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Building Construction Management Vocab

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






2. 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.






3. 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.






4. 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.






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






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






7. 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.






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






9. 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


10. 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.






11. A glass that reflects incoming visible radiation due to a very thin metal oxide coating on one side.






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13. Advantages: High early strength Disadvantages: Very expensive






14. 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.






15. Design-Bid-Build






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






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






18. 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.






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.






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






21. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






27. 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.






28. Design Development






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






30. 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.






31. 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.






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






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






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






35. 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.






36. Construction Document






37. 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.






38. 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.






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






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






41. 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.






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






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






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






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






46. 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.






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






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






49. 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


50. Construction Document