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Building Construction Management Vocab

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1. Design-Bid-Build






2. 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.






3. 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.






4. 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.






5. 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.






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






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






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






9. 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.






10. 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.






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






12. 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.






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






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






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






17. 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.






18. Sheet steel that is hot-dip galvanized.






19. 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.






20. Use air-entrainment in the concrete mix






21. 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.






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






23. 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.






24. Use air-entrainment in the concrete mix






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






26. Cost - Schedule - and Quality






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






28. 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.






29. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






37. 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.






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






39. Design-Bid-Build






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






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






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






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






45. Construction Document






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






48. 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.






49. 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.






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