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| Construction Manager | A firm or business organization with the expertise and resource to manage the design, contracting, and construction aspects of project delivery. Individuals who work for a CM Firm are also referred to as Construction Managers. |
| Facilitator | A person who leads by logic, suggestion and example more so than by direction. |
| Fiduciary | One who stands in a special relationship of trust, confidence, and responsibility regarding contracted obligations. |
| Field CM | A person designated by the CM firm to interface with the owner’s and A/E’s representatives on the project team at the third management level. A person located at the site and charged to administer the procedures established by the team’s Level 2 Manager for the construction of the project. |
| Prime Contractor | A contractor who has a contract with an owner |
| Special Consultants | Experts in highly specialized fields not inherent to an owner, A/E, or CM. |
| Subcontractor | A contractor who has a contract with a prime contractor. |
| Sub-subcontractor | A contractor who has a contract with a subcontractor. |
| Superintendent | A job title usually reserved for the administrative level person who supervises the work of an on-site contractor. |
| Supervision by a Field CM | To coordinate the guide, but not inspect, the performance of construction resources contracted by the owner. |
| Trade Contractor | A contractor that specialized in providing/installing specific elements of the overall construction requirements of a project. |
| Value Engineer | A person qualified to perform value engineering services for a client. |
| Value Manager | A person qualified to perform value management services for a client. |
