Lecture 1 - Construction Management Planning and Estimate Flashcards
classifies construciton as a goods-producing industry to separate it from the service industries.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics
Contractors who build facilities are _____, just an automobile maker or furniture manufacturer is providing a product.
producing product
The most significant differences between the construction industry and most other product industries are the ________
size and cost of the product, and it customed designed, one-of-a-kind features.
must service the needs of _______ their customer, but the product of construction is not a service, it is a product, properly built in accordance with the plans, specifications, and expectations of the owner.
Contractors
This category includes constractors and developers who build individual homes, apartments, and assisted living facilities.
RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION
Included in this category of construction are the office buildings, stores, schools, libraries, and other types of buildings except homes that make up the built environment.
COMMERCIAL CONSTRUCTION
This category includes manufacturing plants, refineries, pipe-lines, electricity-generating facilities, and high-tech facilities, such as hospitals and clean rooms.
INDUSTRIAL CONSTRUCTION
This category includes structures such as dams and levees, canals, water and waste treatment projects, bridges railroads, and tunnels.
HEAVY/HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION
is defined as all work done using the public’s money. That includes government at all levels, including federal, state, and local.
public work
__________ on the other hand, are spending their own money. They are not encumbered by bureaucracy and rules.
Private persons, corporations
Projects that are parellel to the horizon.
horizontal construction
projects that tend to rise out of the ground.
vertical construction
The primary responsibility of the owner is to define the ______
scope of work
Most contracts are awarded to a __________ who manages the project
general contractor (GC)
The primary job of the ________ is to manage the job, keep it on schedule, control cost, ensure the work is well coordinated and perfomed in a safe manner.
general contractor
They do the work (largest portion).
Subcontractors or Specialty Contractors
All _______ have a specialty such as electrical or mechanical, steel erection, acoustical, dry wall and painting, and carpenting.
subcontractors
The construction of a typical building may require _______ subcontractors.
20 or more
The_______ will prepare the construction documents (blue prints, specifications, contracts) for the project owner.
designer
__________ as many different meanings. Some contractors now call themselves ______. Usually they subcontract 100% of the project work.
Construction managers
, who often are referred to simply as bricklayers, build and repair walls, partitions, fireplaces, chimneys, etc.
Brickmasons and blockmasons
build stone wall as well as stone exteriors and floors.
Stonemasons
– the tasks of cutting, fitting, and assembling wood and other materials for the construction of buildings, highways, bridges, docks, industrial plants, boats, ships, and many other structures are the responsibility of _______
carpenters.
– one of the most common and durable materials used in construction is _______
concrete
