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Building Construction Management Vocab

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






2. 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






3. Design-Bid-Build






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






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6. Sheet steel that is hot-dip galvanized.






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






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






10. A panelized material applied to the exterior surfaces of wood or light-gauge steel frame members to add rigidity to the frame and to serve as a base for (wall) cladding or roofing.






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






12. 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.






13. Wrought iron is corrosive resistant - time consuming to make - and contains about .02% carbon. VS. Mild Steel contains .1-2.5% carbon and is much stronger and easier to make.






14. Schematic Design






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






16. 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.






17. 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.






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






19. Wrought iron is corrosive resistant - time consuming to make - and contains about .02% carbon. VS. Mild Steel contains .1-2.5% carbon and is much stronger and easier to make.






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






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






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






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






24. 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.






25. One-Way Slab: An elevated reinforced concrete slab where most of the load on the slab is carried to the supporting beams in one direction; a four-sided - supported rectangular slab whose length is greater than or equal to twice its width. Two Way Sla






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






28. Construction Document






29. 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.






30. 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.






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. 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






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






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






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






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






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






38. Design-Build






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






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






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






42. 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.






43. 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.






44. 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.






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






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






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






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






49. 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.






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







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