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Building Construction Management Vocab

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






2. Construction Document






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






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






5. Material added to concrete mix to influence its performance.






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






7. 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.






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






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






10. Design Development






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






12. 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.






13. Sheet steel that is hot-dip galvanized.






14. 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






15. 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.






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






17. Construction Management






18. 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.






19. 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






20. 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.






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






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






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






25. 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






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






27. 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.






28. Design-Build






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






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






31. 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.






32. 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






33. 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.






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






35. 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.






36. They review the plan sets to make sure they meet code requirements - then they will issue building permits if all codes and regulations are met. During the construction process - an inspector will be called to review the construction of specific part

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37. 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.






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






39. 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.






40. Laminated Veneer Lumber: Dried wood veneers laminated in layers - all oriented in the same direction - to form a large structural member.






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






42. Design-Build






43. 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.






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






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






46. Use air-entrainment in the concrete mix






47. Concrete: A composite material consisting of portland cement - coarse aggregate (crushed stone) - fine aggregate (sand) - and water.






48. Schematic Design






49. 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






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