8.675.  Construction management services defined. — As used in sections 8.675 to 8.687, the following terms mean:

  (1)  "Construction management services" includes:

  (a)  Services provided in the planning and design phases of the project including, but not limited to, consulting with, advising, assisting and making recommendations to the public owner and architect, engineer or registered landscape architect on all aspects of planning for project construction; reviewing all plans and specifications as they are being developed and making recommendations with respect to construction feasibility, availability of material and labor, time requirements for procurement and construction, and projected costs; making, reviewing and refining budget estimates based on the public owner's program and other available information; making recommendations to the public owner and the architect or engineer regarding the division of work in the plans and specifications to facilitate the bidding and awarding of contracts; soliciting the interest of capable contractors and assisting the owner in taking bids on the project; analyzing the bids received and awarding contracts; and preparing and monitoring a progress schedule during the design phase of the project and preparation of a proposed construction schedule; and

  (b)  Services provided in the construction phase of the project including, but not limited to, maintaining competent supervisory staff to coordinate and provide general direction of the work and progress of the contractors on the project; observing the work as it is being performed for general conformance with working drawings and specifications; establishing procedures for coordinating among the public owner, architect or engineer, contractors and construction manager with respect to all aspects of the project and implementing such procedures; maintaining job site records and making appropriate progress reports; implementing labor policy in conformance with the requirements of the public owner; reviewing the safety and equal opportunity programs of each contractor for conformance with the public owner's policy and making recommendations; reviewing and processing all applications for payment by involved contractors and material suppliers in accordance with the terms of the contract; making recommendations for and processing requests for changes in the work and maintaining records of change orders; scheduling and conducting job meetings to ensure orderly progress of the work; developing and monitoring a project progress schedule, coordinating and expediting the work of all contractors and providing periodic status reports to the owner and the architect or engineer; and, establishing and maintaining a cost control system and conducting meetings to review costs;

  (2)  "Construction manager", any person providing construction management services for a public owner;

  (3)  "Public owner", any public body, as defined in section 290.210.