▁design ▁and ▁construction ▁( F ast - Track ) ▁for ▁public ▁projects ▁spread ▁rapidly . ▁The ▁United ▁States ▁General ▁Services ▁Administration ▁and ▁many ▁other ▁institution al ▁and ▁government ▁clients ▁throughout ▁the ▁U . S . ▁adopted ▁the ▁process . ▁ ▁However , ▁despite ▁the ▁advantages ▁of ▁a ▁short ened ▁schedule , ▁many ▁own ers ▁didn ' t ▁like ▁the ▁management ▁responsibility ▁for ▁multiple ▁prime ▁construction ▁contract s ▁on ▁a ▁single ▁project ▁and ▁were ▁concerned ▁about ▁the ▁lack ▁of ▁a ▁guaranteed ▁maximum ▁price . ▁In ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 9 0 0 s ▁and ▁early ▁ 2 0 0 0 s ▁many ▁government ▁organizations ▁changed ▁their ▁proc ure ment ▁reg ulations ▁to ▁allow ▁the ▁C M ▁to ▁hold ▁the ▁contract s ▁and ▁guarantee ▁price ▁and ▁schedule . ▁To ▁differenti ate ▁between ▁the ▁original ▁concept ▁and ▁an ▁additional ▁concept ▁of ▁C M ▁services , ▁the ▁original ▁was ▁called ▁Agency ▁C M ▁and ▁the ▁C M ▁that ▁held ▁the ▁contract s ▁and ▁provided ▁guarante es ▁was ▁called ▁C M ▁at - R isk ▁( see ▁Const ruction ▁management ). ▁ ▁Fast - Track ▁is ▁now ▁a ▁common ▁term ▁throughout ▁the ▁construction ▁industry . ▁ ▁See ▁also ▁▁ ▁Building ▁information ▁model ing ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁Further ▁reading ▁▁▁ ▁Michael ▁E . ▁Ken ig , ▁A GC ▁Project ▁D elivery ▁Systems ▁for ▁Const ruction , ▁A GC ▁of ▁America ▁. ▁ 8 / 1 / 2 0 1 1 ▁https :// web . archive . org / web / 2 0 1 5 0 5 0 6 1