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Building Construction Management Vocab

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1. Cost - Schedule - and Quality






2. Chemical compounds that are used in concrete mixes to increase the workability of the mix without reducing the slump.






3. 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






4. Use air-entrainment in the concrete mix






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






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






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






8. Schematic Design






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






11. Stone panels attached to a backup wall or curtain wall frame.






12. 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.






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






15. Type 1: General Use - Type 2: -Type 3: High Early Strength - Type 4: Low Heat of Hydration - Type 5: Sulfate Resistant






16. Two pieces of glass laminated under heat and pressure to a plastic interlayer to form a fused unit.






17. 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.






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






19. Design-Build






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






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






22. Cost - Schedule - and Quality






23. 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.






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






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






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






27. Chemical compounds that are used in concrete mixes to increase the workability of the mix without reducing the slump.






28. 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.






29. Construction Management






30. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






37. 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






38. Stone panels attached to a backup wall or curtain wall frame.






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






40. Exterior wall cladding system suspended from or supported by the structural frame of the building.






41. ...






42. A framing system that mimics wood light frame construction - but the elements are made of cold-formed - galvanized sheet steel.






43. 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.






44. 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.






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






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. A document that describes regulations for the use of land in a particular jurisdiction.






48. 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.






49. 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.






50. 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.







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