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Building Construction Management Vocab
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1. 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.
SD
Tinted glass
Fire Safety Exiting Requirements
Wood Light Framing
2. Draining the soil around the excavations so that the groundwater level falls below the elevation of proposed excavation.
Laminated glass
SD
The role of lime in mortar and mortar types
Dewatering
3. Friction Pile: Bears the load by using friction between it and the ground around it by having a tapered form. End-Bearing Piles: Most of the load is transferred to the bottom of the pile.
Veneer
Light-Gauge Steel Framing
DD
Friction vs. End-bearing Pile
4. The ability of a building assembly to endure fire - measured in hours or minutes of time and determined from standardized full-scale tests.
Caisson
Fire Resistance Rating
Laydown Yard/Staging Area
Stucco - its components and layers
5. Stone panels attached to a backup wall or curtain wall frame.
Stone cladding
CM
Strip Footing
Steps in Forming a Reinforced Concrete Wall
6. A surface coating that reflects most of the long-wave radiation.
Differential/Uniform Foundation Settlement
OSB
low-e coating
Cold-Formed Light Gauge Steel Members
7. Exterior wall cladding system suspended from or supported by the structural frame of the building.
Cold-Formed Light Gauge Steel Members
curtain walls
Permanent Concrete Freeze-Thaw Protection
Backup wall
8. A framing system that mimics wood light frame construction - but the elements are made of cold-formed - galvanized sheet steel.
Light-Gauge Steel Framing
Precasting vs Site-Casting: Methods & Pros and Cons
AISC standard structural shapes
The Three Parts of Construction Management
9. 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.
Flat-Sawn vs. Quarter-Sawn Lumber
Shallow vs. Deep Foundations
DD
Truss - Bottom Chord and Top Chord
10. 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
Cee Channel - Runner Channel - Tracks
Sheet Piles and Shoring
Caisson
Sump and Well Point Dewatering
11. Fabricated at the manufacture's plant. Reinforced in both directions. Uses a steel stud backup wall.
Prefabricated brick panel curtainwall
Admixture
Cold-Formed Light Gauge Steel Members
Contiguous Bored Concrete Piles and Secant Piles
12. Place where materials are stored on or near the project site.
Mat Foundation
Re-Shoring
Spandrel beam
Laydown Yard/Staging Area
13. Design-Build
Glue-Laminated Lumber
Sheet Piles and Shoring
DB
Advantages and Disadvantages of High Strength Concrete
14. Load=bearing or non-load bearing wall to which exterior cladding is adhered or anchored.
Dimensional Lumber - and nominal vs actual dimensions
The role of lime in mortar and mortar types
Backup wall
OSB
15. Exterior Sheathing - Water resistant membrane - flashing with weep holes - self-adhering rubberized asphalt membrane - self-furring metal base - scratch coat - brown coat - finish coat.
Stucco - its components and layers
Sheet Piles and Shoring
Spandrel beam
Dewatering
16. Chemical compounds that are used in concrete mixes to increase the workability of the mix without reducing the slump.
Plasticizers
Re-Shoring
Precasting vs Site-Casting: Methods & Pros and Cons
Soldier Piles and Lagging
17. Differential: The building's foundation settles at different rates at different points. Uniform: The building's foundation settles at a uniform rate.
Performance vs. Prescriptive Code Provisions
Tendons
GFRC
Differential/Uniform Foundation Settlement
18. Pre-Construction - Construction - and Post-Construction Phases
The Three Phases of Construction Management
One-Way vs. Two-Way Slabs
Precasting vs Site-Casting: Methods & Pros and Cons
Shallow vs. Deep Foundations
19. A legal document that regulates the design and construction of buildings to ensure that the buildings meet minimum standards of health - safety - and welfare.
Pile and Pile Driver
Joist
Floating and Troweling
Building Code
20. Differential: The building's foundation settles at different rates at different points. Uniform: The building's foundation settles at a uniform rate.
Type I-V Concrete - and the Roles for Each
Differential/Uniform Foundation Settlement
heat-soaked tempered glass
Performance vs. Prescriptive Code Provisions
21. 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
curtain walls
Flat-Sawn vs. Quarter-Sawn Lumber
CM
PSL
22. 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.
Slip-critical v. snug-tight connections
Building Inspector's Process
Bentonite Slurry Wall
Suspended ceiling
23. 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.
low-e coating
Cold-Formed Light Gauge Steel Members
The role of lime in mortar and mortar types
Sheathing
24. Used where columns are lightly loaded or bear on soils with a high bearing capacity.
Column Footing
Hollow Core Slabs and Planks
Sump and Well Point Dewatering
Floating and Troweling
25. Cost - Schedule - and Quality
The Three Parts of Construction Management
heat-soaked tempered glass
CD
Friction vs. End-bearing Pile
26. 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
Wood Light Framing
The Three Parts of Construction Management
Type I-V Concrete - and the Roles for Each
Flat-Sawn vs. Quarter-Sawn Lumber
27. 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.
