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Building Construction Management Vocab
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1. 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.
Wood Light Framing
Sheathing
Wrought iron v. mild steel
Fire Resistance Rating
2. A thin layer of material over a back-up component.
Cold-Formed Light Gauge Steel Members
The Three Phases of Construction Management
Veneer
Prefabricated brick panel curtainwall
3. Slender - closely spaced - parallel beams in a wood light (or light-gauge steel) frame floor.
Building Code
Joist
CD
Performance vs. Prescriptive Code Provisions
4. 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.
PSL
Sheathing
Concrete - its components - and their function in the mix
Fire Safety Exiting Requirements
5. Place where materials are stored on or near the project site.
Rebar and Welded Wire Fabric (WWF)
Laydown Yard/Staging Area
Stone cladding
Admixture
6. ...
Cold Weather Concrete Construction Protection Measures
Dimensional Lumber - and nominal vs actual dimensions
Zoning Ordinance
Precasting vs Site-Casting: Methods & Pros and Cons
7. Pre-Construction - Construction - and Post-Construction Phases
Insulated metal panels
Soldier Piles and Lagging
heat-soaked tempered glass
The Three Phases of Construction Management
8. Exterior Sheathing - Water resistant membrane - flashing with weep holes - self-adhering rubberized asphalt membrane - self-furring metal base - scratch coat - brown coat - finish coat.
AISC standard structural shapes
Stucco - its components and layers
CD
tempered glass
9. Cost - Schedule - and Quality
The Three Parts of Construction Management
Tie Backs
Concrete Control Joints and Cold Joints
Wrought iron v. mild steel
10. Pile: Driven or drilled long - slender foundation element. Pile: a piece of machinery used to drive piles into the ground.
Pile and Pile Driver
Wood Light Framing
Engineered Lumber
tempered glass
11. Type 1: General Use - Type 2: -Type 3: High Early Strength - Type 4: Low Heat of Hydration - Type 5: Sulfate Resistant
Type I-V Concrete - and the Roles for Each
GFRC
Dewatering
Glue-Laminated Lumber
12. Differential: The building's foundation settles at different rates at different points. Uniform: The building's foundation settles at a uniform rate.
heat-soaked tempered glass
The Three Phases of Construction Management
Differential/Uniform Foundation Settlement
Sheet Piles and Shoring
13. Sheet steel that is hot-dip galvanized.
Rafter
Cold-Formed Light Gauge Steel Members
CD
SD
14. Construction Document
CD
Soldier Piles and Lagging
Stone cladding
Tendons
15. Stone panels attached to a backup wall or curtain wall frame.
Hollow Core Slabs and Planks
Concrete Control Joints and Cold Joints
Stone cladding
Bentonite Slurry Wall
16. 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.
Flex anchors
Plasticizers
Sheet Piles and Shoring
Wrought iron v. mild steel
17. Slender - closely spaced - parallel beams in a wood light (or light-gauge steel) frame floor.
Joist
Tendons
AISC standard structural shapes
Tie Backs
18. The combination of high-strength steel strands - sleeves - and end anchorages used for post-tensioning concrete.
curtain walls
Caisson
Tendons
Fire Safety Exiting Requirements
19. 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.
Dewatering
Building Inspector's Process
Slump Test
Contiguous Bored Concrete Piles and Secant Piles
20. A thin layer of material over a back-up component.
Precasting vs Site-Casting: Methods & Pros and Cons
curtain walls
Annealed glass
Veneer
21. 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.
Floating and Troweling
Flat-Sawn vs. Quarter-Sawn Lumber
Soldier Piles and Lagging
Admixture
22. Control Joint: A sawed or tooled joint on the top surface of a concrete slab-on-ground; a continuous vertical joint in a concrete masonry wall. Cold Joint: A nonmovement joint resulting when fresh concrete is placed against previously placed concrete
Prefabricated brick panel curtainwall
Dimensional Lumber - and nominal vs actual dimensions
Concrete Control Joints and Cold Joints
OSB
23. Using concrete slab blankets or putting hot water in the concrete mix.
Differential/Uniform Foundation Settlement
Fire Safety Exiting Requirements
Cold Weather Concrete Construction Protection Measures
Re-Shoring
24. 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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Steps in Forming a Reinforced Concrete Wall
Column Footing
Building Code
One-Way vs. Two-Way Slabs
26. 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.
