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2. General contractor - Wikipedia

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   A general contractor's responsibilities may include applying for building permits, advising the person they are hired by, securing the property, providing temporary utilities on site, managing personnel on site, providing site surveying and engineering, disposing or recycling of construction waste, monitoring schedules and cash flows, and ...

3. Construction management - Wikipedia

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   The construction industry typically includes three parties: an owner, a licensed designer (architect or engineer) and a builder (usually known as a general contractor). There are traditionally two contracts between these parties as they work together to plan, design and construct the project. [12]

4. Design–build - Wikipedia

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   An alternative approach to effectuating this delivery structure is for the architect to contract directly with the owner to design and build the project, and then to subcontract the procurement and construction responsibilities to its allied general contractor, who enters into further subcontracts with the trades.

5. List of construction trades - Wikipedia

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   Among the construction trades, in most industrialized countries, each has a distinct 2-5 year craft apprenticeship education and usually once started a worker remains in a single craft and progresses through ranks of skill for the duration of their career (pre-apprentice, apprentice, and journeyman; some countries include a post-journeyman ...

6. Superintendent (construction) - Wikipedia

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   As a particular note, in Australia in building projects, the superintendent is not the party responsible for co-ordination and scheduling of the trades and work of the contract; this is the responsibility of the head contractor, who will usually employ a site manager, overseen by a project manager, overseen by a construction manager and director.

7. Project delivery method - Wikipedia

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   The owner then assumes the responsibility for maintenance and operation. This model is extensively used in specific infrastructure projects such as toll roads. The private construction company is responsible for the design and construction of a piece of infrastructure for the government, which is the true owner.