Start Questions and Answers.
PM: - Answer Project manager
PO: - Answer Purchase order
PPP: - Answer Public-private partnership
QA: - Answer Quality assurance
QC: - Answer Quality control
RFI: - Answer Request for information
RFP: - Answer Request for proposal
RFQ: - Answer Request for qualifications
ROM: - Answer Rough order of magnitude
SWPPP: - Answer Storm water pollution prevention plans
WBS: - Answer Work breakdown structure
BIM: - Answer Building information model
CAD: - Answer Computer-aided design
CD: - Answer Construction document
CM: - Answer Construction manager
CSI: - Answer Construction Specification Institute
, DB - Answer Design-build
DD: - Answer Design development
FOR: - Answer Field observation report
GC: - Answer General contractor
GMP: - Answer Guaranteed maximum price
IPD: - Answer Integrated project delivery
LEED: - Answer Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design
What are the five primary sectors of the construction industry? - Answer residential,
commercial, heavy civil, industrial, and environmental construction.
What is the role of the owner on a construction project? - Answer develop the program for the
building, define the scope of the project, create the budget, and provide the funding for the
project.
What does LEED stand for, and what is its purpose? - Answer Leadership in Energy and
Environmental Design. A rating system that evaluates a building's environmental performance
over its life cycle.
What is lean construction, and from what industry does its concepts stem? - Answer Lean
construction is a philosophy that focuses on adding value with less work and the elimination of
waste in the building process. It stems from the manufacturing industry, particularly the Toyota
Production System.
Distinguish between construction management as a function and construction management as
a project delivery method. - Answer The construction management function is estimating,
scheduling, cost control, and contract administration in order to monitor, manage, and control
the work of the contract for which the contractor is obligated. Construction management as a
project delivery method is a contractual arrangement.
Identify at least three characteristics that make the construction project unique from other
industry sector projects. - Answer Each construction project is built as a one-of-a-kind
structure or facility. Every construction project is built on a different and unique building site.
The building process takes place outside. Much of the work is performed by the human hand.