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Building Construction Management Vocab

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1. A beam that spans between columns on the exterior face of a frame structure.






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






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






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






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






6. 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.






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






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






9. 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






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






11. 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.






12. 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.






13. 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.






14. 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.






15. 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






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






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






18. Use air-entrainment in the concrete mix






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






21. Rebar: An deformed steel bar used as concrete reinforcement. Welded-Wire Reinforcement: A prefabricated rectangular grid of steel wires spot-welded together at intersections - used as reinforcement in concrete slabs.






22. ...






23. Design-Build






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






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






26. 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.






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






28. Flat glass obtained by heating and then gradually cooling it to relieve internal stresses that develop during the early stage of its manufacturing process. Annealed glass is the basic form of flat glass.






29. 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






30. 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.






31. Sheet steel that is hot-dip galvanized.






32. 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.






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






34. 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.






35. Construction Management






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






37. 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






38. Use air-entrainment in the concrete mix






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






40. 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.






41. 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.






42. Advantages: High early strength Disadvantages: Very expensive






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






44. 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.






45. 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.






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






47. A type of tempered glass obtained from a process that reduces (or eliminates) the possibility of spontaneous breakage of tempered glass during its service life.






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






49. Floating: The process of smoothing a freshly placed concrete surface after it has been struck (leveled).






50. 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.