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Construction Management
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1. Written criteria that augment the drawings pertaining to the technical construction of the project that cannot be conveniently included on the plans.
Sub-subcontractor
Technical Specifications
Lump Sum Fee
Professional Liability Insurance
2. The final phase of design on an architectural project when construction documents are completed and bidding documents formulated.
Contract Document Phase
Guarantee
Sub-subcontractor
Project Meeting
3. 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.
Special Conditions
Schematic Design Phase
Project Team
Final Design Phase
4. The designation used by engineers for the last portion of the design process prior to bidding.
Subcontractor
Milestone Schedule
Final Design Phase
Professional Liability Insurance
5. 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.
Bid
Milestone Schedule
Conditions of the Contract
General Contractor
6. 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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7. The cost of purchasing - installing - owning - operating - and maintaining a construction element over the life of the facility.
Progress Meeting
Bid Bond
Life-Cycle Cost
Critical Path(s)
8. Term that refers to the General Conditions and the Supplementary and Special Conditions of the contract for construction.
Estimated Final Cost
Direct Labor Costs
Direct Costs
Conditions of the Contract
9. 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
Record Drawings
Superintendent
Life-Cycle Cost
10. 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.
Warranty
Escrow Account
Budget Estimate
Construction Management
11. Detailed statements covering procedures - and quantitative and qualitative and qualitative information pertaining to material - products - and equipment to be incorporated into a project.
Milestone
Specifications
Performance Bond
Letter of Intent
12. 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.
Warranty
Changed Conditions
Change Order
Claim
13. Detailed statements covering procedures - and quantitative and qualitative and qualitative information pertaining to material - products - and equipment to be incorporated into a project.
Construction Documents
Contract Document Phase
Specifications
Reimbursable Expense
14. 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.
As-Built Drawings
Guaranteed Maximum Price CM (GMPCM)
General Contractor
Preliminary Design Phase
15. A contractor who has a contract with a subcontractor.
Final Completion
Professional Liability Insurance
As-Built Drawings
Sub-subcontractor
16. 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.
Lump Sum Fee
Lump Sum Fee
Estimated Final Cost
Project Team
17. The final phase of design on an architectural project when construction documents are completed and bidding documents formulated.
Contract Document Phase
Pre-design Phase
Design-Build (D-B) Contracting
Letter of Intent
18. 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.
Guaranteed Maximum Price CM (GMPCM)
Prime Contract
Guaranteed Maximum Price CM (GMPCM)
Construction Schedule
19. A job title usually reserved for the administrative level person who supervises the work of an on-site contractor .
Long-Lead Time
Superintendent
Value Engineering
Notice of Award
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.
Clerk-of-the-Work
Lump Sum Fee
Notice of Award
Design Development Phase
21. Graphic representations showing location - geometry - and dimensions of a project or its elements in sufficient detail to facilitate construction.
Construction Manager
Drawings
Shop Drawings
Milestone
22. 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 Budget
Long-Lead Time
Long-Lead Items
Progress Meeting
23. The initial Design Phase on an architectural project when the A/E delineates the owner's needs in a general way.
Preconstruction Phase
As-Built Drawings
Schematic Design Phase
Budget Estimate
24. 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.
Labor and Material Bond
Letter of Intent
Chart of Accounts
Milestone
25. The point at which both parties to a contract declare the other has satisfactorily completed its responsibilities under the contract.
Final Completion
Construction Budget
Drawings
Final Design Phase
26. The second request for uniform detailed information from prospective CM practitioners being screened for a project.
Specifications
Bid
RFP (Request For Proposal)
Contract Documents
27. Costs accruing from expended labor excluding the bonus portion of overtime - insurances - and payroll taxes.
Schedule of Values
apparent Low Bidder
Direct Material Costs
General Conditions (of the Contract for Construction)
28. 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.
Sub-subcontractor
General Contractor
Changed Conditions
Lump Sum Fee
29. The term used on architectural projects to describe the transitional phase from the Schematic Phase to the Contract Document during design.
Fast-Track(ing)
Letter of Intent
Special Conditions
Design Development 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.
Critical Path(s)
Progress Meeting
Project Manual
Fast-Track(ing)
31. A contract structure where both design and construction responsibility are vested in a single contractor.
Field Construction Manager
Subcontractor
Design-Build (D-B) Contracting
Shop Drawings
32. 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.
Occupancy Phase
Schedule of Values
Drawings
Budget Estimate
33. Drawings - technical specification - and addenda; the contract documents that refer to the physical construction requirements established by the A/E.
Sub-subcontractor
Conditions of the Contract
Construction Documents
Changed Conditions
34. Term that refers to the General Conditions and the Supplementary and Special Conditions of the contract for construction.
Conditions of the Contract
Record Drawings
General Contractor
Progress Payment
35. 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.
Specifications
Guaranteed Maximum Price CM (GMPCM)
Claim
Bid
36. Also: Guarantee Assurance by a providing party that the work - material - and equipment under warranty will perform as promised or as required by contract.
Sub-subcontractor
Warranty
Superintendent
Construction Budget
37. 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.
Progress Payment
As-Built Drawings
Guaranteed Maximum Price CM (GMPCM)
General Conditions (of the Contract for Construction)
38. 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
Final Design Phase
Completion Schedule
Project Manual
Final Completion
39. An agreement by which a party accepts responsibility for fulfilling an obligation.
Special Conditions
Progress Payment
Guarantee
Clerk-of-the-Work
40. A business entity that provides independent contractor services to owners through the use of subcontractors when using the general contracting system.
Contract Document Phase
Sub-subcontractor
Value Engineering
General Contractor
41. Also: Product Data; Samples Detailed information provided by material and equipment suppliers demonstrating that the item provided meets the requirements of the contract documents.
Completion Schedule
Shop Drawings
Performance Bond
Lump Sum Fee
42. 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
Project Budget
Prime Contract
Occupancy Phase
43. 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.
Project Team
Design-Build (D-B) Contractor
Life-Cycle Cost
Milestone Schedule
44. Line-item amounts in the project budget - dedicated to specific cost areas where oversight is an inherent problem in project delivery.
Contingencies
Lump Sum Fee
Direct Costs
Changed Conditions
45. Also: Mechanic's Lien The right to take - hold - or sell the property of a debtor as security or payment for a debt.
Technical Specifications
Professional Liability Insurance
Lien
Special Conditions
46. 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
Notice of Award
Bid Bond
Chart of Accounts
Progress Meeting
47. Line-item amounts in the project budget - dedicated to specific cost areas where oversight is an inherent problem in project delivery.
Construction Documents
Life-Cycle Cost
Changed Conditions
Contingencies
48. 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.
Changed Conditions
Guarantee
Start-Up
Record Drawings
49. 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.
Contract Document Phase
Letter of Intent
As-Built Drawings
Contract Documents
50. Written criteria that augment the drawings pertaining to the technical construction of the project that cannot be conveniently included on the plans.
Record Drawings
Technical Specifications
Contract Document Phase
Performance Bond