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Building Construction Management Vocab
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1. A document that describes regulations for the use of land in a particular jurisdiction.
Tinted glass
Zoning Ordinance
Annealed glass
Soldier Piles and Lagging
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
The Three Parts of Construction Management
Sheet Piles and Shoring
tempered glass
Zoning Ordinance
3. Exterior Sheathing - Water resistant membrane - flashing with weep holes - self-adhering rubberized asphalt membrane - self-furring metal base - scratch coat - brown coat - finish coat.
Soldier Piles and Lagging
CM
Stucco - its components and layers
Building Code
4. 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.
Slump Test
Truss - Bottom Chord and Top Chord
Engineered Lumber
Wood Light Framing
5. 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.
Laydown Yard/Staging Area
Rebar and Welded Wire Fabric (WWF)
Slump Test
Concrete Control Joints and Cold Joints
6. 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.
CD
Dewatering
Slip-critical v. snug-tight connections
EIFS
7. The combination of high-strength steel strands - sleeves - and end anchorages used for post-tensioning concrete.
Zoning Ordinance
Suspended ceiling
Tendons
Zoning Ordinance
8. Cost - Schedule - and Quality
Tendons
Dimensional Lumber - and nominal vs actual dimensions
Hollow Core Slabs and Planks
The Three Parts of Construction Management
9. 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.
Cold Weather Concrete Construction Protection Measures
One-Way vs. Two-Way Slabs
EIFS
Wrought iron v. mild steel
10. 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 Weather Concrete Construction Protection Measures
Concrete Control Joints and Cold Joints
Shallow vs. Deep Foundations
Prefabricated brick panel curtainwall
11. Material added to concrete mix to influence its performance.
GFRC
Sump and Well Point Dewatering
Admixture
Shallow vs. Deep Foundations
12. Slender - closely spaced - parallel beams in a wood light (or light-gauge steel) frame floor.
Light-Gauge Steel Framing
Joist
Contiguous Bored Concrete Piles and Secant Piles
Flat-Sawn vs. Quarter-Sawn Lumber
13. Construction Management
EIFS
CM
Column Footing
Laminated glass
14. Cee Channel: Studs and joists - symbolized by S - Runner Channel: bridging channels - symbolized by you - Tracks: you shaped - symbolized by T
Tie Backs
Tie Backs
Cee Channel - Runner Channel - Tracks
Sump and Well Point Dewatering
15. 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.
GFRC
Fire Resistance Rating
Backup wall
Slump Test
16. 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.
Wrought iron v. mild steel
Tendons
Rebar and Welded Wire Fabric (WWF)
Permanent Concrete Freeze-Thaw Protection
17. 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.
Insulated metal panels
CM
Light-Gauge Steel Framing
Pressure Treated Lumber
18. A glass that reflects incoming visible radiation due to a very thin metal oxide coating on one side.
Veneer
Fire Resistance Rating
reflective glass
Prefabricated brick panel curtainwall
19. A ceiling hung from the overlying floor or roof structure.
The Three Parts of Construction Management
LVL
Suspended ceiling
Hollow Core Slabs and Planks
20. Place where materials are stored on or near the project site.
Laydown Yard/Staging Area
OSB
SD
Insulated metal panels
21. Used where columns are lightly loaded or bear on soils with a high bearing capacity.
Slip-critical v. snug-tight connections
Bentonite Slurry Wall
Tie Backs
Column Footing
22. ...
Advantages and Disadvantages of High Strength Concrete
Strip Footing
reflective glass
Steps in Forming a Reinforced Concrete Wall
23. 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.
Bentonite Slurry Wall
GFRC
DD
Dimensional Lumber - and nominal vs actual dimensions
24. 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
One-Way vs. Two-Way Slabs
Slump Test
Strip Footing
25. Place where materials are stored on or near the project site.
OSB
Laydown Yard/Staging Area
Precasting vs Site-Casting: Methods & Pros and Cons
Contiguous Bored Concrete Piles and Secant Piles
26. 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.
Dimensional Lumber - and nominal vs actual dimensions
Tendons
Flex anchors
Precasting vs Site-Casting: Methods & Pros and Cons
27. Sheet steel that is hot-dip galvanized.
Dimensional Lumber - and nominal vs actual dimensions
Admixture
Cold-Formed Light Gauge Steel Members
Fire Resistance Rating
28. Two pieces of glass laminated under heat and pressure to a plastic interlayer to form a fused unit.
Concrete Control Joints and Cold Joints
heat-soaked tempered glass
Laminated glass
PSL
29. Concrete: A composite material consisting of portland cement - coarse aggregate (crushed stone) - fine aggregate (sand) - and water.
Concrete - its components - and their function in the mix
The role of lime in mortar and mortar types
Building Code
Floating and Troweling
30. 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
Slip-critical v. snug-tight connections
Concrete - its components - and their function in the mix
tempered glass
Fire Resistance Rating
31. Draining the soil around the excavations so that the groundwater level falls below the elevation of proposed excavation.
Dewatering
Concrete Control Joints and Cold Joints
Column Footing
Stone cladding
32. Design Development
low-e coating
Stucco - its components and layers
Slip-critical v. snug-tight connections
DD
33. Shoring placed under concrete to support it while it cures.
SD
Wood Light Framing
Re-Shoring
The Three Parts of Construction Management
34. 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
Plasticizers
heat-soaked tempered glass
Engineered Lumber
35. 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.
Prefabricated v. site-built masonry cladding
Strip Footing
heat-soaked tempered glass
Flex anchors
36. 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.
Sheathing
heat-soaked tempered glass
The Three Phases of Construction Management
GFRC
37. A beam that spans between columns on the exterior face of a frame structure.
Wood Light Framing
Stucco - its components and layers
Spandrel beam
Engineered Lumber
38. ...
Light-Gauge Steel Framing
Tendons
Pressure Treated Lumber
Steps in Forming a Reinforced Concrete Wall
39. 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.
Cold-Formed Light Gauge Steel Members
Zoning Ordinance
GFRC
Sump and Well Point Dewatering
40. 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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41. 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
Admixture
Joist
CD
42. Use air-entrainment in the concrete mix
Permanent Concrete Freeze-Thaw Protection
Glue-Laminated Lumber
Steps in Forming a Reinforced Concrete Wall
Sump and Well Point Dewatering
43. Schematic Design
The Three Parts of Construction Management
Dimensional Lumber - and nominal vs actual dimensions
Pressure Treated Lumber
SD
44. 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.
Concrete - its components - and their function in the mix
Slump Test
Stucco - its components and layers
AISC standard structural shapes
45. ...
Hollow Core Slabs and Planks
DB
Prefabricated v. site-built masonry cladding
Light-Gauge Steel Framing
46. 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
CM
Rafter
47. 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.
Soldier Piles and Lagging
Glue-Laminated Lumber
Performance vs. Prescriptive Code Provisions
Concrete - its components - and their function in the mix
48. 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.
Prefabricated brick panel curtainwall
Fire Resistance Rating
Admixture
Rafter
49. Slender - closely spaced - parallel beams in a wood light (or light-gauge steel) frame floor.
Joist
Admixture
Stone cladding
SD
50. Load=bearing or non-load bearing wall to which exterior cladding is adhered or anchored.
Annealed glass
Backup wall
The Three Parts of Construction Management
Dewatering