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Building Construction Management Vocab

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






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






3. 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.






4. A ceiling hung from the overlying floor or roof structure.






5. Cost - Schedule - and Quality






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






7. Use air-entrainment in the concrete mix






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






9. 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.






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






11. 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.






12. 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.






13. 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.






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






15. M = Least amount of lime; O = Most lime; N = Second most lime; S = Second least lime






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






17. 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.






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






19. 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.






20. 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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21. Using concrete slab blankets or putting hot water in the concrete mix.






22. Sheet steel that is hot-dip galvanized.






23. 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.






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.






25. Design Development






26. Advantages: High early strength Disadvantages: Very expensive






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






28. 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.






29. Used commonly for load-bearing wood - masonry - or concrete walls.






30. Schematic Design






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






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






33. A manufactured wood product rated for structural applications - such as plywood - oriented strandboard - or laminated veneer lumber.






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






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






36. 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.






37. 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






38. 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.






39. 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.






40. Construction Document






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






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






43. 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.






44. Fabricated at the manufacture's plant. Reinforced in both directions. Uses a steel stud backup wall.






45. A manufactured wood product rated for structural applications - such as plywood - oriented strandboard - or laminated veneer lumber.






46. 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.






47. Include the width and height of the exit enclosures - fire resistance of materials used therein - and illumination levels in the exit enclosures.






48. 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






49. Cost - Schedule - and Quality






50. Advantages: High early strength Disadvantages: Very expensive