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Building Construction Management Vocab
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1. 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.
DD
One-Way vs. Two-Way Slabs
Contiguous Bored Concrete Piles and Secant Piles
Building Code
2. Cee Channel: Studs and joists - symbolized by S - Runner Channel: bridging channels - symbolized by you - Tracks: you shaped - symbolized by T
heat-soaked tempered glass
Tinted glass
Slump Test
Cee Channel - Runner Channel - Tracks
3. 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.
Strip Footing
Type I-V Concrete - and the Roles for Each
GFRC
Caisson
4. 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.
Flex anchors
Glue-Laminated Lumber
Pressure Treated Lumber
The role of lime in mortar and mortar types
5. 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.
Pre-tentioning and Post-tentioning
PSL
Annealed glass
Wrought iron v. mild steel
6. Schematic Design
reflective glass
SD
Fire Resistance Rating
Differential/Uniform Foundation Settlement
7. 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.
Rebar and Welded Wire Fabric (WWF)
PSL
Hollow Core Slabs and Planks
Sheet Piles and Shoring
8. Laminated Veneer Lumber: Dried wood veneers laminated in layers - all oriented in the same direction - to form a large structural member.
LVL
Hollow Core Slabs and Planks
Strip Footing
Flat-Sawn vs. Quarter-Sawn Lumber
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.
Slip-critical v. snug-tight connections
The Three Phases of Construction Management
The Three Phases of Construction Management
curtain walls
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
Type I-V Concrete - and the Roles for Each
Spandrel beam
Flat-Sawn vs. Quarter-Sawn Lumber
Pressure Treated Lumber
11. Construction Management
Joist
CM
reflective glass
low-e coating
12. Floating: The process of smoothing a freshly placed concrete surface after it has been struck (leveled).
Floating and Troweling
Admixture
Cold Weather Concrete Construction Protection Measures
One-Way vs. Two-Way Slabs
13. Schematic Design
CD
SD
Column Footing
Backup wall
14. A legal document that regulates the design and construction of buildings to ensure that the buildings meet minimum standards of health - safety - and welfare.
Admixture
Building Code
Sheet Piles and Shoring
Pressure Treated Lumber
15. Concrete: A composite material consisting of portland cement - coarse aggregate (crushed stone) - fine aggregate (sand) - and water.
Concrete - its components - and their function in the mix
Flex anchors
OSB
Pre-tentioning and Post-tentioning
16. Exterior wall cladding system suspended from or supported by the structural frame of the building.
LVL
Shallow vs. Deep Foundations
Plasticizers
curtain walls
17. 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.
One-Way vs. Two-Way Slabs
Cee Channel - Runner Channel - Tracks
Floating and Troweling
Performance vs. Prescriptive Code Provisions
18. Metal panels consisting of polyurethane foam sandwiched between and bonded to two metal sheets - used in curtain wall applications.
Concrete - its components - and their function in the mix
Concrete Control Joints and Cold Joints
Insulated metal panels
Mat Foundation
19. Draining the soil around the excavations so that the groundwater level falls below the elevation of proposed excavation.
Backup wall
Dewatering
Building Inspector's Process
Sump and Well Point Dewatering
20. Design-Build
Contiguous Bored Concrete Piles and Secant Piles
Column Footing
DB
Wrought iron v. mild steel
21. The combination of high-strength steel strands - sleeves - and end anchorages used for post-tensioning concrete.
Prefabricated brick panel curtainwall
AISC standard structural shapes
Joist
Tendons
22. 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.
Slip-critical v. snug-tight connections
Cold-Formed Light Gauge Steel Members
Friction vs. End-bearing Pile
Differential/Uniform Foundation Settlement
23. Draining the soil around the excavations so that the groundwater level falls below the elevation of proposed excavation.
Precasting vs Site-Casting: Methods & Pros and Cons
Building Code
Dewatering
Fire Safety Exiting Requirements
24. Truss: a structural member with triangulated - linear elements - typically used for large spans. Bottom Chord:
Tinted glass
Truss - Bottom Chord and Top Chord
Type I-V Concrete - and the Roles for Each
Concrete Control Joints and Cold Joints
25. 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.
