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Glossary P - Z
Program Management Services
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| Penalty |
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A punitive measure usually associated with failure to fulfill a contractual obligation. |
| Performance Bond |
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A pledge from a surety to pay the bond amount to the Obligee (owner or contractor) in the event of a default in performance of contractual obligations. |
| Phased Construction |
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An incremental approach to construction or design and construction. Each overlapping or sequential phase or element to have a defined work scope and to be considered as a separate project. |
| Plans |
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Also known as "Drawings".
See Also: Drawings |
| Post-Construction Phase |
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The period following substantial completion. |
| Pre-Design Phase |
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The period before schematic design commences, during which the project is initiated and the program is developed; the planning and conceptual phase. |
| Prime Contract |
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A direct contract with an owner. It can be a single contract and/or include the work specified for several contracts depending upon division of work. |
| Prime Contractor |
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A contractor who has a contract with an owner. |
| Professional Services |
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Services provided by a professional or by an organization that has specific competence in a field of endeavor that requires professional (and technical) knowledge and capabilities and that meets recognized standards of performance. |
| Program Management |
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The practice of professional construction management applied to a capital improvement program of one or more projects from inception to completion. Comprehensive construction management services are used to integrate the different facets of the construction process - planning, design, procurement, construction and activation - for the purpose of providing standardized technical and management expertise on each project.
See Also: Construction Management |
| Progress Meeting |
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A meeting dedicated to the subject of progress during any phase of project delivery. |
| Progress Payment |
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Partial payment of the contract amount periodically paid by the owner, upon approval by the CM, verifying that portions of the Work have been accomplished. |
| Project |
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The total effort required in all phases from conception through design and construction completion to accomplish the owner's objectives. |
| Project Budget |
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The sum or target figure established to cover all the owner's costs of the project. It includes the cost of construction and all other costs such as land, legal and professional fees, interest, and other project?related costs. |
| Project Cost |
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The actual cost of the entire project. |
| Project Management |
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The use of integrated systems and procedures by a team of professionals during project design and construction. As applied to a construction project, Project Management can be used synonymously with Construction Management. |
| Project Procedures Manual |
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A detailed definition of the project team responsibilities and authority, project systems, and procedures. |
| Project Team |
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Initially consists of the owner, design professional, and CM. Thereafter, as prime construction contractors are engaged they are added to the Team. |
| Project Team Meeting |
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A meeting dedicated to all aspects of the project, involving the project team members (owner, design professional, CM, contractor(s)). |
| Punch List |
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A list made near the completion of the construction work indicating items of work that remain unfinished, do not meet quality or quantity requirements as specified or are yet to be performed by the contractor prior to completing the terms of the contract. |
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| Quality |
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The degree to which the project and its components meet the owner's expectations, objectives, standards, and intended purpose; determined by measuring conformity of the project to the plans, specifications, and applicable standards. |
| Quality Assurance (QA) |
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The application of planned and systematic methods to verify that quality control procedures are being effectively implemented. |
| Quality Control (QC) |
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The continuous review, certification, inspection, and testing of project components, including persons, systems, materials, documents, techniques, and workmanship to determine whether or not such components conform to the plans, specifications, and applicable standards. |
| Quality Management |
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The process of planning, organization, implementation, monitoring and documenting of a system of policies and procedures that coordinate and direct relevant project resources and activities in a manner that will achieve quality.
See Also: Quality |
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| Record Drawings |
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Drawings (plans), prepared after construction is complete that represent the work, accomplished under the contract. |
| Recovery Schedule |
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The schedule that depicts action(s) and special effort(s) required to recover lost time in the original Master Schedule. It can depict activities of any member of the project Team. |
| Request for Change Proposal |
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A delineation and/or narrative issued by the CM to the contractor that describes a proposed change to the contract documents for purposes of establishing cost and time impacts. May also be known as Bulletin, Request for Information, and Request for Quote. |
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| Schedule of Values |
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A list of basic contract segments in both labor and material, where each line item consists of a description of a portion of work and a related cost and the sum of the lines of the contract equals the total contract price. Generally used to determine progress payments to contractor(s). |
| Scope |
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Identification of all requirements of a project or contract. |
| Scope Changes |
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Changes that expand or reduce the requirements of the project during design or construction. |
| Shop Drawings |
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Drawings typically prepared by the contractor, based upon the contract documents and provided in sufficient detail that indicate to the designer that the contractor intends to construct the referenced work in a manner that is consistent with the design intent and the contract documents. |
| Short Term Construction Activity Plan |
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The planning and scheduling of prime contractor(s) activities on site, for the short duration or "foreseeable future" usually developed on a week-by-week basis using milestones for planning intervals and coordinated by Construction Management personnel. Also known as Rolling Schedule, Look Ahead Schedule, and Short Interval Schedule |
| Special Conditions (of the Contract for Construction) |
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Also known as "Supplementary General Conditions".
See Also: Supplementary General Conditions |
| Special Professionals |
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The designation for various professionals, including engineers, architects, designers and other experts, who provide expertise in specialized fields. |
| Specifications |
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The detailed written descriptions of materials, equipment, systems, and required workmanship and other qualitative information pertaining to the work. |
| Start-Up |
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The period prior to occupancy when systems are activated and checked out, and the owner's operating and maintenance staff assumes the control and operation of the systems. |
| Subcontractor |
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A contractor who has a contract with a prime contractor to perform work. |
| Submittals |
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Transmittals of information as required by the contract documents. |
| Substantial Completion |
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The date, certified by the design professional or CM or both, that a contractor has reached that stage of completion when the owner accepts use of the facility for its intended purposes, even though all work is not completed. |
| Supplementary General Conditions |
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Additions and/or modifications to the General Conditions, which are part of the Bid Documents and/or contract documents. |
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| Testing |
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The application of specific procedures to determine if work has been completed in the prescribed manner and at the required levels of workmanship.
See Also: Non-conforming Work |
| Trade Contractors |
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Construction contractors who specialize in providing and/or installing specific elements of the overall construction requirements of a complete project. |
| Trade-Off Study |
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The study to define the comparative values and risks of a substitution or exchange of a design component. The trade-off can identify both monetary and functional values. Also known as Alternatives Analysis. |
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| Value Analysis |
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Also known as "Value Engineering".
See Also: Value Engineering |
| Value Engineering |
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A specialized cost control technique, which utilizes a systematic and creative analysis of the functions of a project or operation to determine how best to achieve the necessary function, performance, and reliability at the minimum life cycle cost. |
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| Warranty |
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Assurance by a party that it will assume stipulated responsibility for its own work. |
| Work |
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All construction-incorporating labor, material and equipment required by the contract documents. |
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