CM 1011 Final Donald Schneider
"TQM" stands for Terminal Quality Management.
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A Certificate of Substantial Completion should not be recorded at the courthouse.
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A bid is the same as an estimate.
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A contractor does not have to fear risks caused by poor design.
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A pre-construction conference is between only the owner and the prime contractor.
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A pre-construction meeting is not necessary once the contract is signed.
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A section view is a view outside looking at an outside wall.
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All of the subcontract bids were in conformance with the specifications.
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Architectural drawings make up the smallest part of a set of drawings.
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As-built drawings are not part of the documentation submitted to the owner.
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BIM is not a good tool for site planning.
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BIM is not good for "what if" situations.
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BIM is two dimensional.
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Bidding is an area that is not affected by ethics.
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CSI stands for Conditional Specification Ideas.
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Change orders are an area where ethical violations do not occur.
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Changes orders should be seen as an opportunity to make a large profit.
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Changes to the contract are seldom made in construction.
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Corrective action has to wait until the project is completed.
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D.R. Horton mostly builds custom houses in the million dollar range.
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D.R. Horton self performs about 50% of the work it does.
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D.R. Horton started as a construction company in 1948.
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Delays in construction are expected and cannot be measured.
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Documentation is relatively unimportant in construction
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Drafting the contract documents is one of the pre-construction tasks.
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Environmental risks are problems for the owner, but not for the contractor.
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Estimating is used in BIM as a sixth dimension.
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Ethics decisions are always either black or white.
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Ethics is innate; it cannot be taught.
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Field observations are useless for tracking quality.
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Goals for the construction team should be set by the superintendent alone.
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Hiring is unimportant regarding company ethics.
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In the traditional project delivery method the contractor is involved in the design.
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Inspection is not needed when determining quality.
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Knowing the contract will not help you when it comes to a change order.
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Material deliveries must be inspected by the superintendent, personally.
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Noise control is the work of other entities beside the contractor.
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Our guest lecturer, Rudy Comeaux, works for Turner Industries.
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Our guest speaker on residential construction was Michael Casteneau.
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Project close-out is determined during the design phase of a project.
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Quality is the most important thing for a contractor on a project.
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Removing and reworking incorrect work costs approximately twice that of doing it right the first time.
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Retainage is a penalty amount kept by the owner.
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Scheduling addresses "how much" and "what."
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Site layout is determined after construction has started.
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Subcontractors should only be paid when the project is complete.
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Submittals do not require responses.
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Substantial completion is when the project is completely paid.
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Testing of materials is part of Quality Assurance, not Quality Control.
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The class chose a profit of eight percent.
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The cover sheet on a set of drawings contains no useful information.
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The critical path is the network path with the most floats.
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The guest lecturer, John Manion, works for Boh Brothers.
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The network CPM is ideal for showing the owner the status of the project.
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The network logic stage comes before the sequence stage when producing a schedule.
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The owner's finances are of no concern to the contractor.
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The partnering process cannot work in construction.
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The project manager spends all of his or her time in the office.
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The punch list must be completed in order to reach substantial completion.
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The quality of the work force does not impact performance.
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The status of productivity is unimportant in management of a project.
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There were seven subcontractors bidding on the overhead doors.
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Unforeseen conditions do not justify a change order.
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Value engineering occurs only during the planning phase of a project.
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The LSU group was awarded the project as low bidder.
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Our guest speaker was Marc Bourgeois, President of Brown Eagle Construction Co.
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"BIM" stands for Building Information Modeling.
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A change order means accepting more risk.
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A construction project should be monitored to assure contract compliance.
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A laydown area is where materials are stored for later incorporation in the project.
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A risk management program needs to be adjusted as the project progresses.
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Activity on Node (AON) is the most common network diagram used in construction.
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An RFI is used to ask questions.
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BIM allows building a project in a virtual world before actually building it.
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BIM is a good tool for communicating with the owner.
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BIM is a good tool for presentations.
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BIM is used mostly in commercial construction.
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Building code inspections are part of Quality Control.
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Change orders may arise from regulatory compliance.
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Civil drawings have to do with the site.
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Commissioning is part of construction close-out.
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Completion date forecasts are part of management reports.
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Contract administration is the managing of conditions of the contract.
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Cost control requires documentation.
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D.R. Horton built 41,000 houses in 2016.
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D.R. Horton has a mortgage division.
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D.R. Horton's reputation was built on word-of-mouth.
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Design-bid-build and design-build are both delivery methods used in construction.
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Documentation includes material delivery tickets.
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Durations have to do with how long an activity will take.
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Equipment is one of the scopes to consider when pricing a change order.
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Ethical violations should be addressed by management.
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Ethics has to do with what is right and wrong.
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Ethics starts at the top.
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Everyone in a company needs to "buy in" to the company ethics.
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Final documentation includes as-built drawings.
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Final payment is part of contract close-out.
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If the project risks are too large, a contractor may decide to reject bidding the project.
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Interns at D.R. Horton first meet altogether in Fort Worth at the home office.
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It is a good idea to have diversity in abilities on a construction team.
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It is the will to prepare to win that separates success from failure.
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Key performance indicators measure performance against the goals.
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Labor availability is a construction risk a contractor must face.
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Labor is the most volatile cost in construction
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Marc called the summary sheet (shown on the screen) a "top sheet".
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Mechanical drawings include plumbing and HVAC.
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Meeting time, cost, and quality goals is the reason for a project control plan.
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Mini-schedules are used for more detail on an item of work.
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Most definitions have the pre-construction phase starting with the award of the project.
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One of the objectives of QA/QC is doing the job correctly the first time.
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Operation and maintenance manuals are part of contract close-out.
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Our guest speaker graduated in CM at LSU.
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Our guest speaker works for D.R. Horton.
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Periodic approval of work may be needed from outside agencies.
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Plan views are as would appear from overhead looking down.
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Pre-bid risks and construction risks are two of the many categories of risks to be identified.
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ProCore is a construction management program.
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Procurement activities are associated with obtaining materials and equipment.
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Procurement includes getting subcontracts signed.
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Productivity may be negatively affected by crowded work spaces.
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Punch list is part of construction close-out.
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Purchasing of materials is part of procurement.
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Quality is "meeting or exceeding the requirements established in the design documents."
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Quality is determined by the owner's expectations.
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Quality is meeting the acceptance criteria 100% of the time.
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Scheduling is used in BIM as a fourth dimension.
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Selection of subcontractors is part of Quality Assurance, not Quality Control.
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Subcontractor performance is important in evaluating project performance.
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Supplemental Conditions amend and add to the General Conditions.
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Team activities include identifying who has what responsibilities.
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The Chicken Coop was so big it required an overhead crane.
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The change order process is one of many things discussed at a pre-construction conference.
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The competing bidders were Bama, Ole Miss, and Auburn.
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The example bid project was The LSU Chicken Coop.
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The goal is to be on or ahead of schedule, within budget, with high quality work.
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The plan drawings contain the quantity of the Work.
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The presenter's first rule regarding changes to the work is "First, do no harm."
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The primary problem with a bar chart is the lack of interconnectivity of the work items.
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The primary tool for planning is the schedule.
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The project control cycle includes establishing benchmarks.
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The quality of the work force affects project performance.
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The schedule of values (SOV) is the owner's budget.
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The superintendent is responsible for organizing the jobsite.
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The three primary ethical directives are loyalty, honesty, and responsibility.
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There are legal implications to consider when doing a change order.
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There are three project close-out reports.
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Time is one of the scopes to consider when pricing a change order.
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Training is part of Quality Assurance, not Quality Control.
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When the plan doesn't work, stop and re-plan.
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