Study guide
Eight sections covering the material the CCM exam draws on most heavily. Summaries and key terms are open to everyone; the full text is part of premium.
Contract Administration and Claims
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RFIs, submittals, change orders versus directives, and why contractual notice is the hinge every claim turns on.
Request for Information · Change Order · Construction Change Directive · Notice provision · Claim
Cost Management and Earned Value
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Estimate classes as design matures, and the earned value formulas that appear on the exam more often than any other calculation.
BAC / PV / EV / AC · Cost Variance · Schedule Variance · CPI · SPI
CPM Scheduling and Float
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Forward pass, backward pass, and the two floats — worked with the day-one convention the exam uses.
Critical Path Method · Precedence Diagramming Method · FS / SS / FF / SF · Lag and lead · Total Float
Environmental Compliance and Sustainability
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Stormwater permitting, hazardous materials, and the LEED thresholds — the compliance floor under every sustainability goal.
SWPPP · NPDES permit · Asbestos survey · Lead paint · PCBs
Project Controls and Documentation
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Document control, reporting cadence, and the closeout package — the paper trail that is a project's legal protection.
Document control · Daily report · Submittal log · RFI log · As-built drawings
Project Delivery and the CM Role
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The project life cycle, the five delivery methods, and the single distinction the exam tests hardest: agency CM versus CM at-risk.
Conception / Design / Procurement / Construction / Post-Construction · Design-Bid-Build · Design-Build · CM at-Risk · CM Agency
Quality Management and Closeout
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QA versus QC, the inspection machinery that runs during construction, and what substantial completion actually triggers.
Quality Assurance · Quality Control · Quality Management Plan · Inspection and Test Plan · Submittals
Safety Management and OSHA
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The OSHA thresholds worth memorizing, and the role boundary that keeps a CM from assuming the contractor's safety duty.
29 CFR 1926 · Site Safety Plan · OSHA 300 Log · Competent Person · Qualified Person