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Building Construction Management Vocab

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1. Construction Document






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






3. Advantages: High early strength Disadvantages: Very expensive






4. Two pieces of glass laminated under heat and pressure to a plastic interlayer to form a fused unit.






5. Sump: Dig sump pits that are sufficiently below the elevation of the excavation - then use sump pumps to drain the water out of the pits and pump it away from the site. Well Point: A number of vertical pipes are sunk around the perimeter of the excav






6. Piles made of interlocking sheet steel driven into the ground to support an excavation. Shoring: Temporary vertical or inclined supports used in concrete formwork or excavation.






7. An L-shaped steel pin that connects to the GFRC skin with a bonding pad and is welded to the supporting light-gauge steel frame.






8. M = Least amount of lime; O = Most lime; N = Second most lime; S = Second least lime






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






10. Control Joint: A sawed or tooled joint on the top surface of a concrete slab-on-ground; a continuous vertical joint in a concrete masonry wall. Cold Joint: A nonmovement joint resulting when fresh concrete is placed against previously placed concrete






11. 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.






12. Piles made of interlocking sheet steel driven into the ground to support an excavation. Shoring: Temporary vertical or inclined supports used in concrete formwork or excavation.






13. Wrought iron is corrosive resistant - time consuming to make - and contains about .02% carbon. VS. Mild Steel contains .1-2.5% carbon and is much stronger and easier to make.






14. Include the width and height of the exit enclosures - fire resistance of materials used therein - and illumination levels in the exit enclosures.






15. A framing system that mimics wood light frame construction - but the elements are made of cold-formed - galvanized sheet steel.






16. Prescriptive codes give a clear - defined method for meeting a requirement. Performance codes allow the designer to decide how to meet the end requirement that must be met.






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






18. Snug-tight = hand tightened by a worker. Slip-Critical = hand tightened - then extra tightening to a certain tensile strength. Shear resistance is provided by the friction between the connected surfaces.






19. Concrete: A composite material consisting of portland cement - coarse aggregate (crushed stone) - fine aggregate (sand) - and water.






20. Soldier Piles are placed into pre-drilled holes that are filled with concrete after the piles are set. Excavation begins - and as the pit is dug deeper - lagging is bolted to the soldier piles to support them.






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






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






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24. A glass that reflects incoming visible radiation due to a very thin metal oxide coating on one side.






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






26. Snug-tight = hand tightened by a worker. Slip-Critical = hand tightened - then extra tightening to a certain tensile strength. Shear resistance is provided by the friction between the connected surfaces.






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






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






29. A test that measures the workability of fresh concrete by filling a cone-shaped mold with concrete - removing the mold - and measuring the height to which the concrete settles below its original height.






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






31. Use air-entrainment in the concrete mix






32. The ability of a building assembly to endure fire - measured in hours or minutes of time and determined from standardized full-scale tests.






33. Truss: a structural member with triangulated - linear elements - typically used for large spans. Bottom Chord:






34. Metal panels consisting of polyurethane foam sandwiched between and bonded to two metal sheets - used in curtain wall applications.






35. Friction Pile: Bears the load by using friction between it and the ground around it by having a tapered form. End-Bearing Piles: Most of the load is transferred to the bottom of the pile.






36. Design Development






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






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






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






40. A test that measures the workability of fresh concrete by filling a cone-shaped mold with concrete - removing the mold - and measuring the height to which the concrete settles below its original height.






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






42. 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.






43. Sheet steel that is hot-dip galvanized.






44. Exterior Sheathing - Water resistant membrane - flashing with weep holes - self-adhering rubberized asphalt membrane - self-furring metal base - scratch coat - brown coat - finish coat.






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






46. The combination of high-strength steel strands - sleeves - and end anchorages used for post-tensioning concrete.






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






48. The combination of high-strength steel strands - sleeves - and end anchorages used for post-tensioning concrete.






49. A manufactured wood product rated for structural applications - such as plywood - oriented strandboard - or laminated veneer lumber.






50. Parallel-Strand Lumber: Manufactured wood product composed of narrow strands of veneered lumber glued together - all oriented in the same direction to form a member of large cross section.