Long-Lead Time
Labor and Material Bond
Preliminary Design Phase
30. 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.
Milestone Schedule
Direct Costs
Progress Payment
Fast-Track(ing)
31. A job title usually reserved for the administrative level person who supervises the work of an on-site contractor .
Long-Lead Items
Superintendent
Contract Documents
Clerk-of-the-Work
32. Selected strategic events of signal importance to progress used in the milestone schedule.
Performance Bond
Milestone
Claim
Long-Lead Items
33. 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
Construction Schedule
Direct Labor Costs
Budget Estimate
34. 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.
Reimbursable Expense
Bid Depository
Change Order
Chart of Accounts
35. 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.
Milestone
Specifications
Construction Schedule
Change Order
36. The term used to describe the use of the overlapping expertise of each team member during team decision making.
Labor and Material Bond
As-Built Drawings
Checks and Balances
Change Order
37. 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
Project Meeting
Fast-Track(ing)
Clerk-of-the-Work
38. 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.
Technical Specifications
Schematic Design Phase
Long-Lead Items
Record Drawings
39. A contractor that provides design and construction services under a single responsibility contract to an owner .
Changed Conditions
As-Built Drawings
Special Conditions
Design-Build (D-B) Contractor
40. 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
Checks and Balances
Schematic Design Phase
Labor and Material Bond
41. Servicing the interactive provisions in the contracts for construction between the owner and the contractor(s).
Warranty
Contract Administration
apparent Low Bidder
Substantial Completion
42. 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.
Approved Changes
As-Built Drawings
Long-Lead Items
Construction Documents
43. 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)
Design-Build (D-B) Contractor
Construction Documents
Bid Bond
44. 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.
Special Conditions
Contract Document Phase
Notice of Award
General Contractor
45. Term that refers to the General Conditions and the Supplementary and Special Conditions of the contract for construction.
Milestone
Conditions of the Contract
RFP (Request For Proposal)
Construction Management
46. 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.
Lien
Project Budget
Construction Schedule
Professional Liability Insurance
47. 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.
Design-Build (D-B) Contractor
Record Drawings
Milestone
Start-Up
48. The point at which both parties to a contract declare the other has satisfactorily completed its responsibilities under the contract.
Professional Liability Insurance
Bid
Final Completion
Chart of Accounts
49. A fixed dollar amount which includes all costs of services including overhead and profit.
Project Manual
Final Design Phase
Lump Sum Fee
Pre-design Phase
50. 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.
Changed Conditions
Bid
Change Order
As-Built Drawings