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Building Construction Management Vocab

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1. 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.






2. Pre-Construction - Construction - and Post-Construction Phases






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






4. Construction Management






5. 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.






6. 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.






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






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






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






10. 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.






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






12. 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.






13. Sheet steel that is hot-dip galvanized.






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






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






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17. 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






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






19. Design Development






20. Construction Management






21. Design-Build






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






23. 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.






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25. 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.






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






27. Design-Bid-Build






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






29. 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






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






31. 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.






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






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






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






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






36. Use air-entrainment in the concrete mix






37. 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.






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






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






40. Advantages: High early strength Disadvantages: Very expensive






41. 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.






42. Advantages: High early strength Disadvantages: Very expensive






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






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






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






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






47. Cost - Schedule - and Quality






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






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.