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DETAILED CONSTRUCTION \L\NAGEAII:NT FUNCTIONS
DURING PREDESIGN AND DESIGN PHASES
• Perform budgeting, programming, and scheduling including
predesign economic trade-off studies for the owner.
• Assist the owner in putting the architect -engineer under a con-
tract tailored to the project.
• Perform value management on building systems and equipment,
specification and criteria requirements and alternative designs.
• Suggest new materials, technology, methods, constraints, and
sequencing.
• Prepare and periodically update a project budget for the owner's
approval and prepare trade -by -trade cost estimates or bid
package cost estimates.
• Analyze procurement requirements and responsibilities for
safety precautions, temporary site facilities, and equipment,
materials and services for common use of contractors and
ensure that these are included in the construction documents.
s Provide guidance on government requirements and special
programs affecting labor and community relations.
o Determine applicable requirements for equal employment
opportunity programs for inclusion in contract documents.
• Advise on the method to be used for selecting contractors and
awarding contracts. If separate construction contracts are to
be awarded, recommend separate construction functions to
avoid jurisdictional overlap, verify that all necessary work is
included, and allow for phased construction.
o Assist the architect -owner in presentation of design documents
to public agencies as required.
o Prepare bid lists for approval by the owner and professional
design team, and make certain that contractors are qualified ak
capable to perform.
• Assist the owner in pre -bid conferences, bid evaluation, and
development of construction contract documents.
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DURING THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE
• Administer construction contracts.
® Coordinate in the owner's interest the vtork of contractors with
activities and responsibilities of the owner and architect -
engineer.
e Schedule and conduct progress meetings.
e Provide a realistic detailed schedule for operation of construction
contractors.
® Provide regular monitoring and frequent inspection of work to
determine progress and conformance with design documents.
o Revise and refine the approved estimates of construction costs,
developing cash flow reports and forecasts as needed and maintain
accurate cost accounting records.
• Expedite construction drawing preparation by the contractors,
architects, and engineers.
® Provide project office administration.
® Provide site security.
• Review bills from contractors and suggest recommendations to
the owner for payment.
• Recommend necessary or desirable changes to the owner and
architect -engineer. Review change orders and value incentive
proposals.
• Maintain project progress records.
o Assist the owner in checking out utilities, operational systems,
and eq-iipment prior to occupancy.
a Deterriine final completion and notify the owner and architect -
engine -,r.
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Table 10
SUGGESTED REQUIRE\IENTS OF CONSTRUCTION MANAGER
The construction manager shall:
1. Be experienced in and competent to perform the type of services
required by the government (refer to Table 6).
2. Shall have acted recently as a construction manager on more than
one project of similar or larger size. Since the present-day notion
of construction manager is relatively new, this requirement may be
waived if in the judgement of the local jurisdiction there are sufficient
qualifications to justify confidence.
3. Be financially solvent.
4. Have built, designed or managed construction in the general geogra-
phic area or have good knowledge of local conditions and laws (or
have a joint venture partner with this experience).
5. Be able to provide a qualified project executive.
6. Have a good reputation and performance record in areas of cost
control, value management, and schedule control.
7. Be in close geographic proximity to the project and project design
design professionals.
8. Be able to provide a list of management and support personnel who
will be involved with the project, and the extent to which they will
actually be involved.
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