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Construction Management

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1. The final phase of design on an architectural project when construction documents are completed and bidding documents formulated.






2. 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.






3. 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.






4. Also: Supplementary Conditions Amendments to the General Conditions that change standard requirements to unique requirements - appropriate for a specific project.






5. The term used to describe the use of the overlapping expertise of each team member during team decision making.






6. The term used on architectural projects to describe the transitional phase from the Schematic Phase to the Contract Document during design.






7. A fixed dollar amount which includes all costs of services including overhead and profit.






8. Written criteria that augment the drawings pertaining to the technical construction of the project that cannot be conveniently included on the plans.






9. 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.






10. 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.






11. The time between the purchase date and delivery date of long-lead items.






12. 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






13. The point at which both parties to a contract declare the other has satisfactorily completed its responsibilities under the contract.






14. A business entity that provides independent contractor services to owners through the use of subcontractors when using the general contracting system.






15. 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






16. 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.






17. A job title usually reserved for the administrative level person who supervises the work of an on-site contractor .






18. Applies to engineering projects; the initial design effort following signing of the owner; engineer agreement. It is followed by the Final Design Phase.






19. 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.






20. 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






21. 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.






22. 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.






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






24. A job title usually reserved for the administrative level person who supervises the work of an on-site contractor .






25. Selected strategic events of signal importance to progress used in the milestone schedule.






26. 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.






27. 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.






28. Also: Feasibility Phase The phase prior to the start of design.






29. 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.






30. The term used on architectural projects to describe the transitional phase from the Schematic Phase to the Contract Document during design.






31. A contractor that provides design and construction services under a single responsibility contract to an owner .






32. An agreement by which a party accepts responsibility for fulfilling an obligation.






33. The cost of purchasing - installing - owning - operating - and maintaining a construction element over the life of the facility.






34. 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.






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.






36. 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.






37. A contractor who has a contract with a prime contractor.






38. A technical review process; the close matching of engineering design to the value an owner derives from the design.






39. 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.






40. 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.






41. A contractor who has a contract with a subcontractor.






42. 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






43. Check: Letter of Intent; Notice to Proceed A letter from an owner to a contractor stating that a contract has been awarded to the contractor and a contract will be forthcoming.






44. Selected strategic events of signal importance to progress used in the milestone schedule.






45. 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.






46. All required phases prior to the start of construction.






47. A contract structure where both design and construction responsibility are vested in a single contractor.






48. 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.






49. 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.






50. All required phases prior to the start of construction.