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Building Construction Management Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Type 1: General Use - Type 2: -Type 3: High Early Strength - Type 4: Low Heat of Hydration - Type 5: Sulfate Resistant
Column Footing
Type I-V Concrete - and the Roles for Each
Building Inspector's Process
Light-Gauge Steel Framing
2. 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
curtain walls
Flat-Sawn vs. Quarter-Sawn Lumber
Floating and Troweling
Insulated metal panels
3. Floating: The process of smoothing a freshly placed concrete surface after it has been struck (leveled).
Light-Gauge Steel Framing
Fire Resistance Rating
Floating and Troweling
low-e coating
4. Lumber that ranges from 2 in. to 4 in. thick. The actual dimensions are smaller than the nominal dimensions.
Cold-Formed Light Gauge Steel Members
Dimensional Lumber - and nominal vs actual dimensions
The Three Parts of Construction Management
Sheathing
5. Exterior Sheathing - Water resistant membrane - flashing with weep holes - self-adhering rubberized asphalt membrane - self-furring metal base - scratch coat - brown coat - finish coat.
Stucco - its components and layers
DB
Prefabricated brick panel curtainwall
Pressure Treated Lumber
6. 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.
Rafter
Flex anchors
Prefabricated v. site-built masonry cladding
Tendons
7. 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.
Rafter
Contiguous Bored Concrete Piles and Secant Piles
Truss - Bottom Chord and Top Chord
Admixture
8. 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.
Wrought iron v. mild steel
Friction vs. End-bearing Pile
Cold-Formed Light Gauge Steel Members
Sheathing
9. Cost - Schedule - and Quality
Pre-tentioning and Post-tentioning
Sump and Well Point Dewatering
Mat Foundation
The Three Parts of Construction Management
10. 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
Laminated glass
Slump Test
Flat-Sawn vs. Quarter-Sawn Lumber
Sump and Well Point Dewatering
11. Exterior wall cladding system suspended from or supported by the structural frame of the building.
Tendons
Mat Foundation
curtain walls
low-e coating
12. A thin layer of material over a back-up component.
Pressure Treated Lumber
Backup wall
Stone cladding
Veneer
13. Differential: The building's foundation settles at different rates at different points. Uniform: The building's foundation settles at a uniform rate.
Differential/Uniform Foundation Settlement
CM
Bentonite Slurry Wall
Caisson
14. A document that describes regulations for the use of land in a particular jurisdiction.
Suspended ceiling
Permanent Concrete Freeze-Thaw Protection
DB
Zoning Ordinance
15. 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.
Precasting vs Site-Casting: Methods & Pros and Cons
Slump Test
Performance vs. Prescriptive Code Provisions
Admixture
16. Concrete: A composite material consisting of portland cement - coarse aggregate (crushed stone) - fine aggregate (sand) - and water.
Suspended ceiling
Building Inspector's Process
Laydown Yard/Staging Area
Concrete - its components - and their function in the mix
17. Construction Management
Light-Gauge Steel Framing
CM
Permanent Concrete Freeze-Thaw Protection
Zoning Ordinance
18. Cee Channel: Studs and joists - symbolized by S - Runner Channel: bridging channels - symbolized by you - Tracks: you shaped - symbolized by T
Floating and Troweling
Rebar and Welded Wire Fabric (WWF)
Cee Channel - Runner Channel - Tracks
Spandrel beam
19. Lumber that ranges from 2 in. to 4 in. thick. The actual dimensions are smaller than the nominal dimensions.
Permanent Concrete Freeze-Thaw Protection
Mat Foundation
Rebar and Welded Wire Fabric (WWF)
Dimensional Lumber - and nominal vs actual dimensions
20. Load=bearing or non-load bearing wall to which exterior cladding is adhered or anchored.
Backup wall
Tie Backs
Dewatering
Dimensional Lumber - and nominal vs actual dimensions
21. 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
Column Footing
Advantages and Disadvantages of High Strength Concrete
reflective glass
Mat Foundation
22. 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.
Tinted glass
Sheet Piles and Shoring
Slip-critical v. snug-tight connections
Soldier Piles and Lagging
23. 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.
Cold Weather Concrete Construction Protection Measures
Rafter
Soldier Piles and Lagging
DB
24. Draining the soil around the excavations so that the groundwater level falls below the elevation of proposed excavation.
Dewatering
Rafter
Soldier Piles and Lagging
Permanent Concrete Freeze-Thaw Protection
25. Chemical compounds that are used in concrete mixes to increase the workability of the mix without reducing the slump.
