The Construction Industry
The Five Phases of a Project
Planning & Scheduling
Cost Estimating & Procurement
Project Closeout & Handoff
Building Drawings
100

Over 7 million

What is the number of workers in construction?

100

The visible phase of a project. 

What is the executing phase?

100

This is the ultimate focus in the planning process. 

What are the deliverables to be produced? 

100

This is prepared using a full (100%) design package. 

What is the Bid or Final estimate?

100

Walking the project with the key customer to evaluate their satisfaction with the results. 

What is the punch-list walk? 

100

Here you find the project name and address, issue and revision dates, and contributing firms.  

What is the title block?

200

This type of construction makes up about 1/3 of the total construction market. 

What is commercial building?

200

The most critical phase to success of a project.

What is the planning phase?

200

The smallest measurable piece of work.

What is a work package?

200

This can waste materials, delay construction, and/or increase construction costs. 

What is/are the wrong quantities? 

200

This list of items is a great reference for future projects. 

What are lessons learned?

200

This gives a 3D view of the structure. 

What is an isometric view?

300

Cultural, social, political, and physical. 

What are project environment factors? 

300

The customer develops a lasting impression by this phase. 

What is the closing phase?

300

They care about or have a vested interest in the project.  

What is a stakeholder?

300

The cost agreed upon is the same regardless of effort applied or delivery date. 

What is a fixed-price contract?

300

This includes charter documents, original budget, change document, and lessons learned. 

What are the documents to be archived for the project? 

300

These are indicated with an A in the sheet number and include floor layouts, roof plans, and associated elevations or cross-sections. 

What are the architectural drawings? 

400

$97,990

What is the median wage for a construction manager in Colorado?

400

Where the business case is developed.

What is the Initiating phase?

400

The possibility that an outcome will be different than what was planned for. 

What is risk? 

400

This profit remains the same no matter the effort or deadline of the project.  

What is a cost-reimbursable contract?

400

This includes final drawings, O&M manuals, warranties and training.

What are the items in project hand-off to the owner? 

400

This table calls out line types and symbols that are found on the drawing and what they mean.  

What is the legend? 

500

This highly specialized form of construction usually has deep involvement by the owner.

What is industrial construction?

500

In this phase, we're verifying deliverables conform to the scope. 

What is the Monitoring and Controlling phase?

500

This represents the set or sequence of activities that will take the longest time to complete, and has the least room for delays. 

What is the Critical Path of a project?

500

The acquisition of products or services not produced or delivered by your project team. 

What is Procurement (or procurement management)?

500

This is issued after all sub-contractors have been paid, documents are submitted, and client has verified completion of project. 

What is the final payment? 

500

This table gives you specifications on the size, material, and finish of a set of items on the drawing.  

What is a schedule? 

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