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1. 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.
Record Drawings
Construction Schedule
Schematic Design Phase
Commissioning
2. Also: Product Data; Samples Detailed information provided by material and equipment suppliers demonstrating that the item provided meets the requirements of the contract documents.
Completion Schedule
Estimated Cost to Complete
Shop Drawings
Lump Sum Fee
3. Detailed statements covering procedures - and quantitative and qualitative and qualitative information pertaining to material - products - and equipment to be incorporated into a project.
Contingencies
Specifications
Changed Conditions
Value Engineering
4. 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
Notice to Proceed
Lump Sum Fee
Bid
Occupancy Phase
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.
Budget Estimate
Specifications
Guaranteed Maximum Price CM (GMPCM)
Chart of Accounts
6. Also: Supplementary Conditions Amendments to the General Conditions that change standard requirements to unique requirements - appropriate for a specific project.
Special Conditions
Guaranteed Maximum Price CM (GMPCM)
Professional Liability Insurance
Life-Cycle Cost
7. 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.
Notice of Award
Construction Budget
Bid Depository
Chart of Accounts
8. 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.
Bid
Life-Cycle Cost
Occupancy Phase
Estimated Cost to Complete
9. 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.
Guaranteed Maximum Price CM (GMPCM)
Conditions of the Contract
Notice of Award
Substantial Completion
10. 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.
Milestone
General Conditions (of the Contract for Construction)
Critical Path(s)
Warranty
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.
Preliminary Design Phase
Bid
Contract Documents
Construction Schedule
12. 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.
Progress Payment
General Contractor
Lump Sum Fee
Start-Up
13. 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
Owner's Representative
Preconstruction Phase
Notice to Proceed
Critical Path(s)
14. A contractor who has a contract with a prime contractor.
Subcontractor
Preliminary Design Phase
Estimated Final Cost
Prime Contract
15. Also: Site Coordination Meeting - Coordination meeting A meeting dedicated essentially to contractor progress during the construction phase.
Contingencies
Performance Bond
Contract Documents
Progress Meeting
16. 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.
Letter of Intent
Construction Documents
Bid
Commissioning
17. The designation used by engineers for the last portion of the design process prior to bidding.
Construction Manager
Project Meeting
Design Development Phase
Final Design Phase
18. 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
Contingencies
Contract Document Phase
Critical Path(s)
19. 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
Value Engineering
Warranty
Bid Bond
20. Partial payments on a contractor's contract amount - periodically paid by the owner for work accomplished by the contractor to date.
Prime Contract
Owner's Representative
Progress Payment
Lien
21. A binding offer - usually expressed in dollars to provide specific services within clearly stated requirements.
Field Construction Manager
Bid
Subcontractor
Lump Sum Fee
22. Also: Mechanic's Lien The right to take - hold - or sell the property of a debtor as security or payment for a debt.
Lien
Project Meeting
Contract Documents
Special Conditions
23. Written criteria that augment the drawings pertaining to the technical construction of the project that cannot be conveniently included on the plans.
Technical Specifications
Drawings
Long-Lead Time
Final Design Phase
24. Drawings - technical specification - and addenda; the contract documents that refer to the physical construction requirements established by the A/E.
Estimated Cost to Complete
Long-Lead Time
Construction Documents
Long-Lead Time
25. A contract held by an owner.
Prime Contract
apparent Low Bidder
Chart of Accounts
Pre-design Phase
26. Also: Site Coordination Meeting - Coordination meeting A meeting dedicated essentially to contractor progress during the construction phase.
Preconstruction Phase
Progress Meeting
CM Services
Milestone
27. Also: Mechanic's Lien The right to take - hold - or sell the property of a debtor as security or payment for a debt.
RFP (Request For Proposal)
Lien
General Contractor
General Conditions (of the Contract for Construction)
28. A fixed dollar amount which includes all costs of services including overhead and profit.
Lump Sum Fee
Project Team
Approved Changes
Contract Administration
29. 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.
General Conditions (of the Contract for Construction)
Professional Liability Insurance
Project Budget
Estimated Final Cost
30. The bidder who has submitted the lowest competitive proposal as determined by a cursory examination of the bids submitted.
apparent Low Bidder
Conditions of the Contract
Direct Costs
Estimated Cost to Complete
31. The designation used by engineers for the last portion of the design process prior to bidding.
Preliminary Design Phase
Checks and Balances
Final Design Phase
Schedule of Values
32. 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.
Escrow Account
Escrow Account
Chart of Accounts
Guarantee
33. 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.
Project Manual
General Conditions (of the Contract for Construction)
apparent Low Bidder
Reimbursable Expense
34. Servicing the interactive provisions in the contracts for construction between the owner and the contractor(s).
Design Development Phase
Contract Administration
Schematic Design Phase
Construction Manager
35. Detailed statements covering procedures - and quantitative and qualitative and qualitative information pertaining to material - products - and equipment to be incorporated into a project.
Specifications
Superintendent
Progress Payment
Changed Conditions
36. The time between the purchase date and delivery date of long-lead items.
Construction Manager
Notice to Proceed
Long-Lead Time
Direct Material Costs
37. Also: Product Data; Samples Detailed information provided by material and equipment suppliers demonstrating that the item provided meets the requirements of the contract documents.
Lump Sum Fee
Bid Bond
Project Meeting
Shop Drawings
38. The cost of purchasing - installing - owning - operating - and maintaining a construction element over the life of the facility.
Final Design Phase
Record Drawings
Life-Cycle Cost
Performance Bond
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.
Value Engineering
Direct Labor Costs
Lien
Contract Document Phase
40. 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.
Change Order
Commissioning
Specifications
Record Drawings
41. Line-item amounts in the project budget - dedicated to specific cost areas where oversight is an inherent problem in project delivery.
Warranty
Contingencies
Conditions of the Contract
Performance Bond
42. All required phases prior to the start of construction.
Milestone
Construction Budget
Preconstruction Phase
Pre-design Phase
43. 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.
Construction Documents
Bid Depository
Escrow Account
Schedule of Values
44. 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.
Labor and Material Bond
Direct Costs
Lump Sum Fee
Fast-Track(ing)
45. 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.
Checks and Balances
Project Meeting
Guarantee
Lump Sum Fee
46. The term used on architectural projects to describe the transitional phase from the Schematic Phase to the Contract Document during design.
Subcontractor
Design-Build (D-B) Contracting
Lien
Design Development Phase
47. Term that refers to the General Conditions and the Supplementary and Special Conditions of the contract for construction.
RFP (Request For Proposal)
Contingencies
Conditions of the Contract
As-Built Drawings
48. The target cost figure covering the construction phase of a project. It includes the cost of contracts with trade contractors - construction support items other purchased labor - material and equipment - and the construction manager's cost but not th
Project Meeting
As-Built Drawings
Final Design Phase
Construction Budget
49. A technical review process; the close matching of engineering design to the value an owner derives from the design.
Claim
Milestone
Lump Sum Fee
Value Engineering
50. Partial payments on a contractor's contract amount - periodically paid by the owner for work accomplished by the contractor to date.
Progress Payment
Technical Specifications
Long-Lead Time
Progress Meeting