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Construction Management
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Costs accruing from expended labor excluding the bonus portion of overtime - insurances - and payroll taxes.
Direct Labor Costs
Professional Liability Insurance
Direct Material Costs
Start-Up
2. 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.
Conditions of the Contract
Field Construction Manager
Project Budget
Direct Labor Costs
3. The second request for uniform detailed information from prospective CM practitioners being screened for a project.
Contract Documents
Sub-subcontractor
Progress Meeting
RFP (Request For Proposal)
4. 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.
Estimated Final Cost
Direct Costs
Field Construction Manager
Conditions of the Contract
5. Also: Guarantee Assurance by a providing party that the work - material - and equipment under warranty will perform as promised or as required by contract.
Estimated Cost to Complete
Value Engineering
Warranty
Notice to Proceed
6. Partial payments on a contractor's contract amount - periodically paid by the owner for work accomplished by the contractor to date.
Approved Changes
Direct Labor Costs
Commissioning
Progress Payment
7. 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)
RFP (Request For Proposal)
RFP (Request For Proposal)
Final Completion
8. 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
Project Budget
Life-Cycle Cost
9. 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
Commissioning
Progress Meeting
Project Budget
Contingencies
10. An agreement by which a party accepts responsibility for fulfilling an obligation.
Project Budget
Guarantee
Long-Lead Items
RFP (Request For Proposal)
11. Detailed statements covering procedures - and quantitative and qualitative and qualitative information pertaining to material - products - and equipment to be incorporated into a project.
Construction Management
Escrow Account
Specifications
Value Engineering
12. 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.
Final Completion
Project Team
Clerk-of-the-Work
Prime Contract
13. Also: Supplementary Conditions Amendments to the General Conditions that change standard requirements to unique requirements - appropriate for a specific project.
Fast-Track(ing)
Special Conditions
Change Order
apparent Low Bidder
14. Check: Notice of Award; Letter of Intent A notice from an owner directing a contractor to begin work on a contract - subject to specific stated conditions.
Contract Administration
Notice to Proceed
Subcontractor
Long-Lead Time
15. The designation used by engineers for the last portion of the design process prior to bidding.
Direct Costs
Completion Schedule
Pre-design Phase
Final Design Phase
16. The final phase of design on an architectural project when construction documents are completed and bidding documents formulated.
Project Meeting
Schematic Design Phase
Fast-Track(ing)
Contract Document Phase
17. 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
Critical Path(s)
Superintendent
Schedule of Values
Construction Management
18. Also: Site Coordination Meeting - Coordination meeting A meeting dedicated essentially to contractor progress during the construction phase.
Contract Administration
Guaranteed Maximum Price CM (GMPCM)
Drawings
Progress Meeting
19. 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.
General Contractor
Construction Documents
Project Manual
Claim
20. Drawings - technical specification - and addenda; the contract documents that refer to the physical construction requirements established by the A/E.
Guaranteed Maximum Price CM (GMPCM)
Long-Lead Items
Construction Documents
Project Team
21. Also: Feasibility Phase The phase prior to the start of design.
Preliminary Design Phase
Special Conditions
Notice of Award
Pre-design Phase
22. A contractor who has a contract with a subcontractor.
Specifications
Sub-subcontractor
CM Services
Long-Lead Time
23. 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
Guarantee
CM Services
Prime Contract
24. 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
Preconstruction Phase
Approved Bidders List
Final Design Phase
25. 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.
Shop Drawings
Lump Sum Fee
Checks and Balances
Labor and Material Bond
26. 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.
Budget Estimate
Change Order
Checks and Balances
Completion Schedule
27. A fixed dollar amount which includes all costs of services including overhead and profit.
Milestone Schedule
Changed Conditions
Conditions of the Contract
Lump Sum Fee
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
Lump Sum Fee
Budget Estimate
Construction Schedule
29. Term that refers to the General Conditions and the Supplementary and Special Conditions of the contract for construction.
Conditions of the Contract
Occupancy Phase
Milestone Schedule
Project Meeting
30. Also: Errors and Omissions Insurance Insurance provided by design professionals and construction managers that protects the owner against the financial results of negligent acts by the insured.
Professional Liability Insurance
Preconstruction Phase
Estimated Cost to Complete
Approved Changes
31. Also: Supplementary Conditions Amendments to the General Conditions that change standard requirements to unique requirements - appropriate for a specific project.
Performance Bond
Special Conditions
Specifications
Warranty
32. 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.
Start-Up
Approved Bidders List
Final Design Phase
Estimated Final Cost
33. The term used to describe the use of the overlapping expertise of each team member during team decision making.
Construction Schedule
Estimated Final Cost
Notice to Proceed
Checks and Balances
34. The cost of purchasing - installing - owning - operating - and maintaining a construction element over the life of the facility.
Sub-subcontractor
Life-Cycle Cost
Guarantee
Direct Costs
35. Also: Product Data; Samples Detailed information provided by material and equipment suppliers demonstrating that the item provided meets the requirements of the contract documents.
Life-Cycle Cost
Notice of Award
Shop Drawings
Owner's Representative
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.
Warranty
Shop Drawings
Notice to Proceed
Bid Bond
37. The term used to describe the use of the overlapping expertise of each team member during team decision making.
Design Development Phase
Checks and Balances
Contract Documents
Letter of Intent
38. The continuous chain(s) of activities from project-start to project-finish - whose durations cannot be exceeded if the project is to be completed on the project-finish date. A sequence of activities that collectively require the longest duration to c
Critical Path(s)
Conditions of the Contract
Long-Lead Items
Change Order
39. 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
Owner's Representative
Project Meeting
Letter of Intent
Performance Bond
40. Also: Product Data; Samples Detailed information provided by material and equipment suppliers demonstrating that the item provided meets the requirements of the contract documents.
Design-Build (D-B) Contractor
Shop Drawings
Sub-subcontractor
Life-Cycle Cost
41. A contract structure where both design and construction responsibility are vested in a single contractor.
Bid Bond
Completion Schedule
Lien
Design-Build (D-B) Contracting
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 Costs
Final Completion
Special Conditions
Approved Changes
43. 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.
Approved Changes
Contingencies
Milestone
General Conditions (of the Contract for Construction)
44. The scope of services provided by a construction manager and available to owners in whole or in part. CM services are not consistent in scope or performance from one CM firm to another.
Claim
Project Budget
Superintendent
CM Services
45. 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
Project Budget
Completion Schedule
Fast-Track(ing)
Commissioning
46. 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.
Milestone
Bid Depository
Construction Management
Completion Schedule
47. 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.
Value Engineering
Changed Conditions
Design-Build (D-B) Contractor
Milestone Schedule
48. A fixed dollar amount which includes all costs of services including overhead and profit.
As-Built Drawings
Field Construction Manager
Lump Sum Fee
Schematic Design Phase
49. The bidder who has submitted the lowest competitive proposal as determined by a cursory examination of the bids submitted.
Letter of Intent
Prime Contract
Estimated Final Cost
apparent Low Bidder
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 Document Phase
Project Meeting
Direct Material Costs
Guaranteed Maximum Price CM (GMPCM)