Rent 9780135022795 | Construction Project Administration

Summary Table of Contents

This book addresses the gap of information relating to the needs of on-site construction management personnel during the construction phase. This single source book addresses the issues concerning resident engineers and inspectors, as well as project managers. It also addresses the responsibility and authority of the owner, engineer, and inspector. Coverage of the importance of claims avoidance and proper conduct of field personnel is stressed as well. The presentation of materials logically follows the construction sequence and acts as a primer for readers preparing for licensing exams or as a valuable resource for practicing engineers. Applications for state and federal DOT Standard Specs to civil engineering contracts; Design-build contracts for public and private work; Inspector responsibility; Electronic record keeping; Digital imaging for photographic progress logs; OSHA "Competent Person" programs; Guide specs for specifying CPM; Discussion of measurement and payment, claims and disputes, liquidated damages and force account payment and application.

Design/Construction Process

(27)

Project Participants

(2)

Construction Administration

... MORE

(4)

Control of Quality in Construction

(1)

Organizational Structure of a Construction Project

(6)

Professional Construction Management

(2)

Design-Build Contracts

(3)

Definitions of Individual Construction Responsibilities

(3)

Defining Scope of Work in a CM Contract

(2)

Responsibility for Coordination of the Trades

(1)

The Partnering Concept

(3)

Problems

(1)

Responsibility and Authority

(15)

The Resident Project Representative and Inspectors as Members of the Construction Team

(1)

Lines of Authority on Construction Projects

(3)

Why Have an Inspector?

(2)

Authority and Responsibility of the Resident Project Representative

(4)

Problems

(6)

Resident Inspection Office Responsibilities

(24)

Setting Up a Field Office

(2)

Familiarization with Construction Documents

(2)

Equipping the Field Office

(1)

Establishment of Communications

(4)

Handling Job-Related Information

(2)

Staffing Responsibilities

(2)

Derivation of the Field Cost Indexes

(2)

Selection of Trailer-Type Field Offices

(1)

Construction Safety

(2)

Development of an Inspection Plan

(2)

Other Job Responsibilities

(3)

Problems

(1)

Documentation: Records and Reports

(42)

Files and Records

(8)

Construction Progress Record

(1)

Construction Reports

(4)

Construction Diary

(2)

Who Should Maintain Diaries and Daily Reports

(1)

Documentation of Intermittent Inspection

(1)

Special Feedback Reports

(7)

Documentation of Dangerous Safety Hazard Warnings

(1)

Miscellaneous Records

(1)

Labor Standards Review Records

(3)

Job Conferences

(1)

Contractor Submittals

(1)

Construction Photographs

(5)

Photographic Equipment and Materials

101

(6)

Problems

107

(2)

Specifications and Drawings

109

(25)

What Is a Specification?

109

(1)

Conflicts Due to Drawings and Specifications

110

(2)

Unenforceable Phrases

112

(2)

Content and Component Parts of a Specification

114

(4)

What Do the Specifications Mean to the Inspector?

118

(1)

CSI Specifications Format---Its Meaning and Importance

118

(5)

ASCE Civil Engineering Specifications Format

123

(1)

State Highway Department Formats

123

(3)

Nonstandard Construction Specifications Formats in Use

126

(2)

Projects Specifications (Project Manual) Versus Special Provisions Concepts

128

(1)

Inspector Training and Knowledge of Specifications

129

(3)

Allowances and Tolerances in Specifications

132

(1)

Problems

133

(1)

Using the Specifications in Contract Administration

134

(33)

General Conditions of the Construction Contract

134

(2)

International Construction Contracts

136

(4)

Differing Site Conditions

140

(4)

Materials and Equipment

144

(1)

The Contractor and Subcontractors

144

(1)

Shop Drawings and Samples

145

(2)

Disapproving or Stopping the Work

147

(2)

Supplementary General Conditions

149

(1)

Technical Provisions of the Specifications

150

(3)

Addenda to the Specifications

153

(1)

Standard Specifications

154

(1)

Master Specifications (Guide Specifications)

155

(1)

Special Material and Product Standards

156

(6)

