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Building Construction Management Vocab
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1. Fabricated at the manufacture's plant. Reinforced in both directions. Uses a steel stud backup wall.
Slump Test
Bentonite Slurry Wall
Prefabricated brick panel curtainwall
Column Footing
2. A type of concrete foundation where one large - combined footing is used for several columns and load-bearing walls - often for the entire building. A concrete slab-on-ground used as foundation for light frame buildings is the simplest type of mat fo
Rebar and Welded Wire Fabric (WWF)
curtain walls
Mat Foundation
Laminated glass
3. Design-Bid-Build
CD
The Three Parts of Construction Management
Advantages and Disadvantages of High Strength Concrete
DBB
4. A type of glass made by adding a metallic pigment during manufacture.
Steps in Forming a Reinforced Concrete Wall
Tinted glass
Glue-Laminated Lumber
Permanent Concrete Freeze-Thaw Protection
5. ...
Backup wall
Precasting vs Site-Casting: Methods & Pros and Cons
Performance vs. Prescriptive Code Provisions
Admixture
6. Sheet steel that is hot-dip galvanized.
Column Footing
Cold-Formed Light Gauge Steel Members
Rafter
EIFS
7. 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.
Contiguous Bored Concrete Piles and Secant Piles
Stucco - its components and layers
Sheathing
Performance vs. Prescriptive Code Provisions
8. Stone panels attached to a backup wall or curtain wall frame.
Soldier Piles and Lagging
Differential/Uniform Foundation Settlement
Friction vs. End-bearing Pile
Stone cladding
9. Draining the soil around the excavations so that the groundwater level falls below the elevation of proposed excavation.
Dewatering
The Three Parts of Construction Management
Pre-tentioning and Post-tentioning
CD
10. 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.
Shallow vs. Deep Foundations
Sheathing
The role of lime in mortar and mortar types
Wood Light Framing
11. M = Least amount of lime; O = Most lime; N = Second most lime; S = Second least lime
Rafter
DBB
The role of lime in mortar and mortar types
SD
12. 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.
Bentonite Slurry Wall
Sheathing
Contiguous Bored Concrete Piles and Secant Piles
OSB
13. 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.
Advantages and Disadvantages of High Strength Concrete
Wrought iron v. mild steel
Flex anchors
Sheet Piles and Shoring
14. Schematic Design
Plasticizers
SD
CD
Truss - Bottom Chord and Top Chord
15. A document that describes regulations for the use of land in a particular jurisdiction.
Dimensional Lumber - and nominal vs actual dimensions
Friction vs. End-bearing Pile
Stone cladding
Zoning Ordinance
16. 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.
Sump and Well Point Dewatering
Tendons
AISC standard structural shapes
Pre-tentioning and Post-tentioning
17. 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.
PSL
Floating and Troweling
Engineered Lumber
The role of lime in mortar and mortar types
18. Material added to concrete mix to influence its performance.
DD
Admixture
PSL
reflective glass
19. 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.
curtain walls
Wrought iron v. mild steel
DB
Cee Channel - Runner Channel - Tracks
20. Exterior wall cladding system suspended from or supported by the structural frame of the building.
Performance vs. Prescriptive Code Provisions
Slump Test
curtain walls
Tendons
21. Differential: The building's foundation settles at different rates at different points. Uniform: The building's foundation settles at a uniform rate.
Differential/Uniform Foundation Settlement
Flat-Sawn vs. Quarter-Sawn Lumber
Column Footing
Flat-Sawn vs. Quarter-Sawn Lumber
22. Chemical compounds that are used in concrete mixes to increase the workability of the mix without reducing the slump.
Rebar and Welded Wire Fabric (WWF)
Plasticizers
Zoning Ordinance
Dimensional Lumber - and nominal vs actual dimensions
23. 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
CM
Zoning Ordinance
tempered glass
24. 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.
One-Way vs. Two-Way Slabs
GFRC
Wood Light Framing
Cold Weather Concrete Construction Protection Measures
25. 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
One-Way vs. Two-Way Slabs
DBB
Strip Footing
Stone cladding
26. ...
