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Building Construction Management Vocab

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1. Design-Bid-Build






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






3. 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.






4. Sheet steel that is hot-dip galvanized.






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






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






7. 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.






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






9. 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.






10. 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






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






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






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






14. 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.






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






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






17. Construction Document






18. Design-Build






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






20. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






27. 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.






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






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






30. 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.






31. Sheet steel that is hot-dip galvanized.






32. Construction Management






33. 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.






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






35. 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.






36. 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.






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






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






39. 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.






40. 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.






41. Cost - Schedule - and Quality






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






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






44. 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






45. Design Development






46. 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.






47. 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.






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






49. ...






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