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Construction Management
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1. The term used on architectural projects to describe the transitional phase from the Schematic Phase to the Contract Document during design.
Project Meeting
Design Development Phase
Construction Manager
Project Meeting
2. 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
Special Conditions
Lump Sum Fee
Letter of Intent
3. A contractor who has a contract with a subcontractor.
Long-Lead Time
Sub-subcontractor
Approved Bidders List
Warranty
4. Also: Site Coordination Meeting - Coordination meeting A meeting dedicated essentially to contractor progress during the construction phase.
Commissioning
Preconstruction Phase
Progress Meeting
Design-Build (D-B) Contracting
5. The time between the purchase date and delivery date of long-lead items.
Lump Sum Fee
Estimated Final Cost
Prime Contract
Conditions of the Contract
6. 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.
Design-Build (D-B) Contracting
Chart of Accounts
Project Team
General Conditions (of the Contract for Construction)
7. 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.
Checks and Balances
Estimated Cost to Complete
Owner's Representative
Design-Build (D-B) Contracting
8. Graphic representations showing location - geometry - and dimensions of a project or its elements in sufficient detail to facilitate construction.
Drawings
Design Development Phase
Project Team
Occupancy Phase
9. 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
Subcontractor
Value Engineering
Project Manual
apparent Low Bidder
10. Servicing the interactive provisions in the contracts for construction between the owner and the contractor(s).
Bid Bond
Design-Build (D-B) Contractor
Long-Lead Items
Contract Administration
11. 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
Progress Payment
Field Construction Manager
Professional Liability Insurance
Shop Drawings
12. Written criteria that augment the drawings pertaining to the technical construction of the project that cannot be conveniently included on the plans.
Design-Build (D-B) Contracting
Change Order
Technical Specifications
apparent Low Bidder
13. 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.
Change Order
Chart of Accounts
Record Drawings
Change Order
14. 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.
Project Team
Preliminary Design Phase
Lien
Guaranteed Maximum Price CM (GMPCM)
15. Drawings - technical specification - and addenda; the contract documents that refer to the physical construction requirements established by the A/E.
Construction Documents
Commissioning
Direct Material Costs
Letter of Intent
16. 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
Schedule of Values
General Contractor
Long-Lead Time
17. 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
apparent Low Bidder
Drawings
Warranty
18. Term that refers to the General Conditions and the Supplementary and Special Conditions of the contract for construction.
Specifications
General Contractor
Conditions of the Contract
Checks and Balances
19. Also: Mechanic's Lien The right to take - hold - or sell the property of a debtor as security or payment for a debt.
Commissioning
Lien
Chart of Accounts
Contingencies
20. 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.
Construction Schedule
Direct Labor Costs
Schedule of Values
Contract Administration
21. A fixed dollar amount which includes all costs of services including overhead and profit.
Preliminary Design Phase
Shop Drawings
Prime Contract
Lump Sum Fee
22. 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.
Fast-Track(ing)
Occupancy Phase
Bid
Performance Bond
23. 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.
Design Development Phase
Contract Documents
Notice of Award
Chart of Accounts
24. Graphic representations showing location - geometry - and dimensions of a project or its elements in sufficient detail to facilitate construction.
Value Engineering
Drawings
Checks and Balances
Contract Documents
25. Applies to engineering projects; the initial design effort following signing of the owner; engineer agreement. It is followed by the Final Design Phase.
Construction Management
Substantial Completion
apparent Low Bidder
Preliminary Design Phase
26. 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
Professional Liability Insurance
Schedule of Values
Special Conditions
27. The cost of purchasing - installing - owning - operating - and maintaining a construction element over the life of the facility.
Estimated Cost to Complete
Lien
Life-Cycle Cost
Change Order
28. 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
Notice of Award
RFP (Request For Proposal)
Chart of Accounts
29. 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.
Preconstruction Phase
Guarantee
RFP (Request For Proposal)
Project Meeting
30. 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.
Superintendent
Approved Changes
Lump Sum Fee
Project Team
31. Also: Warranty/Guarantee Phase; Warranty Phase; Guarantee Phase A stipulated length of time following the construction phase - during which contractors are bonded to ensure that materials - equipment - and workmanship meet the requirements of their c
Warranty
Milestone Schedule
Milestone
Occupancy Phase
32. 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
Construction Management
Estimated Cost to Complete
Lump Sum Fee
Final Completion
33. A job title usually reserved for the administrative level person who supervises the work of an on-site contractor .
Approved Bidders List
Superintendent
Changed Conditions
Project Manual
34. 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.
Technical Specifications
Commissioning
Contingencies
Start-Up
35. Detailed statements covering procedures - and quantitative and qualitative and qualitative information pertaining to material - products - and equipment to be incorporated into a project.
Warranty
Estimated Final Cost
Specifications
Construction Documents
36. 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 Costs
Critical Path(s)
Claim
Final Design Phase
37. 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.
Approved Bidders List
As-Built Drawings
Milestone Schedule
Change Order
38. 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.
Escrow Account
Field Construction Manager
Lien
Changed Conditions
39. 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.
Notice to Proceed
RFP (Request For Proposal)
Long-Lead Items
Lump Sum Fee
40. 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
Approved Changes
Record Drawings
Specifications
41. 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.
Start-Up
Owner's Representative
Value Engineering
Substantial Completion
42. 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.
Final Completion
Budget Estimate
Guaranteed Maximum Price CM (GMPCM)
Approved Bidders List
43. Partial payments on a contractor's contract amount - periodically paid by the owner for work accomplished by the contractor to date.
Critical Path(s)
Superintendent
Life-Cycle Cost
Progress Payment
44. 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
Contract Document Phase
Design-Build (D-B) Contracting
Construction Schedule
45. Servicing the interactive provisions in the contracts for construction between the owner and the contractor(s).
Contract Administration
Guarantee
General Conditions (of the Contract for Construction)
Notice of Award
46. Also: Site Coordination Meeting - Coordination meeting A meeting dedicated essentially to contractor progress during the construction phase.
Construction Management
Progress Meeting
Occupancy Phase
Bid Depository
47. 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
Milestone Schedule
Long-Lead Items
Guarantee
Bid Bond
48. 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.
Design-Build (D-B) Contracting
Progress Meeting
Labor and Material Bond
Clerk-of-the-Work
49. Also: Supplementary Conditions Amendments to the General Conditions that change standard requirements to unique requirements - appropriate for a specific project.
apparent Low Bidder
Schematic Design Phase
Special Conditions
Contingencies
50. Also: Product Data; Samples Detailed information provided by material and equipment suppliers demonstrating that the item provided meets the requirements of the contract documents.
Occupancy Phase
Notice to Proceed
Shop Drawings
Escrow Account