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Construction Management
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1. A binding offer - usually expressed in dollars to provide specific services within clearly stated requirements.
General Contractor
Conditions of the Contract
Occupancy Phase
Bid
2. Line-item amounts in the project budget - dedicated to specific cost areas where oversight is an inherent problem in project delivery.
Field Construction Manager
Contingencies
Final Design Phase
Project Meeting
3. 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.
Clerk-of-the-Work
Chart of Accounts
Life-Cycle Cost
Bid Bond
4. Line-item amounts in the project budget - dedicated to specific cost areas where oversight is an inherent problem in project delivery.
Contingencies
Start-Up
Change Order
Project Manual
5. The time between the purchase date and delivery date of long-lead items.
Letter of Intent
Commissioning
Project Team
Lump Sum Fee
6. Changes of any nature in contract requirements which have been agreed upon through a change approval process and approved by the owner.
Approved Changes
Milestone
Direct Costs
Notice of Award
7. Detailed statements covering procedures - and quantitative and qualitative and qualitative information pertaining to material - products - and equipment to be incorporated into a project.
Preconstruction Phase
Specifications
Estimated Cost to Complete
Project Team
8. The bidder who has submitted the lowest competitive proposal as determined by a cursory examination of the bids submitted.
Budget Estimate
Owner's Representative
apparent Low Bidder
Lump Sum Fee
9. A contract structure where both design and construction responsibility are vested in a single contractor.
CM Services
Milestone
Claim
Design-Build (D-B) Contracting
10. 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.
Bid Bond
Fast-Track(ing)
As-Built Drawings
Owner's Representative
11. The time between the purchase date and delivery date of long-lead items.
Preliminary Design Phase
Lump Sum Fee
Contract Documents
Contract Administration
12. 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.
Long-Lead Items
Contingencies
Final Design Phase
Owner's Representative
13. 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
Technical Specifications
General Conditions (of the Contract for Construction)
Performance Bond
14. 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 Schedule
Approved Bidders List
Bid
15. Money put into the custody of the third party by the first party for disbursement tot the second party. A brief temporary depository for progress payments until authorized for release according to the depositor's explicit instructions.
Notice of Award
Specifications
Labor and Material Bond
Escrow Account
16. A contractor that provides design and construction services under a single responsibility contract to an owner .
Design-Build (D-B) Contractor
Changed Conditions
Project Manual
Change Order
17. 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
Warranty
apparent Low Bidder
Value Engineering
18. The term used on architectural projects to describe the transitional phase from the Schematic Phase to the Contract Document during design.
Record Drawings
Contract Administration
Design Development Phase
Lump Sum Fee
19. Selected strategic events of signal importance to progress used in the milestone schedule.
Milestone
Project Manual
Budget Estimate
Progress Meeting
20. The cost of purchasing - installing - owning - operating - and maintaining a construction element over the life of the facility.
Clerk-of-the-Work
Clerk-of-the-Work
Life-Cycle Cost
Owner's Representative
21. The bidder who has submitted the lowest competitive proposal as determined by a cursory examination of the bids submitted.
Claim
apparent Low Bidder
Superintendent
Construction Schedule
22. 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
General Contractor
Lien
Milestone Schedule
23. 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
Construction Documents
General Contractor
Substantial Completion
24. Applies to engineering projects; the initial design effort following signing of the owner; engineer agreement. It is followed by the Final Design Phase.
Record Drawings
Occupancy Phase
Sub-subcontractor
Preliminary Design Phase
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.
Lump Sum Fee
Budget Estimate
Completion Schedule
Milestone Schedule
26. 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)
Record Drawings
Value Engineering
Subcontractor
27. 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.
Construction Management
Lien
Fast-Track(ing)
Budget Estimate
28. The point at which both parties to a contract declare the other has satisfactorily completed its responsibilities under the contract.
Lump Sum Fee
Milestone
Estimated Cost to Complete
Final Completion
29. 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
Bid Depository
Direct Costs
Preconstruction Phase
30. All required phases prior to the start of construction.
Notice of Award
Project Team
Contract Administration
Preconstruction Phase
31. 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.
Design Development Phase
Technical Specifications
General Conditions (of the Contract for Construction)
Construction Manager
32. Graphic representations showing location - geometry - and dimensions of a project or its elements in sufficient detail to facilitate construction.
Project Budget
Project Budget
Bid Bond
Drawings
33. Drawings - technical specification - and addenda; the contract documents that refer to the physical construction requirements established by the A/E.
Chart of Accounts
Construction Documents
Milestone Schedule
Construction Budget
34. 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.
Contract Document Phase
Occupancy Phase
Clerk-of-the-Work
General Conditions (of the Contract for Construction)
35. 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
Chart of Accounts
Lump Sum Fee
Record Drawings
36. A person assigned to a project to represent the owner on the project team at one to the three management levels.
37. 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 Labor Costs
Technical Specifications
Construction Documents
Guarantee
38. 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.
Record Drawings
Milestone
Commissioning
As-Built Drawings
39. 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.
Start-Up
Guaranteed Maximum Price CM (GMPCM)
Completion Schedule
Chart of Accounts
40. The term used on architectural projects to describe the transitional phase from the Schematic Phase to the Contract Document during design.
Direct Labor Costs
Design Development Phase
Budget Estimate
Shop Drawings
41. 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
Chart of Accounts
Occupancy Phase
Direct Labor Costs
Record Drawings
42. 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
Construction Schedule
Escrow Account
Schematic Design Phase
43. 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.
Lien
Construction Management
Labor and Material Bond
Project Team
44. 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.
CM Services
Progress Meeting
Bid
Construction Manager
45. 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
Substantial Completion
Schedule of Values
Project Manual
Specifications
46. 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.
Design-Build (D-B) Contractor
Record Drawings
CM Services
Project Budget
47. A contractor who has a contract with a subcontractor.
Sub-subcontractor
As-Built Drawings
Clerk-of-the-Work
Change Order
48. Graphic representations showing location - geometry - and dimensions of a project or its elements in sufficient detail to facilitate construction.
Drawings
Preconstruction Phase
Escrow Account
Construction Management
49. Selected strategic events of signal importance to progress used in the milestone schedule.
Milestone
Critical Path(s)
Fast-Track(ing)
Design Development Phase
50. 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.
Prime Contract
Final Completion
Long-Lead Items
General Conditions (of the Contract for Construction)