Construction Management Chapter 2

A process in which various alternative approaches are evaluated and considered regarding design, product selection, or building system in an effort to provide the most efficient, cost effective solution possible relative to value in response to the desires of the owner.

Value Engineering

The parameters defining the overall extent of work to be included in a construction contract. The project scope is commonly communicated through construction plans and written specifications

scope of work

A construction management option in which the construction manager acts in the owner's best interests at every stage of the project from design through construction. The construction manager offers advice and project management services to the owner but is not financially responsible for the construction.

Agency CM

A project delivery method where the construction manager acts as a consultant to the owner in the development and design phases but as the equivalent of a general contractor during the construction phase.

At-risk CM

A design review process in which experienced contractors and construction managers work with designers to ensure that the details of the design actually can be built in an efficient and cost effective manner. The process entails review of materials, application, installation techniques, field execution, and building techniques.

Constructability Reviews

A project delivery method in which there is only one contract between the owner and a design-build entity. The design-builder is responsible for both the design and the construction of the project. This method is often referred to as sing-source project delivery,

Design-Build

A practice utilized to speed up a job by overlapping the design phase and the construction phase of a project. It's often applied in design-build or construction management project delivery.

Fast Tracking

Any project delivery method that contractually engages the contractor responsible for constructing the project at the beginning of the design process. Both design-build and at-risk CM are considered integrated project delivery models.

Integrated Project Delivery

A contracting methodology in which the owner bypasses the use of general contractor and enters into multiple separate contracts with trade or specialty contractors for the various sections of the work associated with the projects such as concrete, framing, mechanical and electrical work. Each of the specialty contractors involved becomes a prime contractor on the project,

Multiple Prime

The research and decision-making process, initiated by an owner, usually with the help of an architect or other programming specialist, that identifies the basic needs of the client and the parameters of the project to be designed and ultimately built by a construction professional.

architectural programming

The planning, scheduling, evaluation, and controlling of construction tasks and activities to accomplish specific objectives outlined in the contract documents.

construction management

A project delivery method in which the owner holds two separate contracts for design and construction. This method is referred to as the traditional project delivery method.

design-bid-build