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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. 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
General Contractor
Drawings
Project Budget
2. 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.
Contract Document Phase
Fast-Track(ing)
Reimbursable Expense
Conditions of the Contract
3. A technical review process; the close matching of engineering design to the value an owner derives from the design.
Guaranteed Maximum Price CM (GMPCM)
Bid Bond
Value Engineering
Project Budget
4. The bidder who has submitted the lowest competitive proposal as determined by a cursory examination of the bids submitted.
Claim
apparent Low Bidder
Direct Material Costs
Guaranteed Maximum Price CM (GMPCM)
5. 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.
Field Construction Manager
Final Completion
Budget Estimate
Owner's Representative
6. Line-item amounts in the project budget - dedicated to specific cost areas where oversight is an inherent problem in project delivery.
Contingencies
Value Engineering
Bid Bond
Milestone
7. 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.
Life-Cycle Cost
RFP (Request For Proposal)
Estimated Final Cost
Letter of Intent
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.
Direct Costs
Specifications
Professional Liability Insurance
Design Development Phase
9. 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.
Estimated Cost to Complete
Prime Contract
Bid Depository
Start-Up
10. The time between the purchase date and delivery date of long-lead items.
Schedule of Values
Long-Lead Time
Milestone
Design-Build (D-B) Contractor
11. 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.
Performance Bond
Contract Documents
Substantial Completion
Design-Build (D-B) Contracting
12. 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
Project Budget
RFP (Request For Proposal)
Warranty
Field Construction Manager
13. Drawings - technical specification - and addenda; the contract documents that refer to the physical construction requirements established by the A/E.
Change Order
Construction Documents
Estimated Final Cost
Prime Contract
14. 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.
Approved Bidders List
Final Design Phase
apparent Low Bidder
As-Built Drawings
15. Term that refers to the General Conditions and the Supplementary and Special Conditions of the contract for construction.
Final Completion
Start-Up
Lump Sum Fee
Conditions of the Contract
16. 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.
Notice to Proceed
Conditions of the Contract
Bid Depository
Life-Cycle Cost
17. 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.
Special Conditions
Performance Bond
Labor and Material Bond
Changed Conditions
18. A contract held by an owner.
Construction Schedule
Specifications
Contract Administration
Prime Contract
19. 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.
CM Services
Lien
Project Meeting
Project Team
20. The second request for uniform detailed information from prospective CM practitioners being screened for a project.
Drawings
Performance Bond
RFP (Request For Proposal)
Project Meeting
21. 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.
Letter of Intent
Guarantee
Clerk-of-the-Work
Substantial Completion
22. Applies to engineering projects; the initial design effort following signing of the owner; engineer agreement. It is followed by the Final Design Phase.
Changed Conditions
Field Construction Manager
Preliminary Design Phase
Start-Up
23. 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.
Direct Costs
Progress Payment
Bid Bond
Reimbursable Expense
24. 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.
Labor and Material Bond
Special Conditions
Owner's Representative
General Conditions (of the Contract for Construction)
25. A business entity that provides independent contractor services to owners through the use of subcontractors when using the general contracting system.
Occupancy Phase
Schedule of Values
General Contractor
Project Team
26. 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
Special Conditions
Completion Schedule
Contingencies
27. Graphic representations showing location - geometry - and dimensions of a project or its elements in sufficient detail to facilitate construction.
Drawings
Construction Manager
Construction Management
Shop Drawings
28. Detailed statements covering procedures - and quantitative and qualitative and qualitative information pertaining to material - products - and equipment to be incorporated into a project.
Prime Contract
Subcontractor
Performance Bond
Specifications
29. 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.
Design-Build (D-B) Contracting
Preliminary Design Phase
Project Budget
Estimated Cost to Complete
30. Term that refers to the General Conditions and the Supplementary and Special Conditions of the contract for construction.
Completion Schedule
Conditions of the Contract
Progress Payment
General Conditions (of the Contract for Construction)
31. 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.
Final Completion
Preliminary Design Phase
Start-Up
Life-Cycle Cost
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.
Shop Drawings
Lump Sum Fee
Preconstruction Phase
Critical Path(s)
33. All required phases prior to the start of construction.
Notice of Award
Labor and Material Bond
Preconstruction Phase
Final Design Phase
34. Servicing the interactive provisions in the contracts for construction between the owner and the contractor(s).
Contract Administration
Reimbursable Expense
apparent Low Bidder
Pre-design Phase
35. The list of contractors that have survived prequalification tests.
Field Construction Manager
Approved Bidders List
Construction Documents
Construction Manager
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
Subcontractor
Project Budget
Technical Specifications
37. 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.
Record Drawings
Guarantee
Professional Liability Insurance
Approved Changes
38. 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.
Schematic Design Phase
Project Budget
Design-Build (D-B) Contractor
Guaranteed Maximum Price CM (GMPCM)
39. A job title usually reserved for the administrative level person who supervises the work of an on-site contractor .
Progress Payment
Specifications
Guaranteed Maximum Price CM (GMPCM)
Superintendent
40. 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
Pre-design Phase
Bid Bond
Contingencies
Lump Sum Fee
41. Applies to engineering projects; the initial design effort following signing of the owner; engineer agreement. It is followed by the Final Design Phase.
Preliminary Design Phase
Record Drawings
Lien
Field Construction Manager
42. 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.
Guarantee
Shop Drawings
CM Services
Estimated Cost to Complete
43. Drawings - technical specification - and addenda; the contract documents that refer to the physical construction requirements established by the A/E.
Owner's Representative
Construction Documents
Claim
Project Team
44. A contract structure where both design and construction responsibility are vested in a single contractor.
Design-Build (D-B) Contracting
Conditions of the Contract
Milestone Schedule
Chart of Accounts
45. 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.
Estimated Final Cost
Construction Documents
Budget Estimate
Direct Labor Costs
46. 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.
General Conditions (of the Contract for Construction)
Construction Management
Construction Manager
Record Drawings
47. Written criteria that augment the drawings pertaining to the technical construction of the project that cannot be conveniently included on the plans.
Lump Sum Fee
General Conditions (of the Contract for Construction)
Technical Specifications
Lien
48. The final phase of design on an architectural project when construction documents are completed and bidding documents formulated.
Contract Document Phase
Notice to Proceed
Professional Liability Insurance
Chart of Accounts
49. Changes of any nature in contract requirements which have been agreed upon through a change approval process and approved by the owner.
Clerk-of-the-Work
Approved Changes
Conditions of the Contract
Design-Build (D-B) Contracting
50. Written criteria that augment the drawings pertaining to the technical construction of the project that cannot be conveniently included on the plans.
Direct Labor Costs
Substantial Completion
Technical Specifications
Design Development Phase