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Building Construction Management Vocab

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1. Material added to concrete mix to influence its performance.






2. Pile: Driven or drilled long - slender foundation element. Pile: a piece of machinery used to drive piles into the ground.






3. A beam that spans between columns on the exterior face of a frame structure.






4. Used where columns are lightly loaded or bear on soils with a high bearing capacity.






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6. Floating: The process of smoothing a freshly placed concrete surface after it has been struck (leveled).






7. Chemical compounds that are used in concrete mixes to increase the workability of the mix without reducing the slump.






8. A ceiling hung from the overlying floor or roof structure.






9. Slender - closely spaced - parallel beams in a wood light (or light-gauge steel) frame floor.






10. A surface coating that reflects most of the long-wave radiation.






11. I - C - L - T - Pipes - Tubes - round - Rectangular bars - plates






12. Method of sawing a log by sawing in one or two directions only. The grain pattern varies from nearly parallel to the wide face to perpendicular. vs. A method of sawing lumber where the log is cut radially into four quarters and then sawed along radia






13. Differential: The building's foundation settles at different rates at different points. Uniform: The building's foundation settles at a uniform rate.






14. A fastener that connects an exterior cladding to the supporting frame to resist lateral loads






15. 10' - 15' discontinuous trenches are dug down to bedrock and filled with a bentonite slurry. Concrete is then pumped from the bottom up to create a waterproof wall for excavation pits.






16. Sheet steel that is hot-dip galvanized.






17. Shoring placed under concrete to support it while it cures.






18. Flat glass obtained by heating and then gradually cooling it to relieve internal stresses that develop during the early stage of its manufacturing process. Annealed glass is the basic form of flat glass.






19. Lengths of dimension lumber - glued and laminated together to create a structural member of a large cross section.






20. A rafter is one of a series of sloped structural members that extends from the ridge or the hip down to the downslope perimeter of the eave - designed to support the roof deck and its loads.






21. A ceiling hung from the overlying floor or roof structure.






22. Oriented Strandboard: A wood-based panel made by gluing several layers of wood strands under heat and pressure so that the adjacent layers are oriented in opposite directions.






23. A type of glass made by adding a metallic pigment during manufacture.






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25. Post-tentioning: Subjecting a concrete or masonry member to compressive stresses by tensioning high-strength steel strands (wires) after the concrete has developed sufficient strength.






26. A surface coating that reflects most of the long-wave radiation.






27. Rebar: An deformed steel bar used as concrete reinforcement. Welded-Wire Reinforcement: A prefabricated rectangular grid of steel wires spot-welded together at intersections - used as reinforcement in concrete slabs.






28. Place where materials are stored on or near the project site.






29. Differential: The building's foundation settles at different rates at different points. Uniform: The building's foundation settles at a uniform rate.






30. Cee Channel: Studs and joists - symbolized by S - Runner Channel: bridging channels - symbolized by you - Tracks: you shaped - symbolized by T






31. Fabricated at the manufacture's plant. Reinforced in both directions. Uses a steel stud backup wall.






32. A large-diameter - deep reinforced-concrete foundation element made by drilling a hole into the ground and filling it with concrete; an enclosure that permits excavation work to be carried out under water.






33. Draining the soil around the excavations so that the groundwater level falls below the elevation of proposed excavation.






34. I - C - L - T - Pipes - Tubes - round - Rectangular bars - plates






35. Using concrete slab blankets or putting hot water in the concrete mix.






36. A structural frame assembly composed primarily of dimension lumber studs - floor joists - and roof rafters and panels of wood-based sheathing materials. Usually 16' OC.






37. Shallow Foundation: Used for all types of buildings and bear directly on the upper soil levels. Deep Foundation: Used where soil on the surface does not have adequate strength or is unstable. Consists of piles or piers.






38. A thin layer of material over a back-up component.






39. A rafter is one of a series of sloped structural members that extends from the ridge or the hip down to the downslope perimeter of the eave - designed to support the roof deck and its loads.






40. A type of glass made by adding a metallic pigment during manufacture.






41. Using concrete slab blankets or putting hot water in the concrete mix.






42. Pre-Construction - Construction - and Post-Construction Phases






43. Type 1: General Use - Type 2: -Type 3: High Early Strength - Type 4: Low Heat of Hydration - Type 5: Sulfate Resistant






44. Construction Management






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46. 10' - 15' discontinuous trenches are dug down to bedrock and filled with a bentonite slurry. Concrete is then pumped from the bottom up to create a waterproof wall for excavation pits.






47. A type of tempered glass obtained from a process that reduces (or eliminates) the possibility of spontaneous breakage of tempered glass during its service life.






48. Stone panels attached to a backup wall or curtain wall frame.






49. Used commonly for load-bearing wood - masonry - or concrete walls.






50. Load=bearing or non-load bearing wall to which exterior cladding is adhered or anchored.