Stone cladding
Flex anchors
Rafter
Building Inspector's Process
27. ...
Precasting vs Site-Casting: Methods & Pros and Cons
Rafter
low-e coating
heat-soaked tempered glass
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
Stone cladding
Laydown Yard/Staging Area
Sump and Well Point Dewatering
Re-Shoring
29. A beam that spans between columns on the exterior face of a frame structure.
OSB
Spandrel beam
Precasting vs Site-Casting: Methods & Pros and Cons
Precasting vs Site-Casting: Methods & Pros and Cons
30. 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.
Tendons
Slump Test
Hollow Core Slabs and Planks
Truss - Bottom Chord and Top Chord
31. 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.
Permanent Concrete Freeze-Thaw Protection
EIFS
Backup wall
Rebar and Welded Wire Fabric (WWF)
32. I - C - L - T - Pipes - Tubes - round - Rectangular bars - plates
DBB
curtain walls
Steps in Forming a Reinforced Concrete Wall
AISC standard structural shapes
33. 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.
Sheet Piles and Shoring
low-e coating
The Three Phases of Construction Management
Dimensional Lumber - and nominal vs actual dimensions
34. 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.
Insulated metal panels
Re-Shoring
One-Way vs. Two-Way Slabs
Wood Light Framing
35. Design Development
Fire Safety Exiting Requirements
Floating and Troweling
DBB
DD
36. A framing system that mimics wood light frame construction - but the elements are made of cold-formed - galvanized sheet steel.
Joist
Light-Gauge Steel Framing
Flex anchors
Precasting vs Site-Casting: Methods & Pros and Cons
37. The combination of high-strength steel strands - sleeves - and end anchorages used for post-tensioning concrete.
low-e coating
Tendons
Slip-critical v. snug-tight connections
Concrete - its components - and their function in the mix
38. Cee Channel: Studs and joists - symbolized by S - Runner Channel: bridging channels - symbolized by you - Tracks: you shaped - symbolized by T
Cee Channel - Runner Channel - Tracks
Truss - Bottom Chord and Top Chord
Laminated glass
Re-Shoring
39. Exterior Sheathing - Water resistant membrane - flashing with weep holes - self-adhering rubberized asphalt membrane - self-furring metal base - scratch coat - brown coat - finish coat.
Stucco - its components and layers
Veneer
Permanent Concrete Freeze-Thaw Protection
Differential/Uniform Foundation Settlement
40. Exterior wall cladding system suspended from or supported by the structural frame of the building.
GFRC
Glue-Laminated Lumber
curtain walls
Advantages and Disadvantages of High Strength Concrete
41. Load=bearing or non-load bearing wall to which exterior cladding is adhered or anchored.
DD
Laydown Yard/Staging Area
Annealed glass
Backup wall
42. Shoring placed under concrete to support it while it cures.
Zoning Ordinance
OSB
Prefabricated brick panel curtainwall
Re-Shoring
43. 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.
Wrought iron v. mild steel
Pressure Treated Lumber
Tinted glass
Tie Backs
44. 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
Annealed glass
Spandrel beam
One-Way vs. Two-Way Slabs
Column Footing
45. Advantages: High early strength Disadvantages: Very expensive
Slip-critical v. snug-tight connections
Engineered Lumber
Differential/Uniform Foundation Settlement
Advantages and Disadvantages of High Strength Concrete
46. 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
Advantages and Disadvantages of High Strength Concrete
LVL
tempered glass
Soldier Piles and Lagging
47. Load=bearing or non-load bearing wall to which exterior cladding is adhered or anchored.
Backup wall
LVL
Cold Weather Concrete Construction Protection Measures
Steps in Forming a Reinforced Concrete Wall
48. Floating: The process of smoothing a freshly placed concrete surface after it has been struck (leveled).
Sheathing
Cee Channel - Runner Channel - Tracks
Tie Backs
Floating and Troweling
49. 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.
Engineered Lumber
Pressure Treated Lumber
Flat-Sawn vs. Quarter-Sawn Lumber
Friction vs. End-bearing Pile
50. 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.
Re-Shoring
Bentonite Slurry Wall
Permanent Concrete Freeze-Thaw Protection
Contiguous Bored Concrete Piles and Secant Piles