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Building Construction Management Vocab

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1. 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






2. Laminated Veneer Lumber: Dried wood veneers laminated in layers - all oriented in the same direction - to form a large structural member.






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






4. Pre-Construction - Construction - and Post-Construction Phases






5. 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.






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






7. 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.






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






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






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






11. Contiguous Bored Concrete Piles: Closely spaced - reinforced concrete piles. Often has shock-crete sprayed on the front to make a wall. Secant Piles: Two sets of interlocking contiguous piles.






12. 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.






13. 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.






14. Contiguous Bored Concrete Piles: Closely spaced - reinforced concrete piles. Often has shock-crete sprayed on the front to make a wall. Secant Piles: Two sets of interlocking contiguous piles.






15. 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.






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. Hollow Core Slabs: Precast - prestressed concrete slabs that contain voids in their central region that reduce dead loads by 40-50%. - Planks: Precast concrete slabs that are solid.






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






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






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






21. A document that describes regulations for the use of land in a particular jurisdiction.






22. 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.






23. Construction Management






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






25. 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






26. Pre-Construction - Construction - and Post-Construction Phases






27. 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






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






29. Lumber that ranges from 2 in. to 4 in. thick. The actual dimensions are smaller than the nominal dimensions.






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






31. A panelized material applied to the exterior surfaces of wood or light-gauge steel frame members to add rigidity to the frame and to serve as a base for (wall) cladding or roofing.






32. Wood into which preservatives have been pressure injected to retard termite infestation and fungal decay. Using a different preservative - the pressure treatment can also be used for increasing the fire resistance of wood.






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






34. 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.






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






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






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






38. Sheet steel that is hot-dip galvanized.






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






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






41. 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.






42. Unreinforced precast concrete panels that have glass fibers reinforcing the concrete. Consists of the GFRC skin - light-gauge steel backup frame - and anchors connecting the two together.






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






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






45. 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






46. Design-Build






47. A type of concrete foundation where one large - combined footing is used for several columns and load-bearing walls - often for the entire building. A concrete slab-on-ground used as foundation for light frame buildings is the simplest type of mat fo






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






49. Design Development






50. 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.