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TCM 121 Exam 1 Basic terms and
knowledge QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Design Team - ANS>>Architects, engineers, other consultants
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Construction team - ANS>>general contractor, subcontractors, suppliers
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Owner group - ANS>>developer/owner, financers, user groups
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Design/Bid/Build - ANS>>-The owner hires separate design and construction teams ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll

-Separate entities provide checks and balances
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-Difficult to integrate construction expertise into the design
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-less risk ll

-1. owner 2. G. contractor or architect 3. Subcontractor
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Design/Build - ANS>>-owner hires single design and construction entity
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1. owner 2. architect (design) - contractor
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Fixed fee (lump sum) - ANS>>Owner pays an agreed, fixed amount for work to be performed,
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GC assumes most risk or potential reward for unplanned construction costs or savings
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Cost Plus a Fee - ANS>>Owner pays GC's direct costs plus an added fee, owner assumes more
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cost risk/ savings reward potential.
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, Incentive provisions - ANS>>financially reward the contractor for the timely completion of cost
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savings
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Surety Bonds - ANS>>purchased by the owner, protect against contractor default
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Construction Scheduling - ANS>>understanding the interdependencies in time and space
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between parts of the building is essential to planning the construction project
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*Sequential Construction - ANS>>- Each major phase begins only after the preceding phase is
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complete
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-Design is completed before construction begins
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Phased Construction - ANS>>-Design and Construction phases overlap
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-The aim is to reduce the total project duration
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Gantt Chart - ANS>>-Represents project tasks or phases on a horizontal timeline
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-Provide an easy-to-understand picture of a project schedule and relationships between phases.
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Critical Path Method (CPM) - ANS>>-the sequence of tasks that determines the least amount of
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time in which a project can be completed
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-Analyzes task dependencies ll ll

Longest path ll

General Contractor - ANS>>-Oversees construction
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-controls the project site ll ll ll

-manages trades and suppliers ll ll ll

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