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Building Construction Management Vocab

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






2. Laminated Veneer Lumber: Dried wood veneers laminated in layers - all oriented in the same direction - to form a large structural member.






3. 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.






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.






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






6. 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.






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






8. Concrete: A composite material consisting of portland cement - coarse aggregate (crushed stone) - fine aggregate (sand) - and water.






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






10. Slender - closely spaced - parallel beams in a wood light (or light-gauge steel) frame floor.






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12. 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.






13. 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






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






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






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






17. Construction Management






18. 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.






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.






20. Use air-entrainment in the concrete mix






21. 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.






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






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.






24. 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.






25. A beam that spans between columns on the exterior face of a frame structure.






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






27. 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.






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






29. Design-Bid-Build






30. 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






31. 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






32. 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.






33. 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






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






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






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






38. Design-Bid-Build






39. 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






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






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






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






43. The combination of high-strength steel strands - sleeves - and end anchorages used for post-tensioning concrete.






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






46. Use air-entrainment in the concrete mix






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






48. 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.






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






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