Contiguous Bored Concrete Piles and Secant Piles
Flat-Sawn vs. Quarter-Sawn Lumber
Building Inspector's Process
Zoning Ordinance
26. Lumber that ranges from 2 in. to 4 in. thick. The actual dimensions are smaller than the nominal dimensions.
Contiguous Bored Concrete Piles and Secant Piles
The role of lime in mortar and mortar types
Dimensional Lumber - and nominal vs actual dimensions
Flex anchors
27. A thin layer of material over a back-up component.
low-e coating
Veneer
Sump and Well Point Dewatering
LVL
28. The combination of high-strength steel strands - sleeves - and end anchorages used for post-tensioning concrete.
DBB
Suspended ceiling
Bentonite Slurry Wall
Tendons
29. ...
Steps in Forming a Reinforced Concrete Wall
Veneer
Backup wall
Fire Safety Exiting Requirements
30. Fabricated at the manufacture's plant. Reinforced in both directions. Uses a steel stud backup wall.
AISC standard structural shapes
Prefabricated brick panel curtainwall
Glue-Laminated Lumber
The Three Phases of Construction Management
31. 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.
Slip-critical v. snug-tight connections
Bentonite Slurry Wall
Flex anchors
Wood Light Framing
32. Construction Management
Flat-Sawn vs. Quarter-Sawn Lumber
The Three Phases of Construction Management
CM
SD
33. 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
Fire Resistance Rating
Strip Footing
One-Way vs. Two-Way Slabs
Cold Weather Concrete Construction Protection Measures
34. Two pieces of glass laminated under heat and pressure to a plastic interlayer to form a fused unit.
Performance vs. Prescriptive Code Provisions
Caisson
Laminated glass
Soldier Piles and Lagging
35. A beam that spans between columns on the exterior face of a frame structure.
Veneer
Spandrel beam
Flat-Sawn vs. Quarter-Sawn Lumber
Backup wall
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.
Sheet Piles and Shoring
One-Way vs. Two-Way Slabs
Wood Light Framing
Cee Channel - Runner Channel - Tracks
37. Include the width and height of the exit enclosures - fire resistance of materials used therein - and illumination levels in the exit enclosures.
One-Way vs. Two-Way Slabs
Column Footing
Fire Resistance Rating
Fire Safety Exiting Requirements
38. 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
PSL
Contiguous Bored Concrete Piles and Secant Piles
tempered glass
The Three Parts of Construction Management
39. 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
Cold-Formed Light Gauge Steel Members
Slump Test
Hollow Core Slabs and Planks
Sump and Well Point Dewatering
40. 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.
CD
GFRC
OSB
Floating and Troweling
41. Concrete: A composite material consisting of portland cement - coarse aggregate (crushed stone) - fine aggregate (sand) - and water.
Pile and Pile Driver
Building Inspector's Process
Rafter
Concrete - its components - and their function in the mix
42. M = Least amount of lime; O = Most lime; N = Second most lime; S = Second least lime
Suspended ceiling
DD
The role of lime in mortar and mortar types
Strip Footing
43. 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.
Bentonite Slurry Wall
Dewatering
Steps in Forming a Reinforced Concrete Wall
Slump Test
44. 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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45. Pre-Construction - Construction - and Post-Construction Phases
Advantages and Disadvantages of High Strength Concrete
The Three Phases of Construction Management
Backup wall
DB
46. 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.
Zoning Ordinance
Bentonite Slurry Wall
Cee Channel - Runner Channel - Tracks
Plasticizers
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.
Building Code
reflective glass
Permanent Concrete Freeze-Thaw Protection
Slump Test
48. Differential: The building's foundation settles at different rates at different points. Uniform: The building's foundation settles at a uniform rate.
Suspended ceiling
Building Code
Concrete - its components - and their function in the mix
Differential/Uniform Foundation Settlement
49. Truss: a structural member with triangulated - linear elements - typically used for large spans. Bottom Chord:
Precasting vs Site-Casting: Methods & Pros and Cons
Caisson
Dewatering
Truss - Bottom Chord and Top Chord
50. Load=bearing or non-load bearing wall to which exterior cladding is adhered or anchored.
Annealed glass
Backup wall
Prefabricated brick panel curtainwall
Prefabricated brick panel curtainwall