Project Management and Documentation Flashcards

Throughout construction, the installer marks up a set of drawings in red to show where field conditions forced changes to cable routes. What are these marked-up drawings commonly called?

Answer: Redlines (as-built markups)

Redline as-built markups capture field changes and are used to produce the final record drawings.

Before ordering materials, the contractor sends product data sheets for the specified patch panels and connectors to the designer for review. What is this package called?

Answer: Submittal

Submittals let the designer verify that proposed products and shop drawings comply with the specifications before procurement.

At what point in a project is a punch list typically generated?

Answer: At or near substantial completion, during the walkthrough inspection

The punch list records incomplete or deficient items found when the work is nearly complete, which must be corrected before final acceptance.

What document does a contractor provide that breaks the contract sum into line items, used as the basis for evaluating progress payment requests?

Answer: Schedule of values

The schedule of values allocates the contract price across work items so the percent complete can be billed each pay period.

In a traditional design-bid-build delivery method, what is the contractual relationship?

Answer: The owner holds separate contracts with the designer and the contractor

In design-bid-build, the owner contracts with the designer for the documents, then separately with the low or best-value bidder for construction.

The owner asks to add 40 Wi-Fi access point locations after the contract is signed. Which document formally adjusts the contract scope, price, and/or time?

Answer: Change order signed by the owner and contractor

A change order is a written agreement executed after award that modifies the contract scope, sum, or schedule.

A project manager breaks the ITS project into deliverables such as backbone, horizontal cabling, TR build-out, and testing, then into smaller work packages. What is this hierarchy called?

Answer: Work breakdown structure (WBS)

A WBS is a deliverable-oriented hierarchical decomposition of the total project scope into manageable work packages.