Are Cds - Vocabulary

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Represents the number of people that the code assumes will occupy a space or building.

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Occupant Load

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Requires a project architect or designated reviewer to check the work immediately before it is distributed to the user.

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Quality Control

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Requires a project architect or designated reviewer to make periodic checks of the work while it is being developed.

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Quality Assurance

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A specification which requires a material or product to comply with the requirements of an independent testing laboratory.

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Reference Specification

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An amount of money withheld from each pay application.

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Retainage (around 10%)

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A bond which involves a third party who ensures completion of the project.

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Surety Bond

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An amount specified in advance that the contractor must pay to the owner if the project is not completed on time.

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Liquidated Damages

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Acts on behalf of another and assumes certain specified authority and duty.

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Agent

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A written or graphic document issued by the architect prior to bidding that modifies or interprets the bidding documents.

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Addendum

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A bond issued by a surety company that obligates itself to finish the project should the contractor default.

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Performance Bond

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A bond issued to pay liens should they occur.

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Labor and Material Payment Bond

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The work or designated portion of the work is sufficiently complete in accordance the contract documents so that the owner can occupy or utilize the work for its intended use.

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Substantial Completion

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A compensation method which ensures that no matter how much time was spent on the project, the architect would still cover expenses and make a profit.

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Multiple of Direct Personnel Expense or Fantasyland

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A civil wrong resulting from negligence.

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Tort

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A compensation method which compensates for the actual cost of doing the work plus a fee for profit.

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Cost Plus Fee Method

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A stipulated sum of money that one party will pay the other party for services agreed upon in advance.

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Fixed Fee

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A compensation method where the fee is a percentage of the cost of project construction.

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Percentage of Construction Cost

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Insurance which offers coverage for vicarious liability claims related to a project against the owner, contractor, and architect.

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Project Management Protective Liability

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An entity legally obligated to another to provide something.

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Duty

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One entity did not provide what they were legally obligated to provide.

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Breach

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Because one entity did not provide what they were obligated to provide, the other entity has suffered harm.

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Cause

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The actual harm caused as a result of the breach.

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Damage

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A written summary of items that need to be repaired or corrected before final payment.

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Punch List

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A full-scale preview of a building assembly.

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Mock-up

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The part of the path of egress travel that occupants are required to move through before they reach a point where they have a choice to follow one of two distinct paths of travel to an exit.

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Common Path of Egress Travel

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A specification which lists a particular product and permits equal substitutions.

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Base Bid with "Approved Equal" Specification

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A specification which lists a particular product by brand name and allows no substitutions.

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Proprietary Specification or Prescriptive Specification or Base Bid Specification, or Closed Specification

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A specification which lists a particular product and permits substitutions.

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Base Bid with "Alternates" Specification

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A specification which defines the type of outcome desired but does not specify a specific product.

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Descriptive Specification

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A charge to the contractor for not completing work by the agreed-upon time of substantial completion.

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Penalty Clause

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A payment to the contractor if work is completed before the deadline.

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Bonus Provision

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The evaluation of the total cost of a product or system over its useful life.

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Life-cycle Cost Analysis

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An insurance policy which must be in effect both at the time that the incident occurs and at the time that the claim is actually made.

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Claims-made Professional Liability Insurance

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An insurance policy that will cover claims made for incidents that occurred when the policy was in effect, regardless of whether the policy is in effect at the time that the claim is made.

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Accident Type or Occurrence Type Insurance

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An insurance policy that will cover the liability of a previous claims-made policy.

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Prior Acts Policy

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An analysis of the costs and revenues projected for a potential project.

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Pro Forma

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A bid where the party agrees to provide the work illustrated in the contract documents for a certain amount of money in a certain period of time.

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Stipulated Sum or Fixed Fee

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A formal, legally binding process for resolving disputes without litigation in a court of law.

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Arbitration

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A process that identifies areas of potential savings, analyzes their potential cost impact, and selects the preferred options.

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Value Engineering

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Costs directly related to a project that are incurred by the architect and charged to the owner.

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Reimbursable Expenses

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An indirect liability imposed on a party resulting from the acts or omissions of another person for whom the party is responsible.

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Vicarious Liability

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The amount that an element of a building is permitted to be "off" from the specified dimension.

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Tolerance

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The period of time between the end of an activity and the project completion date.

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Float

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Damages or delays caused by forces beyond the control of either party to the contract.

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Force Majeure

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A representative hired by the owner to monitor progress on-site and keep project records.

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Clerk of the Works

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The phase where the architect works with the owner to determine the requirements of the project and complete preliminary sketches to work through the relationships of spaces and masses. Upon completion of preliminary design, the architect completes a preliminary cost.

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Schematic Design

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The process of developing a written description of project objectives, space requirements, existing site conditions or constraints, and special requirements for a building.

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Programming

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The phase where the architect further refines the concepts explored in schematic design.

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Design Development

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Documents that show the existing conditions in a building to the best of the preparer's ability.

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Record Drawings

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Expenses that have been incurred on a project prior to the baseline date and cannot be recovered.

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Sunk Costs

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An approach to project delivery which allows an owner to contract with one entity who agrees to provide both design and construction services.

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Design-build

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A book containing all contract and noncontract documents.

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Project Manual

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Describes the quality of materials and workmanship along with general requirements for the execution of the work.

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Technical Specifications

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A specification which tell what final results the final construction assembly should achieve.

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Performance Specification or Open Specification

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Describes the entire sequence of events necessary to provide an owner with a completed building.

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Project Delivery

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A method by which portions of the work, such as mechanical, electrical, and plumbing work, are contracted separately with the owner.

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Multiple Prime Contract

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The cost at current market rates of labor and materials furnished by the owner and items specified or designed by the architect, including cost of management or supervision of construction, plus a reasonable allowance for overhead and profit.

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Cost of the Work

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An article which allows the architect's services to be modified after execution of the original agreement without invalidating the agreement if both the architect and owner agree in writing.

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Change in Service

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A process by which a neutral third party facilitates and assists the disputing parties to negotiate a settlement.

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Mediation

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The compensation the contractor will receive for the work.

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Contract Sum

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A set amount of money estimated by the architect to cover a particular material or piece of equipment when the cost for that material or equipment cannot be determined precisely at the time of the bid or negotiation.

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Allowance

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To secure against loss or damage.

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Idemnify

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A claim by one party against the property of another party for the satisfaction of debt.

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Mechanic's Lien

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A procedure by which an insurance company, after it pays a loss to its insured, can attempt to recover this amount from some other party.

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Subrogation

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A type of professional liability insurance intended for protection from liability arising from negligence or failure to meet the standards of care.

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Errors and Ommisions

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A type of insurance which protects the owner from financial loss due to delays in construction.

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Loss of Use

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A type of insurance which covers the liability of the employer, architect, and contractor from employees for injury or sickness as a result of their employment.

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Workers Compensation

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A bond obtained by the contractor or owner which guarantees that the project will be completed free of liens.

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Completion Bond

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An amount of money set aside in a budget to cover unanticipated expenses.

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Contingency