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Building Construction Management Vocab

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1. Exterior wall cladding system suspended from or supported by the structural frame of the building.






2. 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.






3. 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.






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






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






6. 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.






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






8. Cost - Schedule - and Quality






9. Use air-entrainment in the concrete mix






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






11. 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.






12. 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.






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






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






15. 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.






16. 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.






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






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






19. They review the plan sets to make sure they meet code requirements - then they will issue building permits if all codes and regulations are met. During the construction process - an inspector will be called to review the construction of specific part

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20. 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






21. 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.






22. A glass obtained by heating annealed glass to a high temperature and then suddenly cooling it - Which makes it four times stronger than annealed glass; used as safety glass because it breaks into pieces that are small and blunt enough not to cause in






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






24. 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.






25. 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.






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






27. A glass obtained by heating annealed glass to a high temperature and then suddenly cooling it - Which makes it four times stronger than annealed glass; used as safety glass because it breaks into pieces that are small and blunt enough not to cause in






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






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






30. Construction Document






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






32. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






38. 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






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






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






41. Use air-entrainment in the concrete mix






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






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






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






45. 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.






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






47. 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.






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






49. 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






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