Annealed glass
LVL
Rebar and Welded Wire Fabric (WWF)
Soldier Piles and Lagging
28. 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
Precasting vs Site-Casting: Methods & Pros and Cons
Laydown Yard/Staging Area
DBB
Mat Foundation
29. ...
Mat Foundation
DB
Tie Backs
Steps in Forming a Reinforced Concrete Wall
30. 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.
Slip-critical v. snug-tight connections
Fire Safety Exiting Requirements
Cee Channel - Runner Channel - Tracks
Differential/Uniform Foundation Settlement
31. A glass that reflects incoming visible radiation due to a very thin metal oxide coating on one side.
reflective glass
PSL
Slump Test
Cold-Formed Light Gauge Steel Members
32. Slender - closely spaced - parallel beams in a wood light (or light-gauge steel) frame floor.
Laminated glass
Spandrel beam
heat-soaked tempered glass
Joist
33. ...
Flat-Sawn vs. Quarter-Sawn Lumber
Wood Light Framing
Steps in Forming a Reinforced Concrete Wall
Annealed glass
34. M = Least amount of lime; O = Most lime; N = Second most lime; S = Second least lime
Strip Footing
SD
Soldier Piles and Lagging
The role of lime in mortar and mortar types
35. Sheet steel that is hot-dip galvanized.
Engineered Lumber
Fire Resistance Rating
Laminated glass
Cold-Formed Light Gauge Steel Members
36. Lumber that ranges from 2 in. to 4 in. thick. The actual dimensions are smaller than the nominal dimensions.
reflective glass
Laydown Yard/Staging Area
Tinted glass
Dimensional Lumber - and nominal vs actual dimensions
37. Using concrete slab blankets or putting hot water in the concrete mix.
Re-Shoring
Backup wall
Annealed glass
Cold Weather Concrete Construction Protection Measures
38. Laminated Veneer Lumber: Dried wood veneers laminated in layers - all oriented in the same direction - to form a large structural member.
Pre-tentioning and Post-tentioning
low-e coating
LVL
Re-Shoring
39. Metal panels consisting of polyurethane foam sandwiched between and bonded to two metal sheets - used in curtain wall applications.
Insulated metal panels
Flat-Sawn vs. Quarter-Sawn Lumber
Fire Resistance Rating
Friction vs. End-bearing Pile
40. Sheet steel that is hot-dip galvanized.
CM
Fire Resistance Rating
Engineered Lumber
Cold-Formed Light Gauge Steel Members
41. Used commonly for load-bearing wood - masonry - or concrete walls.
Strip Footing
Steps in Forming a Reinforced Concrete Wall
low-e coating
Glue-Laminated Lumber
42. Shoring placed under concrete to support it while it cures.
Re-Shoring
Truss - Bottom Chord and Top Chord
CD
Wrought iron v. mild steel
43. 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.
Light-Gauge Steel Framing
Caisson
Hollow Core Slabs and Planks
Sheathing
44. The combination of high-strength steel strands - sleeves - and end anchorages used for post-tensioning concrete.
OSB
Fire Safety Exiting Requirements
Floating and Troweling
Tendons
45. Pile: Driven or drilled long - slender foundation element. Pile: a piece of machinery used to drive piles into the ground.
Pile and Pile Driver
tempered glass
CD
Spandrel beam
46. Exterior Sheathing - Water resistant membrane - flashing with weep holes - self-adhering rubberized asphalt membrane - self-furring metal base - scratch coat - brown coat - finish coat.
curtain walls
DBB
Friction vs. End-bearing Pile
Stucco - its components and layers
47. Truss: a structural member with triangulated - linear elements - typically used for large spans. Bottom Chord:
Truss - Bottom Chord and Top Chord
Caisson
Building Inspector's Process
Rafter
48. 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.
Tie Backs
Tinted glass
SD
Pressure Treated Lumber
49. Type 1: General Use - Type 2: -Type 3: High Early Strength - Type 4: Low Heat of Hydration - Type 5: Sulfate Resistant
Prefabricated v. site-built masonry cladding
Type I-V Concrete - and the Roles for Each
Tinted glass
LVL
50. Construction Management
CM
Re-Shoring
Engineered Lumber
Performance vs. Prescriptive Code Provisions
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