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Building Construction Management Vocab
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1. Pre-Construction - Construction - and Post-Construction Phases
The Three Phases of Construction Management
heat-soaked tempered glass
Contiguous Bored Concrete Piles and Secant Piles
CM
2. 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
curtain walls
tempered glass
Backup wall
Strip Footing
3. Design Development
Annealed glass
DD
Pile and Pile Driver
Laminated glass
4. Shallow Foundation: Used for all types of buildings and bear directly on the upper soil levels. Deep Foundation: Used where soil on the surface does not have adequate strength or is unstable. Consists of piles or piers.
Column Footing
Advantages and Disadvantages of High Strength Concrete
Shallow vs. Deep Foundations
Cee Channel - Runner Channel - Tracks
5. Draining the soil around the excavations so that the groundwater level falls below the elevation of proposed excavation.
Dewatering
Strip Footing
Prefabricated v. site-built masonry cladding
Performance vs. Prescriptive Code Provisions
6. 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.
Zoning Ordinance
Sump and Well Point Dewatering
Slump Test
low-e coating
7. Stone panels attached to a backup wall or curtain wall frame.
Concrete Control Joints and Cold Joints
Stone cladding
Laminated glass
Suspended ceiling
8. A thin layer of material over a back-up component.
Veneer
Fire Safety Exiting Requirements
Laydown Yard/Staging Area
Hollow Core Slabs and Planks
9. Schematic Design
Light-Gauge Steel Framing
SD
reflective glass
LVL
10. Sheet steel that is hot-dip galvanized.
Caisson
The role of lime in mortar and mortar types
Bentonite Slurry Wall
Cold-Formed Light Gauge Steel Members
11. I - C - L - T - Pipes - Tubes - round - Rectangular bars - plates
Building Code
Cee Channel - Runner Channel - Tracks
Friction vs. End-bearing Pile
AISC standard structural shapes
12. Include the width and height of the exit enclosures - fire resistance of materials used therein - and illumination levels in the exit enclosures.
Fire Safety Exiting Requirements
Mat Foundation
The Three Phases of Construction Management
low-e coating
13. Exterior Sheathing - Water resistant membrane - flashing with weep holes - self-adhering rubberized asphalt membrane - self-furring metal base - scratch coat - brown coat - finish coat.
Tendons
Stucco - its components and layers
Insulated metal panels
DD
14. Floating: The process of smoothing a freshly placed concrete surface after it has been struck (leveled).
One-Way vs. Two-Way Slabs
Floating and Troweling
Dimensional Lumber - and nominal vs actual dimensions
Hollow Core Slabs and Planks
15. Design-Build
DB
Tendons
Glue-Laminated Lumber
Light-Gauge Steel Framing
16. 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.
Soldier Piles and Lagging
Tie Backs
PSL
Hollow Core Slabs and Planks
17. Used where columns are lightly loaded or bear on soils with a high bearing capacity.
Admixture
Column Footing
CM
Fire Resistance Rating
18. A framing system that mimics wood light frame construction - but the elements are made of cold-formed - galvanized sheet steel.
Tinted glass
The role of lime in mortar and mortar types
Light-Gauge Steel Framing
One-Way vs. Two-Way Slabs
19. 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.
Hollow Core Slabs and Planks
Rafter
AISC standard structural shapes
LVL
20. A manufactured wood product rated for structural applications - such as plywood - oriented strandboard - or laminated veneer lumber.
Engineered Lumber
Pressure Treated Lumber
Zoning Ordinance
heat-soaked tempered glass
21. Floating: The process of smoothing a freshly placed concrete surface after it has been struck (leveled).
Flat-Sawn vs. Quarter-Sawn Lumber
Sump and Well Point Dewatering
SD
Floating and Troweling
22. Cost - Schedule - and Quality
curtain walls
The Three Parts of Construction Management
Contiguous Bored Concrete Piles and Secant Piles
Hollow Core Slabs and Planks
23. Lengths of dimension lumber - glued and laminated together to create a structural member of a large cross section.
Glue-Laminated Lumber
Steps in Forming a Reinforced Concrete Wall
Stucco - its components and layers
Hollow Core Slabs and Planks
24. 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.
EIFS
Annealed glass
Hollow Core Slabs and Planks
Glue-Laminated Lumber
25. 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.
