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Building Construction Management Vocab

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1. 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.






2. 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.






3. Construction Document






4. 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






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






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






7. A stuccolike exterior finish that includes a layer of foam insulation - fiberglass reinforcing mesh - and one or two coats of a polymer-based finish - also called synthetic stucco.






8. 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






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






10. 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






11. Construction Management






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






13. Design-Bid-Build






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






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






16. 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.






17. 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.






18. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






26. 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






27. 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.






28. Use air-entrainment in the concrete mix






29. 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.






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






31. Pre-Construction - Construction - and Post-Construction Phases






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






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






34. A legal document that regulates the design and construction of buildings to ensure that the buildings meet minimum standards of health - safety - and welfare.






35. Cost - Schedule - and Quality






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






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






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






39. 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.






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






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






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






43. 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.






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






45. ...






46. 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.






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






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






49. 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.






50. One-Way Slab: An elevated reinforced concrete slab where most of the load on the slab is carried to the supporting beams in one direction; a four-sided - supported rectangular slab whose length is greater than or equal to twice its width. Two Way Sla






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