Bentonite Slurry Wall
Flat-Sawn vs. Quarter-Sawn Lumber
Sump and Well Point Dewatering
Plasticizers
26. Using concrete slab blankets or putting hot water in the concrete mix.
Cold Weather Concrete Construction Protection Measures
The role of lime in mortar and mortar types
The Three Parts of Construction Management
GFRC
27. 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.
Cold-Formed Light Gauge Steel Members
Tendons
Building Code
EIFS
28. 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.
Pile and Pile Driver
Slip-critical v. snug-tight connections
Dimensional Lumber - and nominal vs actual dimensions
SD
29. Design Development
Slump Test
Flex anchors
DD
Bentonite Slurry Wall
30. The ability of a building assembly to endure fire - measured in hours or minutes of time and determined from standardized full-scale tests.
Column Footing
Fire Resistance Rating
Cold Weather Concrete Construction Protection Measures
Pile and Pile Driver
31. A manufactured wood product rated for structural applications - such as plywood - oriented strandboard - or laminated veneer lumber.
Engineered Lumber
Type I-V Concrete - and the Roles for Each
Rafter
Strip Footing
32. Type 1: General Use - Type 2: -Type 3: High Early Strength - Type 4: Low Heat of Hydration - Type 5: Sulfate Resistant
Type I-V Concrete - and the Roles for Each
Pressure Treated Lumber
Fire Resistance Rating
Pre-tentioning and Post-tentioning
33. 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.
Dewatering
Rebar and Welded Wire Fabric (WWF)
Engineered Lumber
GFRC
34. Draining the soil around the excavations so that the groundwater level falls below the elevation of proposed excavation.
Dewatering
AISC standard structural shapes
Bentonite Slurry Wall
Tinted glass
35. Advantages: High early strength Disadvantages: Very expensive
Advantages and Disadvantages of High Strength Concrete
DD
low-e coating
Column Footing
36. 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.
Wrought iron v. mild steel
Shallow vs. Deep Foundations
The Three Parts of Construction Management
Dewatering
37. A legal document that regulates the design and construction of buildings to ensure that the buildings meet minimum standards of health - safety - and welfare.
Concrete Control Joints and Cold Joints
Rebar and Welded Wire Fabric (WWF)
curtain walls
Building Code
38. Fabricated at the manufacture's plant. Reinforced in both directions. Uses a steel stud backup wall.
Stone cladding
OSB
Admixture
Prefabricated brick panel curtainwall
39. I - C - L - T - Pipes - Tubes - round - Rectangular bars - plates
DBB
Hollow Core Slabs and Planks
AISC standard structural shapes
Flat-Sawn vs. Quarter-Sawn Lumber
40. A fastener that connects an exterior cladding to the supporting frame to resist lateral loads
Tie Backs
Mat Foundation
tempered glass
Re-Shoring
41. A fastener that connects an exterior cladding to the supporting frame to resist lateral loads
DB
Tie Backs
DD
Dimensional Lumber - and nominal vs actual dimensions
42. Lengths of dimension lumber - glued and laminated together to create a structural member of a large cross section.
Zoning Ordinance
Sheathing
GFRC
Glue-Laminated Lumber
43. 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.
Building Code
Flex anchors
Pile and Pile Driver
low-e coating
44. 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.
Stucco - its components and layers
Backup wall
OSB
Suspended ceiling
45. Pile: Driven or drilled long - slender foundation element. Pile: a piece of machinery used to drive piles into the ground.
Tinted glass
The Three Parts of Construction Management
Plasticizers
Pile and Pile Driver
46. Advantages: High early strength Disadvantages: Very expensive
Sheet Piles and Shoring
Advantages and Disadvantages of High Strength Concrete
Sheet Piles and Shoring
Dewatering
47. Metal panels consisting of polyurethane foam sandwiched between and bonded to two metal sheets - used in curtain wall applications.
Insulated metal panels
Laminated glass
Slip-critical v. snug-tight connections
tempered glass
48. The combination of high-strength steel strands - sleeves - and end anchorages used for post-tensioning concrete.
Tendons
Dimensional Lumber - and nominal vs actual dimensions
Pressure Treated Lumber
Engineered Lumber
49. Truss: a structural member with triangulated - linear elements - typically used for large spans. Bottom Chord:
Light-Gauge Steel Framing
Truss - Bottom Chord and Top Chord
Column Footing
Soldier Piles and Lagging
50. Use air-entrainment in the concrete mix
Advantages and Disadvantages of High Strength Concrete
Permanent Concrete Freeze-Thaw Protection
Mat Foundation
Sheet Piles and Shoring