SD
Rafter
Shallow vs. Deep Foundations
Mat Foundation
26. Slender - closely spaced - parallel beams in a wood light (or light-gauge steel) frame floor.
Mat Foundation
Plasticizers
Rafter
Joist
27. 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.
Slump Test
Dimensional Lumber - and nominal vs actual dimensions
Prefabricated brick panel curtainwall
The Three Phases of Construction Management
28. 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.
Friction vs. End-bearing Pile
Advantages and Disadvantages of High Strength Concrete
Permanent Concrete Freeze-Thaw Protection
Rafter
29. 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.
Suspended ceiling
Wood Light Framing
Fire Resistance Rating
Differential/Uniform Foundation Settlement
30. 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.
Rebar and Welded Wire Fabric (WWF)
Steps in Forming a Reinforced Concrete Wall
Building Inspector's Process
heat-soaked tempered glass
31. 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.
Concrete - its components - and their function in the mix
Prefabricated brick panel curtainwall
Contiguous Bored Concrete Piles and Secant Piles
Light-Gauge Steel Framing
32. Load=bearing or non-load bearing wall to which exterior cladding is adhered or anchored.
Backup wall
Differential/Uniform Foundation Settlement
Prefabricated v. site-built masonry cladding
Pressure Treated Lumber
33. Concrete: A composite material consisting of portland cement - coarse aggregate (crushed stone) - fine aggregate (sand) - and water.
Sheet Piles and Shoring
Floating and Troweling
Concrete - its components - and their function in the mix
Building Code
34. 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.
CD
LVL
Fire Safety Exiting Requirements
Sheathing
35. Two pieces of glass laminated under heat and pressure to a plastic interlayer to form a fused unit.
Suspended ceiling
Rafter
Cee Channel - Runner Channel - Tracks
Laminated glass
36. Fabricated at the manufacture's plant. Reinforced in both directions. Uses a steel stud backup wall.
Tendons
Bentonite Slurry Wall
Prefabricated brick panel curtainwall
Flat-Sawn vs. Quarter-Sawn Lumber
37. 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.
Column Footing
heat-soaked tempered glass
OSB
Spandrel beam
38. The combination of high-strength steel strands - sleeves - and end anchorages used for post-tensioning concrete.
The Three Phases of Construction Management
Tinted glass
Veneer
Tendons
39. Metal panels consisting of polyurethane foam sandwiched between and bonded to two metal sheets - used in curtain wall applications.
heat-soaked tempered glass
Insulated metal panels
Sheathing
One-Way vs. Two-Way Slabs
40. A ceiling hung from the overlying floor or roof structure.
Veneer
Suspended ceiling
Performance vs. Prescriptive Code Provisions
Friction vs. End-bearing Pile
41. M = Least amount of lime; O = Most lime; N = Second most lime; S = Second least lime
Slip-critical v. snug-tight connections
Prefabricated brick panel curtainwall
The Three Phases of Construction Management
The role of lime in mortar and mortar types
42. 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.
Contiguous Bored Concrete Piles and Secant Piles
Engineered Lumber
Annealed glass
Building Inspector's Process
43. 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
Engineered Lumber
Concrete Control Joints and Cold Joints
Flex anchors
Stucco - its components and layers
44. Chemical compounds that are used in concrete mixes to increase the workability of the mix without reducing the slump.
DD
Permanent Concrete Freeze-Thaw Protection
Plasticizers
heat-soaked tempered glass
45. 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.
Wood Light Framing
Caisson
Soldier Piles and Lagging
CD
46. 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
Cold-Formed Light Gauge Steel Members
Fire Resistance Rating
Concrete Control Joints and Cold Joints
Slump Test
47. Laminated Veneer Lumber: Dried wood veneers laminated in layers - all oriented in the same direction - to form a large structural member.
PSL
Differential/Uniform Foundation Settlement
Concrete - its components - and their function in the mix
LVL
48. 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.
Friction vs. End-bearing Pile
Hollow Core Slabs and Planks
Concrete - its components - and their function in the mix
Veneer
49. 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
Flat-Sawn vs. Quarter-Sawn Lumber
Backup wall
Sheathing
Insulated metal panels
50. 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.
Tie Backs
Glue-Laminated Lumber
Engineered Lumber
heat-soaked tempered glass