Division PjM · Learn · Vol. 2
Project Management
29 high-yield core units · 73 second-priority. Browse by topic.
AIA Agreements 7 Review 62
- G-101 Concept AIA B101 Owner–Architect Agreement: structure, services, cost, and dispute resolution
- G-102 Concept AIA C401 Architect–Consultant Agreement: flow-down, standard of care, and fee structure
- G-103 Concept AIA document families: A-, B-, C-, and G-series by relationship governed
- G-104 Concept AIA document families by delivery method: DBB, Design-Build, CM, and IPD
- G-105 Concept AIA G-series administrative forms: G701, G702, G703, G704, G710, G714, G716
- G-106 Concept AIA owner-contractor documents: A101, A133, and A201 General Conditions
- G-107 Concept Basic, Supplemental, and Additional Services under B101: the three service tiers
Fees & Compensation 1 Review 8
Construction Administration 6 Review 46
- G-108 Pitfall Site visits: the architect observes, the contractor controls means and methods
- G-109 Concept Contract modifications: Change Order, Construction Change Directive, and Minor Change compared
- G-110 Concept Liquidated vs consequential damages, and the A201 mutual waiver
- G-111 Concept Payment certification: Schedule of Values, G702/G703, and the architect's role
- G-112 Concept Submittals, shop drawings, and RFIs: scope and limits of architect's review
- G-113 Concept Substantial Completion vs Final Completion: what each milestone triggers
Insurance & Liability 1 Review 8
Project Delivery 6 Review 52
- G-136 Concept Owner-contractor payment structures: stipulated sum, cost-plus, GMP, unit price
- G-137 Concept Bid procurement variants: open competitive, invited, negotiated, and phased/fast-track
- G-138 Concept Construction Manager roles: CM-as-Advisor vs CM-as-Constructor (CM at Risk)
- G-139 Concept Design-Bid-Build: traditional sequential delivery and contract variants
- G-140 Concept Design-Build, Bridged Design-Build, and IPD: single- and shared-contract deliveries
- G-141 Insight Delivery method comparison: matching method to owner priority
Dispute Resolution 3 Review 21
Scheduling 2 Review 15
Risk Management 3 Review 25
Second priority73
Reviewed in this division as supporting material — core to PPD/PDD above.
- LS-101 Concept Accessible routes, passageways, and turning space
- LS-102 Concept Accessible doors: clear width, force, maneuvering clearance
- LS-103 Insight Accessible entrances and visual alarms
- LS-104 Concept Accessible kitchen clearances and dimensions
- LS-105 Concept Accessible ramps: slope, landings, handrails
- LS-106 Concept Accessible reach ranges, protrusions, and floor transitions
- LS-107 Concept Accessible toilet and bathroom dimensions
- LS-108 Insight ADA vs the building code: what ADA actually is
- LS-131 Concept Allowable area: occupancy × construction type × sprinklers (Table 506.2)
- LS-132 Concept Area increases: frontage and sprinkler
- LS-113 Concept Area of refuge and standpipes in the stair
- LS-136 Concept Assembly occupancies: A-1 through A-5
- LS-133 Concept Building height and number of stories: grade plane (Tables 504.3/504.4)
- LS-137 Concept Business vs educational vs mercantile (B / E / M)
- LS-111 Concept Construction subtypes A vs B: protected vs unprotected
- LS-112 Concept Construction types I–V: non-combustible to combustible
- LS-114 Concept Corridors: width, dead-ends, fire rating, door swing
- LS-109 Insight Code in the design process: when each issue is addressed
- LS-115 Concept Egress doors: swing, hardware, operability
- LS-121 Concept Energy code basics: lighting power density, ASHRAE 90.1, and Energy Star
- LS-116 Concept Exit stairs: enclosure, handrails, guards, geometry
- LS-123 Concept Exterior wall ratings, opening limits, and parapets (Tables 705.5 / 705.8)
- LS-138 Concept Factory, storage, high-hazard, utility (F / S / H / U)
- LS-110 Concept Fire department access and fire lanes
- LS-127 Concept Fire-rated door assemblies (IBC 716)
