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1
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Utilization Rate

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Direct Salary/Total Salary

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Privity

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If no legal Contract together, no legal recourse to file claim against me

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Indeminity

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Signing contract that frees you of liability, puts blame back on me

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Current Ratio

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Fixed Assets/current liabilities

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What is included in Quality Management Strategy

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ISO 9001 - 3 Party Certification process for accountability
Lean Systems - Eliminate waste
Six Sigma - Standardizes results, eliminate variation
Project Audits

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Building Coverage Ratio

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Building Area / Site Area

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Project Manual content order

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  1. Bidding Req
  2. Contracts
  3. Gen / Supp Conditions
  4. Specs
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Internal Failure Costs

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Cost for fixing problems in the drawings/specs before delivery to owner/bidders (time redlining)

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LLP

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Tiers of risk, separate from personal liabilities from business liabilities

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Total Working Capital

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Current Assets: Cash + Accounts receivable (cash were going to receive soon)

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AIA A701

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Instructions to bidders, procedures for bidding process, bond requirements + complements A201

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Appraisal Costs

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Costs to firm -employee time req. for quality management measuring monitoring (verification, audits, supplier rating)

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Schedule Performance Index (SPI)

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Earned value/planned value

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Entity that provides simultaneous liability protection + avoids double taxation

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LLC

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Most temporary alliance?

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Strategic alliance

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What protects owner from builder defaulting on the contract?

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Bid Bond + Performance Bond

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Which bid is the slowest?

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Invited bid

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Modified Accruel Basis Method

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Records fee revenue, expenses billed to the client + invoices to the firm by outside consultants

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Current and fixed asset difference

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Current asset - either cash or asset expected to be converted to cash in one year
Fixed Asset: Item used in long term (ie plotter)

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Discretionary distribution

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Voluntary distribution of profits to owners / non-owners (ie performance bonuses, profit sharing, incentive compensation)

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Overhead Rate

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(Total overhead(including indirect salary) / direct salary expenses

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Equity

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Value of firm’s stock investments by shareholder and money firm has made and kept

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What is the difference between “direct salary expense multiplier” and “net multiplier?”

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no difference

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Net multiplier

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net revenue/direct labor cost

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break even rate
total cost of operations/total direct labor
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statute of limitations
time limit within claim can be made
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statute of repose
time limit within claim can be made - typ 5-10 years
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Professional liability insurance
professional duties causes bodily injury, property damage or other damage (ie. incorrect specs, mistakes on dwgs, negligence)
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Project type for large scopes
IPD
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Project type for small firm, or new firm with little personnel to complete large project
Joint Venture Contract
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Inexperienced firm or one designing complex project
Design assist
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Firm with policy of focusing on design instead of document production and CA
Design build contract
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Cost concern for project
construction manager as constructor with guaranteed maximum price
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Quality is important
IPD
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When a project has many unknowns (2 methods)
1. Design Bid Build using cost-plus fixed fee wither with/without guaranteed maximum price 2. Design Build led by construction contractor with guaranteed max price
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Economic analysis used in the selections of alternatives is called ____.
life cycle costing
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In life cycle costing, construction is usually considered a ____.
One Time decision
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Billable Revenue
Direct Salary x Direct Salary expense multiplier
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break even rate
total overhead + direct salary / direct salary expenses OR Overhead rate +1
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Revenue Factor
"Measures profitability" Utilization Rate x DSE
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Negotiated Select Team Project
-bring in contractor early in process -portions of project thats difficult start early QUICKER QUALITY
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Benefit of Negotiated Bid
Better Quality
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Benefit of Competitive Bid
Lower Construction Cost
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Benefit of Invited Bid
Special Qualifications needed for program
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Bridged Design Build
Design Architect to Owner, Owner to (Production Architect + Contractor)
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Which delivery method is most appropriate for an inexperienced owner with a complex project who wants an aggressive schedule and someone else to manage it?
construction manager as agent
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Which delivery method is most appropriate for a restaurant chain with a relatively predictable and simple project where cost is the primary concern?
Design Bid Build
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Schedule Performance Index (SPI)
Earned Value (given) / Planned value (% completed of the total payment) - Higher SPI better, 1 = on time
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Type of bid for Slowest construction schedule
Invited Bid
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Phased Bid
Fast track, design and fabricate parts before plans are finalized
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Negotiated Bid
Contractor works with architect at beginning, increases quality at higher cost - contractor working with architect in real time
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What protects the owner from a builder defaulting on the contract? Select two
Bid Bond, Performance Bond
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Which value is calculated after taxes are deducted from income?
Current Earnings
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Pro Forma (provide in advance)
1. A business plan 2.Profit plan 3. Financial feasibility
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Gov building project will most likely hire an architect in the following types of fee bases
Stipulated lump sum, percentage of construction cost
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Methodologies PM recommends to size set
-Reduction of redundancy, Default Scheduling, Instructional Systems
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Overhead Multiplier
Total overhead expenses/total direct salary expenses
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Revenue factor
Utilization rate x DSE multiplier = revenue factor (Above 2 is good)

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