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Construction Management
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1. A technical review process; the close matching of engineering design to the value an owner derives from the design.
Value Engineering
Reimbursable Expense
Technical Specifications
Life-Cycle Cost
2. A contractor who has a contract with a prime contractor.
Milestone
RFP (Request For Proposal)
Technical Specifications
Subcontractor
3. Written criteria that augment the drawings pertaining to the technical construction of the project that cannot be conveniently included on the plans.
Shop Drawings
Changed Conditions
Technical Specifications
Construction Budget
4. 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
Labor and Material Bond
Clerk-of-the-Work
Fast-Track(ing)
5. A contractor who has a contract with a subcontractor.
As-Built Drawings
Technical Specifications
RFP (Request For Proposal)
Sub-subcontractor
6. Also: Guarantee Assurance by a providing party that the work - material - and equipment under warranty will perform as promised or as required by contract.
Design-Build (D-B) Contracting
Direct Costs
Final Completion
Warranty
7. 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.
Milestone Schedule
Approved Bidders List
Progress Meeting
Labor and Material Bond
8. 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.
Checks and Balances
Direct Costs
Long-Lead Time
Guaranteed Maximum Price CM (GMPCM)
9. The time between the purchase date and delivery date of long-lead items.
Estimated Cost to Complete
Fast-Track(ing)
Milestone
Long-Lead Time
10. Graphic representations showing location - geometry - and dimensions of a project or its elements in sufficient detail to facilitate construction.
Drawings
Approved Bidders List
Notice to Proceed
Start-Up
11. 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
Reimbursable Expense
Contingencies
Pre-design Phase
Construction Management
12. 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.
Schematic Design Phase
Construction Manager
Estimated Final Cost
Milestone
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.
Specifications
Progress Payment
Milestone Schedule
Budget Estimate
14. The final phase of design on an architectural project when construction documents are completed and bidding documents formulated.
Design Development Phase
Critical Path(s)
Preliminary Design Phase
Contract Document Phase
15. 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 Budget
Change Order
As-Built Drawings
CM Services
16. 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.
Subcontractor
Project Meeting
Contract Administration
Guarantee
17. 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.
Lump Sum Fee
Field Construction Manager
Escrow Account
Bid Depository
18. Selected strategic events of signal importance to progress used in the milestone schedule.
Letter of Intent
Milestone
Direct Labor Costs
Milestone Schedule
19. 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
Pre-design Phase
Design Development Phase
Preliminary Design Phase
20. 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.
Contract Administration
Subcontractor
Substantial Completion
Completion Schedule
21. Also: Mechanic's Lien The right to take - hold - or sell the property of a debtor as security or payment for a debt.
Lien
Letter of Intent
Substantial Completion
Professional Liability Insurance
22. 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.
General Conditions (of the Contract for Construction)
Sub-subcontractor
Letter of Intent
Lump Sum Fee
23. The final phase of design on an architectural project when construction documents are completed and bidding documents formulated.
Conditions of the Contract
Contract Document Phase
Design-Build (D-B) Contracting
Critical Path(s)
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.
Prime Contract
Letter of Intent
Direct Material Costs
Shop Drawings
25. 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.
Contract Document Phase
Claim
Milestone Schedule
Direct Labor Costs
26. 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
Guaranteed Maximum Price CM (GMPCM)
Escrow Account
Superintendent
Occupancy Phase
27. 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.
Bid Bond
Project Manual
Construction Schedule
Project Budget
28. 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.
Direct Material Costs
Guaranteed Maximum Price CM (GMPCM)
Project Team
Direct Costs
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.
Labor and Material Bond
Approved Changes
Substantial Completion
Construction Budget
30. 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.
Contract Administration
Completion Schedule
Approved Changes
Design-Build (D-B) Contracting
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
Clerk-of-the-Work
Final Design Phase
Occupancy Phase
Direct Material Costs
32. Applies to engineering projects; the initial design effort following signing of the owner; engineer agreement. It is followed by the Final Design Phase.
Shop Drawings
Preliminary Design Phase
Pre-design Phase
Substantial Completion
33. The cost of purchasing - installing - owning - operating - and maintaining a construction element over the life of the facility.
apparent Low Bidder
Fast-Track(ing)
Life-Cycle Cost
Construction Manager
34. 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.
Direct Costs
Field Construction Manager
Changed Conditions
Notice to Proceed
35. 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.
Milestone Schedule
Estimated Final Cost
Labor and Material Bond
Design Development Phase
36. Partial payments on a contractor's contract amount - periodically paid by the owner for work accomplished by the contractor to date.
Substantial Completion
Contract Administration
Project Team
Progress Payment
37. Term that refers to the General Conditions and the Supplementary and Special Conditions of the contract for construction.
Contract Administration
Conditions of the Contract
Notice of Award
Lump Sum Fee
38. 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 Budget
Construction Documents
Contract Administration
39. 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.
RFP (Request For Proposal)
Schedule of Values
Project Manual
Estimated Cost to Complete
40. A business entity that provides independent contractor services to owners through the use of subcontractors when using the general contracting system.
General Conditions (of the Contract for Construction)
General Contractor
Schematic Design Phase
Construction Manager
41. Partial payments on a contractor's contract amount - periodically paid by the owner for work accomplished by the contractor to date.
Drawings
Progress Payment
Clerk-of-the-Work
Checks and Balances
42. Also: Feasibility Phase The phase prior to the start of design.
Pre-design Phase
Final Completion
Chart of Accounts
Schematic Design Phase
43. The list of contractors that have survived prequalification tests.
Guarantee
Milestone
Chart of Accounts
Approved Bidders List
44. A contract held by an owner.
Drawings
Start-Up
Prime Contract
Construction Documents
45. The term used on architectural projects to describe the transitional phase from the Schematic Phase to the Contract Document during design.
As-Built Drawings
Design Development Phase
Final Design Phase
Escrow Account
46. The time between the purchase date and delivery date of long-lead items.
Sub-subcontractor
Direct Material Costs
Letter of Intent
Long-Lead Time
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
Field Construction Manager
Construction Documents
Bid
Value Engineering
48. 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
Warranty
Final Design Phase
Record Drawings
49. 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.
Design Development Phase
As-Built Drawings
Professional Liability Insurance
Record Drawings
50. 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.
Contract Documents
Escrow Account
Superintendent
Project Meeting