Construction Project Management

noun the legal right or privilege of a pedestrian, vehicle, or ship to proceed with precedence over others in a particular situation or place

• The driver on the main road has the right-of-way at this intersection.
• Make sure to let the cars with the right-of-way go first.
• Don't cut off the car with the right-of-way, dude.
• In negotiations, sometimes you have to give the other party the right-of-way to reach a compromise.

verb to gather or collect something, especially money or resources, with difficulty or effort

• In order to fund the project, they had to scrape together enough money from various investors.
• We had to scrape together some cash to buy tickets to the concert.
• I had to scrape together some dough to pay for my car repairs.
• She had to scrape together her courage to confront her fears.

noun the amount or extent of slipping or sliding that occurs

• The construction project experienced slippage due to unforeseen weather conditions.
• There was some slippage in the schedule because of the delays in material delivery.
• The slippage in our plans messed everything up.
• Her slippage in focus caused her to make several mistakes in the presentation.

noun EVM stands for Electronic Voting Machine, a device used for casting votes in elections.

• The Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) is used in elections to accurately record votes.
• Make sure you press the button on the EVM properly when voting.
• I heard they're using those fancy EVMs for the first time in our local elections.
• In the digital age, our minds can be seen as the EVMs processing information and making decisions.