Building Codes, Regulations, Ordinances, and Permits

162

(2)

Types of Drawings Comprising the Construction Contract

164

(1)

Order of Precedence of the Contract Documents

165

(1)

Problems

165

(2)

Construction Laws and Labor Relations

167

(18)

Compliance with Laws and Regulations

167

(1)

Public Versus Private Contracts

168

(2)

Traffic Requirements During Construction

170

(1)

Code Enforcement Agency Requirements

171

(1)

Work Within or Adjacent to Navigable Waterways

171

(2)

Fair Subcontracting Laws

173

(1)

The Hazardous Waste Problem

174

(1)

Federal Labor Laws

175

(5)

Labor Relations

180

(2)

Prejob Labor Agreements

182

(1)

Problems

183

(2)

Construction Safety

185

(15)

OSHA and Construction Safety

186

(2)

General Responsibility for Construction Safety

188

(1)

Safety Responsibility under Construction Management and Turnkey Contracts

188

(2)

Effect of Including Contractor's Safety Obligations in the Specifications

190

(3)

Applicability of State and Federal OSHA Provisions to a Project

193

(1)

Special Applications

194

(1)

Procedural Guidelines

194

(3)

Shoring and Bracing

197

(1)

Safety Requirements in Construction Contracts

198

(1)

Problems

198

(2)

Meetings and Negotiations

200

(23)

Types of Meetings in Construction

200

(2)

Handling Yourself at a Meeting

202

(2)

Preconstruction Conference

204

(6)

In-House Decision-Making Meetings

210

(4)

Principles of Negotiation

214

(3)

Techniques of Negotiation

217

(4)

Problems

221

(2)

Risk Allocation and Liability Sharing

223

(17)

Risk Management

225

(1)

Identification and Nature of Construction Risks

226

(1)

Contractual Allocation of Risk

227

(1)

Who Should Accept What Risks?

228

(2)

Types of Risks and Allocation of Those Risks

230

(6)

Minimizing Risks and Mitigating Losses

236

(3)

Problems

239

(1)

Preconstruction Operations

240

(48)

Description of Approach

240

(1)

Constructability Analysis

241

(1)

Advertise and Award Phase

242

(1)

Issuance of Bidding Documents

243

(2)

Prequalification of Bidders

245

(1)

Bonds

246

(2)

Liability Forms of Insurance

248

(2)

Property Forms of Insurance

250

(1)

Opening, Acceptance, and Documentation of Bids

251

(8)

Development of a Quality Control or Assurance Program

259

(1)

Inspection and Testing Manual

260

(3)

Field Office Organization of the Owner of the Field Representative

263

(7)

The Preconstruction Conference

270

(1)

Preconstruction Conference Agenda

271

(7)

Study Plans and Specifications

278

(1)

Key Dates

278

(1)

Listing of Emergency Information

278

(2)

Agency Permits

280

(1)

Starting a Project

280

(6)

Problems

286

(2)

Planning for Construction

288

(27)

Planning for Construction

288

(4)

Construction Schedules as Related to Building Costs

292

(1)

Scheduling Methods

292

(3)

Bar Charts

295

(2)

S-Curve Scheduling or Velocity Diagrams

297

(2)

Line-of-Balance Charts

299

(2)

Network Diagrams

301

(3)

Specifying CPM for a Project

304

(1)

Personal Computers for CPM Network Scheduling

304

(5)

Computerized Progress Payments

309

(2)

Selection of PC Scheduling Software

311

(3)

Problems

314

(1)

Fundamentals of CPM Construction Scheduling

315

(37)

CPM: What It Is and What It Does

316

(1)

Basic Procedure in Setting Up a CPM Schedule

317

(1)

Project Planning

317

(1)

Fundamentals of CPM

318

(7)

Who Owns Float?

