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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).
Contract Administration
Technical Specifications
Substantial Completion
Substantial Completion
2. The bidder who has submitted the lowest competitive proposal as determined by a cursory examination of the bids submitted.
Letter of Intent
Final Design Phase
Occupancy Phase
apparent Low Bidder
3. 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
Direct Labor Costs
Construction Management
Shop Drawings
Progress Payment
4. 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.
As-Built Drawings
Conditions of the Contract
Contract Documents
Estimated Cost to Complete
5. 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.
Construction Documents
Field Construction Manager
apparent Low Bidder
Commissioning
6. The term used to describe the use of the overlapping expertise of each team member during team decision making.
Checks and Balances
Design-Build (D-B) Contracting
Lump Sum Fee
Final Completion
7. The initial Design Phase on an architectural project when the A/E delineates the owner's needs in a general way.
Schematic Design Phase
Estimated Final Cost
General Contractor
Specifications
8. Changes of any nature in contract requirements which have been agreed upon through a change approval process and approved by the owner.
As-Built Drawings
Preliminary Design Phase
Professional Liability Insurance
Approved Changes
9. 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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10. The term used on architectural projects to describe the transitional phase from the Schematic Phase to the Contract Document during design.
Design Development Phase
Schedule of Values
Life-Cycle Cost
Estimated Cost to Complete
11. 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.
Construction Manager
General Conditions (of the Contract for Construction)
Lien
Claim
12. 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.
Value Engineering
Labor and Material Bond
Drawings
Estimated Cost to Complete
13. Also: Guarantee Assurance by a providing party that the work - material - and equipment under warranty will perform as promised or as required by contract.
Letter of Intent
Substantial Completion
Warranty
Preliminary Design Phase
14. Also: Account Codes; Codes of Accounts An alpha/numeric identification system for budget line items that ensures that project expenditures are properly debited/credited in the project budget as payments are made in behalf of the project.
Bid Bond
Chart of Accounts
General Contractor
Guaranteed Maximum Price CM (GMPCM)
15. 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.
Contract Documents
Start-Up
Lump Sum Fee
Performance Bond
16. Also: Site Coordination Meeting - Coordination meeting A meeting dedicated essentially to contractor progress during the construction phase.
Design-Build (D-B) Contractor
Progress Meeting
Design Development Phase
Field Construction Manager
17. 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.
Design-Build (D-B) Contracting
Lump Sum Fee
Project Meeting
Progress Payment
18. Partial payments on a contractor's contract amount - periodically paid by the owner for work accomplished by the contractor to date.
Progress Payment
Reimbursable Expense
Final Design Phase
Technical Specifications
19. A job title usually reserved for the administrative level person who supervises the work of an on-site contractor .
Fast-Track(ing)
General Contractor
Superintendent
Progress Payment
20. Written criteria that augment the drawings pertaining to the technical construction of the project that cannot be conveniently included on the plans.
Bid Bond
Occupancy Phase
Preliminary Design Phase
Technical Specifications
21. Detailed statements covering procedures - and quantitative and qualitative and qualitative information pertaining to material - products - and equipment to be incorporated into a project.
Contract Administration
General Conditions (of the Contract for Construction)
Specifications
Notice of Award
22. 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.
Construction Schedule
Construction Documents
Project Meeting
Value Engineering
23. Partial payments on a contractor's contract amount - periodically paid by the owner for work accomplished by the contractor to date.
Changed Conditions
RFP (Request For Proposal)
Progress Payment
Estimated Final Cost
24. Also: Supplementary Conditions Amendments to the General Conditions that change standard requirements to unique requirements - appropriate for a specific project.
Special Conditions
Performance Bond
Bid Bond
CM Services
25. 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.
Prime Contract
Occupancy Phase
Construction Budget
Direct Labor Costs
26. 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.
Estimated Final Cost
Record Drawings
General Contractor
Lien
27. 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.
Sub-subcontractor
Direct Material Costs
Clerk-of-the-Work
Design-Build (D-B) Contractor
28. 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
Lump Sum Fee
Start-Up
29. Applies to engineering projects; the initial design effort following signing of the owner; engineer agreement. It is followed by the Final Design Phase.
Construction Documents
Professional Liability Insurance
Preliminary Design Phase
Record Drawings
30. Detailed statements covering procedures - and quantitative and qualitative and qualitative information pertaining to material - products - and equipment to be incorporated into a project.
Specifications
Record Drawings
Construction Management
Notice of Award
31. 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
Drawings
Contingencies
Construction Management
Change Order
32. Also: Product Data; Samples Detailed information provided by material and equipment suppliers demonstrating that the item provided meets the requirements of the contract documents.
Project Manual
CM Services
Checks and Balances
Shop Drawings
33. 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
Reimbursable Expense
RFP (Request For Proposal)
Bid Bond
Lien
34. 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.
Prime Contract
Guaranteed Maximum Price CM (GMPCM)
Value Engineering
Escrow Account
35. 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
Project Team
Lump Sum Fee
Construction Documents
36. Graphic representations showing location - geometry - and dimensions of a project or its elements in sufficient detail to facilitate construction.
Critical Path(s)
Final Design Phase
Drawings
Contract Administration
37. 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.
Notice to Proceed
Completion Schedule
Occupancy Phase
Milestone Schedule
38. 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.
Substantial Completion
Sub-subcontractor
Lien
Construction Schedule
39. 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
Commissioning
Project Budget
Prime Contract
40. 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.
Field Construction Manager
Design Development Phase
Estimated Cost to Complete
Final Design Phase
41. The designation used by engineers for the last portion of the design process prior to bidding.
Special Conditions
Final Design Phase
Progress Payment
Warranty
42. 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.
Bid Depository
Specifications
Changed Conditions
Checks and Balances
43. 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
Project Budget
Direct Labor Costs
Life-Cycle Cost
44. Also: Feasibility Phase The phase prior to the start of design.
Pre-design Phase
Construction Management
Milestone
Project Budget
45. 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
Bid Depository
Superintendent
Performance Bond
Lump Sum Fee
46. 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
Approved Bidders List
Construction Budget
Life-Cycle Cost
Substantial Completion
47. 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
Claim
As-Built Drawings
Field Construction Manager
Estimated Cost to Complete
48. 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
Claim
Project Budget
Contract Document Phase
Prime Contract
49. A technical review process; the close matching of engineering design to the value an owner derives from the design.
Value Engineering
Lump Sum Fee
Specifications
Superintendent
50. A contract held by an owner.
Project Manual
Direct Labor Costs
Prime Contract
CM Services