- LS-128 Concept Fire-rated wall assemblies: Type X gypsum build-up
- LS-125 Concept Fire rating vs flame spread vs smoke developed
- LS-129 Concept Fire-resistance ratings of building elements (Table 601)
- LS-124 Concept Fire separation distance: how it's measured and why it drives the exterior wall
- LS-122 Concept Existing buildings (IEBC): repair and alteration levels 1, 2, and 3
- LS-139 Concept Institutional vs residential: the self-preservation line (I vs R)
- LS-117 Concept Means of egress: exit access, exit, exit discharge
- LS-134 Concept Mixed use: accessory vs incidental vs separated
- LS-118 Concept Number of exits and exit separation (½ vs ⅓ diagonal)
- LS-140 Concept Occupancy groups: the IBC Chapter 3 classifications
- LS-119 Insight Occupant-load thresholds: 50 and 300
- LS-130 Insight Matched penetrations and continuity of fire separations
- LS-141 Concept Plumbing fixture count: occupant load to required water closets, lavatories, and drinking fountains
- LS-135 Pitfall Separated vs nonseparated occupancies
- LS-142 Concept Smoke control: stair pressurization, floor exhaust, and atrium baffles
- LS-120 Concept Common path vs travel distance vs dead-end
- LS-126 Insight UL-rated assemblies and how they're specified
- G-125 Concept Cash-basis vs accrual-basis accounting
- G-117 Concept AIA ethics complaint process: how complaints are filed, heard, and penalized
- G-118 Concept AIA Code of Ethics: Canons, Ethical Standards, and Rules of Conduct
- G-126 Concept Billing metrics: utilization rate, overhead rate, break-even rate, and net multiplier
- G-131 Pitfall Claims-made vs occurrence coverage: when must the policy be active?
- G-142 Concept Claims against architects: negligence (tort) vs breach of contract
- G-143 Pitfall Defenses to claims: statute of limitations, statute of repose, betterment
- G-127 Concept Balance-sheet financial ratios: current, quick, debt-to-equity, return on equity
- G-128 Concept Financial statements and key terms: P&L, balance sheet, and the net cascade
- G-123 Concept Firm legal structures: sole proprietorship, partnership, LLP, LLC, PC, and corporations compared
- G-129 Concept Firm planning tools: business plan, profit plan, financial feasibility, and client classification
- G-132 Concept The firm's insurance portfolio: Professional Liability, CGL, Workers' Comp, and secondary lines
- G-119 Concept Path to licensure: NAAB education, AXP experience, ARE exam, and state board authority
- G-135 Concept Life-cycle costing: counting all costs from acquisition through end of life
- G-120 Insight NCARB Model Rules of Conduct vs AIA Code of Ethics: which one can cost you your license
- G-121 Pitfall Architect's stamp, seal, and responsible control: what you may and may not sign
- G-133 Pitfall Standard of care: what it is, what it is not, and why contract language matters
- G-134 Concept Surety bonds: bid bond, performance bond, and payment bond
- G-124 Concept Teaming structures: partnership, joint venture, and strategic alliance compared
- C-101 Insight Brownfields and remediation
- C-102 Concept Environmental Site Assessment: Phase I / II / III
- C-103 Concept Site hazardous materials: asbestos, lead, mold, radon
- C-126 Concept NPS treatments: preservation, rehabilitation, restoration, reconstruction
- C-129 Concept Legal land descriptions: metes-and-bounds, recorded plat, rectangular system
- C-128 Pitfall Site module: high-yield pitfalls and confusions
- C-130 Concept Property Condition Assessment (PCA / ASTM E2018)
- C-127 Concept Property rights: easement, right-of-way, eminent domain, covenant
- C-131 Concept Site survey types: USGS topo, NRCS soil survey, boundary, ALTA/NSPS
- C-133 Concept Site utility analysis: power, gas, water, sewer
- C-140 Concept Zoning ordinances: use, density, setbacks, height, parking
- C-141 Concept Zoning relief: variance, special/conditional use, PUD, overlay