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- Quality Assurance
- Planned and systematic activities that provide confidence the project will meet quality requirements; process-focused and typically performed by the owner or designer rather than the constructor.
- Quality Control
- Operational techniques and activities used to verify that work meets the specified requirements, including inspection, sampling, testing, and documentation of results by the performing party.
- Three-Phase Control System
- Preparatory, initial, and follow-up phases of field quality control; each phase includes a meeting, checklist, and documented sign-off before and during work in place.
- Nonconformance Report
- A record of work that fails to meet a requirement, stating location, specification reference, disposition such as rework, repair, use-as-is, or reject, and verification of closure.
- Cost of Quality
- Total quality cost equals prevention plus appraisal plus internal failure plus external failure; prevention and appraisal are conformance costs, failures are nonconformance costs.
- Five Whys
- A root cause technique that repeatedly asks why a problem occurred until the underlying process failure is identified, generally within five iterations.
- Sealed Bidding
- A competitive procurement method using firm fixed price, adequate competition, and public bid opening, with award to the lowest responsive and responsible bidder without negotiation.
- Responsive Bid
- A bid that conforms in all material respects to the invitation, including the bid form, required bid security, and acknowledgment of every issued addendum.
- Responsible Bidder
- A bidder demonstrating the capacity, financial resources, integrity, and past performance needed to perform the contract if awarded.
- Competitive Range
- The group of offerors whose proposals are considered most advantageous and therefore eligible for discussions and best-and-final offers in negotiated procurement.
- Bid Shopping
- An unethical practice in which a contractor discloses a competitor's price to obtain a lower price from another subcontractor, undermining the competitive bidding process.
- Addendum
- A written modification issued to all plan holders before bid opening that clarifies or changes the bidding documents; bidders must acknowledge it on the bid form.
- Two-Envelope Bidding
- A procurement method in which technical qualifications and price are submitted separately, with technical envelopes scored before any price envelope is opened.
- Hold Point
- A defined stage in the contractor's quality plan where work cannot proceed until the inspector has been notified and has documented acceptance.
- Witness Point
- A notification point in an inspection and test plan where the inspector may attend, but work may proceed without waiting if the inspector does not appear.
- Punch List
- A documented list of incomplete or deficient items identified near substantial completion that the contractor must correct before final completion and final payment.
- Substantial Completion
- The stage when the work is sufficiently complete for its intended use, triggering warranty start, retainage reduction, and liquidated damages cutoff.
- Operating Characteristic Curve
- A graph showing the probability of accepting a lot for various defect rates, used to evaluate the risk of a given sampling inspection plan.
- First Article Inspection
- A full verification of the first unit or first work in place to confirm that methods, materials, and workmanship meet the specification before full production.
- Shop Drawing
- A contractor-prepared drawing showing fabrication and installation details, submitted for review of conformance with the design concept and contract requirements.
- Submittal Review Action
- The reviewer's stamp indicating approved, approved as noted, revise and resubmit, or rejected, based on conformance with the design concept only.
- Cash Allowance
- A stated amount included in the contract sum for a specific item, adjusted by change order to reflect the actual cost plus the specified markup.
- Substitution Request
- A contractor's written proposal to use a product other than the specified one, submitted within the stated period with data demonstrating equivalent performance.
- Record Documents
- As-built drawings and specifications updated during construction to show actual installed conditions, submitted as a closeout requirement before final payment.
- Baseline Schedule
- The approved initial construction schedule showing activities, durations, logic, and milestones, against which progress and time extensions are measured.
- Order of Precedence
- The contract clause establishing which documents govern when conflicts exist, typically agreement, conditions, drawings, specifications, and addenda in stated order.
- Differing Site Conditions
- Subsurface or latent physical conditions materially different from those indicated, or unknown unusual conditions, entitling the contractor to notice and equitable adjustment.
- Construction Change Directive
- A written owner instruction directing a change before price and time are agreed, later converted into a change order with an adjusted contract sum or time.
- Liquidated Damages
- A pre-agreed sum per day charged to the contractor for late completion, enforceable only if it reasonably forecasts actual damages rather than serving as a penalty.
- Retainage
- A percentage withheld from each progress payment to secure performance, commonly five to ten percent, often reduced at substantial completion.
- Guaranteed Maximum Price
- A cost-plus contract feature capping the owner's price, with savings below the cap shared per a stated ratio and overruns borne by the contractor.
- Performance Bond
- A surety instrument, typically equal to one hundred percent of the contract sum, guaranteeing completion of the work if the contractor defaults.