Shallow vs. Deep Foundations
Engineered Lumber
Pressure Treated Lumber
Prefabricated v. site-built masonry cladding
27. Concrete: A composite material consisting of portland cement - coarse aggregate (crushed stone) - fine aggregate (sand) - and water.
Spandrel beam
Concrete - its components - and their function in the mix
Pressure Treated Lumber
Cee Channel - Runner Channel - Tracks
28. Construction Document
Pre-tentioning and Post-tentioning
Wood Light Framing
CD
Slump Test
29. 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.
Concrete Control Joints and Cold Joints
Hollow Core Slabs and Planks
low-e coating
Joist
30. 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.
PSL
Building Code
Flex anchors
Bentonite Slurry Wall
31. 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
Cee Channel - Runner Channel - Tracks
Differential/Uniform Foundation Settlement
Stone cladding
32. 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
Pre-tentioning and Post-tentioning
Pressure Treated Lumber
tempered glass
Engineered Lumber
33. M = Least amount of lime; O = Most lime; N = Second most lime; S = Second least lime
Sheathing
Veneer
The role of lime in mortar and mortar types
Sheet Piles and Shoring
34. Truss: a structural member with triangulated - linear elements - typically used for large spans. Bottom Chord:
Truss - Bottom Chord and Top Chord
Stone cladding
Cold-Formed Light Gauge Steel Members
heat-soaked tempered glass
35. Pile: Driven or drilled long - slender foundation element. Pile: a piece of machinery used to drive piles into the ground.
Pile and Pile Driver
Sheet Piles and Shoring
Wood Light Framing
Tendons
36. A fastener that connects an exterior cladding to the supporting frame to resist lateral loads
Plasticizers
Tie Backs
Bentonite Slurry Wall
Wood Light Framing
37. Draining the soil around the excavations so that the groundwater level falls below the elevation of proposed excavation.
Laydown Yard/Staging Area
Dewatering
CD
AISC standard structural shapes
38. Design-Build
DD
EIFS
Performance vs. Prescriptive Code Provisions
DB
39. A legal document that regulates the design and construction of buildings to ensure that the buildings meet minimum standards of health - safety - and welfare.
Engineered Lumber
SD
Building Code
Spandrel beam
40. Metal panels consisting of polyurethane foam sandwiched between and bonded to two metal sheets - used in curtain wall applications.
Backup wall
Advantages and Disadvantages of High Strength Concrete
Insulated metal panels
Prefabricated v. site-built masonry cladding
41. Lumber that ranges from 2 in. to 4 in. thick. The actual dimensions are smaller than the nominal dimensions.
Dimensional Lumber - and nominal vs actual dimensions
Floating and Troweling
OSB
PSL
42. 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.
Pressure Treated Lumber
Insulated metal panels
Insulated metal panels
EIFS
43. 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.
EIFS
Rafter
Suspended ceiling
PSL
44. 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.
Building Inspector's Process
Slip-critical v. snug-tight connections
Slump Test
Stone cladding
45. A framing system that mimics wood light frame construction - but the elements are made of cold-formed - galvanized sheet steel.
Light-Gauge Steel Framing
Contiguous Bored Concrete Piles and Secant Piles
Contiguous Bored Concrete Piles and Secant Piles
Concrete - its components - and their function in the mix
46. Place where materials are stored on or near the project site.
Wrought iron v. mild steel
Dimensional Lumber - and nominal vs actual dimensions
Laydown Yard/Staging Area
Flat-Sawn vs. Quarter-Sawn Lumber
47. Fabricated at the manufacture's plant. Reinforced in both directions. Uses a steel stud backup wall.
Floating and Troweling
Prefabricated brick panel curtainwall
Spandrel beam
curtain walls
48. Material added to concrete mix to influence its performance.
Performance vs. Prescriptive Code Provisions
Suspended ceiling
Admixture
Flat-Sawn vs. Quarter-Sawn Lumber
49. 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
Insulated metal panels
Stucco - its components and layers
Sump and Well Point Dewatering
50. Truss: a structural member with triangulated - linear elements - typically used for large spans. Bottom Chord:
Dimensional Lumber - and nominal vs actual dimensions
Engineered Lumber
Truss - Bottom Chord and Top Chord
Annealed glass
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