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Construction Management
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1. 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.
Guarantee
General Contractor
Contract Documents
Project Team
2. Also: Mechanic's Lien The right to take - hold - or sell the property of a debtor as security or payment for a debt.
Claim
Notice to Proceed
Lien
Bid
3. 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
Project Manual
Commissioning
Warranty
Contingencies
4. 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.
Notice to Proceed
Guarantee
Estimated Final Cost
Progress Meeting
5. The time between the purchase date and delivery date of long-lead items.
Checks and Balances
Escrow Account
Lump Sum Fee
Project Manual
6. A business entity that provides independent contractor services to owners through the use of subcontractors when using the general contracting system.
Construction Schedule
Performance Bond
General Contractor
Milestone Schedule
7. The bidder who has submitted the lowest competitive proposal as determined by a cursory examination of the bids submitted.
Construction Budget
apparent Low Bidder
Construction Manager
Bid
8. 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.
Special Conditions
Sub-subcontractor
Pre-design Phase
Chart of Accounts
9. Changes of any nature in contract requirements which have been agreed upon through a change approval process and approved by the owner.
Special Conditions
Lump Sum Fee
Lump Sum Fee
Approved Changes
10. Also: Site Coordination Meeting - Coordination meeting A meeting dedicated essentially to contractor progress during the construction phase.
Special Conditions
Completion Schedule
Progress Meeting
Direct Labor Costs
11. Graphic representations showing location - geometry - and dimensions of a project or its elements in sufficient detail to facilitate construction.
Construction Manager
Milestone
Drawings
Warranty
12. 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.
General Conditions (of the Contract for Construction)
Contract Administration
Bid Bond
Fast-Track(ing)
13. 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.
Claim
Budget Estimate
Performance Bond
Guaranteed Maximum Price CM (GMPCM)
14. 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 Management
Contract Documents
Bid Depository
Project Team
15. 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
Construction Management
Construction Documents
Commissioning
16. 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
Final Design Phase
Reimbursable Expense
Chart of Accounts
17. A business entity that provides independent contractor services to owners through the use of subcontractors when using the general contracting system.
apparent Low Bidder
General Contractor
Drawings
Bid Bond
18. A technical review process; the close matching of engineering design to the value an owner derives from the design.
Preliminary Design Phase
Value Engineering
Project Manual
Schematic Design Phase
19. 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
Drawings
Change Order
Project Team
20. 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.
Life-Cycle Cost
Preliminary Design Phase
Milestone Schedule
Final Design Phase
21. 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
Long-Lead Items
Construction Manager
Field Construction Manager
Occupancy Phase
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.
Warranty
Shop Drawings
Schematic Design Phase
Changed Conditions
23. A job title usually reserved for the administrative level person who supervises the work of an on-site contractor .
Superintendent
Contract Documents
Estimated Final Cost
Special Conditions
24. 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.
Approved Changes
Chart of Accounts
Budget Estimate
General Contractor
25. The second request for uniform detailed information from prospective CM practitioners being screened for a project.
RFP (Request For Proposal)
Bid Bond
Substantial Completion
Occupancy Phase
26. 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.
Warranty
Guaranteed Maximum Price CM (GMPCM)
Value Engineering
Labor and Material Bond
27. The designation used by engineers for the last portion of the design process prior to bidding.
Completion Schedule
Final Design Phase
CM Services
Commissioning
28. 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
Construction Schedule
Bid Depository
Bid Bond
29. 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
Preliminary Design Phase
Construction Manager
Occupancy Phase
30. 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.
Guarantee
Changed Conditions
Chart of Accounts
Budget Estimate
31. An agreement by which a party accepts responsibility for fulfilling an obligation.
Final Completion
Estimated Final Cost
Guarantee
Claim
32. Also: Feasibility Phase The phase prior to the start of design.
Long-Lead Items
Progress Meeting
Professional Liability Insurance
Pre-design Phase
33. 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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34. 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.
Construction Documents
Critical Path(s)
Construction Manager
Change Order
35. 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
Owner's Representative
Lien
Construction Budget
Design-Build (D-B) Contracting
36. Line-item amounts in the project budget - dedicated to specific cost areas where oversight is an inherent problem in project delivery.
Escrow Account
Contingencies
Contract Administration
Design Development Phase
37. 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.
Conditions of the Contract
Contract Document Phase
Long-Lead Items
Prime Contract
38. Costs accruing from expended labor excluding the bonus portion of overtime - insurances - and payroll taxes.
Project Team
Approved Bidders List
Direct Material Costs
Contract Document Phase
39. Written criteria that augment the drawings pertaining to the technical construction of the project that cannot be conveniently included on the plans.
Contract Administration
Direct Material Costs
Bid Bond
Technical Specifications
40. 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
Estimated Cost to Complete
Shop Drawings
Claim
41. All required phases prior to the start of construction.
Letter of Intent
Preconstruction Phase
General Contractor
Superintendent
42. 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.
Long-Lead Items
Specifications
Record Drawings
Bid Bond
43. 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.
Commissioning
Field Construction Manager
Schedule of Values
General Conditions (of the Contract for Construction)
44. Applies to engineering projects; the initial design effort following signing of the owner; engineer agreement. It is followed by the Final Design Phase.
Letter of Intent
Bid Bond
Bid
Preliminary Design Phase
45. Selected strategic events of signal importance to progress used in the milestone schedule.
Direct Labor Costs
Milestone
Approved Changes
Final Completion
46. The time between the purchase date and delivery date of long-lead items.
Long-Lead Time
Milestone
Owner's Representative
Guarantee
47. The cost of purchasing - installing - owning - operating - and maintaining a construction element over the life of the facility.
Life-Cycle Cost
Warranty
Estimated Cost to Complete
Bid Depository
48. Changes of any nature in contract requirements which have been agreed upon through a change approval process and approved by the owner.
Prime Contract
apparent Low Bidder
Approved Changes
Final Design Phase
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.
Direct Material Costs
Letter of Intent
Bid Depository
Warranty
50. The second request for uniform detailed information from prospective CM practitioners being screened for a project.
Guaranteed Maximum Price CM (GMPCM)
Bid Depository
RFP (Request For Proposal)
Preliminary Design Phase