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Building Construction Management Vocab

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






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






3. Shoring placed under concrete to support it while it cures.






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






5. ...






6. Sheet steel that is hot-dip galvanized.






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






8. 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.






9. 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.






10. 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.






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






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






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






14. Design Development






15. Exterior Sheathing - Water resistant membrane - flashing with weep holes - self-adhering rubberized asphalt membrane - self-furring metal base - scratch coat - brown coat - finish coat.






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






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






18. 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.






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






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






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






22. 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






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






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






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






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






27. 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.






28. 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






29. Advantages: High early strength Disadvantages: Very expensive






30. 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.






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






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






33. 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.






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






35. Use air-entrainment in the concrete mix






36. 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.






37. 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.






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






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. Schematic Design






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






42. 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.






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






44. ...






45. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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