325

(5)

Precedence or Node Diagramming

330

(1)

Comparison of Node and Arrow Diagramming

331

(3)

Activity-on-Node Format

334

(1)

Reading a Manual CPM Network Schedule

335

(4)

Reading a Computerized CPM Network Schedule

339

(12)

Problems

351

(1)

Construction Operations

352

(16)

Authority and Responsibility of All Parties

353

(4)

Temporary Facilities Provided by the Contractor

357

(1)

Time of Inspection and Tests

358

(1)

Contractor Submittals

358

(1)

Opening a Project

359

(1)

Job Philosophy

360

(2)

Administrative Activities

362

(1)

Suspension or Termination of the Work

363

(2)

Construction Services Cost Monitoring

365

(2)

Problems

367

(1)

Value Engineering

368

(16)

Definition

369

(3)

The Role of the Resident Project Representative

372

(1)

Fundamentals of Value Engineering

373

(1)

Areas of Opportunity for Value Engineering

374

(3)

Methodology in Generating Value Engineering Proposals

377

(6)

Field Responsibility in Value Engineering

383

(1)

Problems

383

(1)

Measurement and Payment

384

(44)

Construction Progress Payments

384

(2)

Approval of Payment Requests

386

(1)

Basis for Payment Amounts

386

(6)

Evaluation of Contractor's Payment Requests

392

(5)

Payment for Mobilization Costs

397

(6)

Partial Payments to the Contractor

403

(5)

Retainage

408

(3)

Liquidated Damages During Construction

411

(1)

Standard Contract Provisions for Measurement and Payment

411

(1)

Interpreting the Contractor's Bid

412

(5)

Measurement for Payment

417

(4)

Measurement Guidelines for Determination of Unit-Price Pay Quantities

421

(2)

Final Payment to the Contractor

423

(3)

Problems

426

(2)

Construction Materials and Workmanship

428

(24)

Materials and Methods of Construction

429

(1)

Requests for Substitutions of Materials

430

(4)

Access to the Work by Quality Assurance Personnel

434

(1)

Inspection of Materials Delivered to the Site

434

(2)

Rejection of Faulty Material

436

(1)

Construction Equipment and Methods

437

(4)

Quality Level and Quality Assurance

441

(1)

Quality Assurance Provisions

441

(9)

Ownership of Materials

450

(1)

Delivery and Storage of Materials

450

(1)

Handling of Materials

450

(1)

Problems

451

(1)

Changes and Extra Work

452

(21)

Contract Modifications

452

(1)

Changes in the Work

453

(6)

Types of Changes

459

(4)

Elements of a Change Order

463

(2)

Evaluating the Need

465

(1)

Considerations for Evaluations

465

(1)

Change Orders for Differing Site Conditions

466

(2)

Starting the Change Order Process

468

(3)

Costs of Delays Caused by Change Orders

471

(1)

Problems

472

(1)

Claims and Disputes

473

(54)

Five Principles of Contract Administration

473

(2)

Construction Principles

475

(1)

Protests

475

(1)

Claims

476

(5)

Claims and Disputes

481

(2)

Differences between the Parties

483

(5)

Home Office Overhead

488

(7)

Scheduling Changes

495

(1)

Constructive Changes

496

(8)

Resolving Differences

504

(2)

Preparations for Claims Defense

506

(5)

The Use of Project Records in Litigation

511

(1)

Order of Precedence of Contract Documents

512

(1)

Obligations of the Contractor

513

(2)

Alternative Methods for Dispute Resolution

515

(1)

Arbitration or Litigation?

515

(3)

The Mediation Process

518

(1)

Settlement of Disputes by Arbitration

519

(5)

Preliminary Notice of Potential Claim

524

(1)

Problems

525

(2)

Project Closeout

527

(33)

Acceptance of the Work

527

(1)

Guarantee Period

528

(1)

Contract Time

529

(1)

Liquidated Damages for Delay

530

(1)

Cleanup

531

(1)

The Punch List

531

(6)

Preparations for Closeout

537

(7)

Completion Versus Substantial Completion

544

(4)

Substantial Completion Versus Beneficial Occupancy or Use

548

(2)

Beneficial Use/Partial Utilization

550

(1)

Liens and Stop Orders

551

(3)

Final Payment and Waiver and Liens

554

(3)

Stop Notice Release Bond

557

(1)

Post Completion

557

(2)

Problems

559

(1)

Bibliography

560

(5)

Index

565

(12)

Forms Index

577

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