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Building Construction Management Vocab
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1. Piles made of interlocking sheet steel driven into the ground to support an excavation. Shoring: Temporary vertical or inclined supports used in concrete formwork or excavation.
Tinted glass
Sheet Piles and Shoring
Contiguous Bored Concrete Piles and Secant Piles
Performance vs. Prescriptive Code Provisions
2. A type of glass made by adding a metallic pigment during manufacture.
Soldier Piles and Lagging
Fire Resistance Rating
Tinted glass
Shallow vs. Deep Foundations
3. Load=bearing or non-load bearing wall to which exterior cladding is adhered or anchored.
Sheathing
Steps in Forming a Reinforced Concrete Wall
Backup wall
Rebar and Welded Wire Fabric (WWF)
4. Lumber that ranges from 2 in. to 4 in. thick. The actual dimensions are smaller than the nominal dimensions.
Floating and Troweling
Dimensional Lumber - and nominal vs actual dimensions
Column Footing
Tinted glass
5. A glass that reflects incoming visible radiation due to a very thin metal oxide coating on one side.
reflective glass
Sheet Piles and Shoring
Advantages and Disadvantages of High Strength Concrete
Wood Light Framing
6. 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.
Permanent Concrete Freeze-Thaw Protection
Engineered Lumber
Hollow Core Slabs and Planks
OSB
7. 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
Dewatering
Flat-Sawn vs. Quarter-Sawn Lumber
Advantages and Disadvantages of High Strength Concrete
Tie Backs
8. 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.
Performance vs. Prescriptive Code Provisions
Pressure Treated Lumber
Insulated metal panels
Shallow vs. Deep Foundations
9. 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.
OSB
Building Inspector's Process
Bentonite Slurry Wall
Contiguous Bored Concrete Piles and Secant Piles
10. Used commonly for load-bearing wood - masonry - or concrete walls.
DB
Concrete Control Joints and Cold Joints
OSB
Strip Footing
11. 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
DD
Fire Safety Exiting Requirements
Spandrel beam
Concrete Control Joints and Cold Joints
12. Load=bearing or non-load bearing wall to which exterior cladding is adhered or anchored.
Steps in Forming a Reinforced Concrete Wall
Backup wall
Tendons
Flat-Sawn vs. Quarter-Sawn Lumber
13. 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.
Pressure Treated Lumber
low-e coating
Re-Shoring
Engineered Lumber
14. Used commonly for load-bearing wood - masonry - or concrete walls.
Caisson
Contiguous Bored Concrete Piles and Secant Piles
Glue-Laminated Lumber
Strip Footing
15. 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.
Tendons
Contiguous Bored Concrete Piles and Secant Piles
Spandrel beam
Sheathing
16. 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.
Rafter
Friction vs. End-bearing Pile
Bentonite Slurry Wall
The role of lime in mortar and mortar types
17. 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.
Joist
Tendons
The role of lime in mortar and mortar types
Soldier Piles and Lagging
18. A framing system that mimics wood light frame construction - but the elements are made of cold-formed - galvanized sheet steel.
Truss - Bottom Chord and Top Chord
Joist
Shallow vs. Deep Foundations
Light-Gauge Steel Framing
19. Draining the soil around the excavations so that the groundwater level falls below the elevation of proposed excavation.
Flex anchors
Slip-critical v. snug-tight connections
Wood Light Framing
Dewatering
20. 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.
Wood Light Framing
Rafter
Fire Safety Exiting Requirements
CD
21. A surface coating that reflects most of the long-wave radiation.
low-e coating
DBB
PSL
Veneer
22. A ceiling hung from the overlying floor or roof structure.
Suspended ceiling
Prefabricated brick panel curtainwall
Mat Foundation
Building Inspector's Process
23. Stone panels attached to a backup wall or curtain wall frame.
Admixture
Type I-V Concrete - and the Roles for Each
Stone cladding
Cold Weather Concrete Construction Protection Measures
24. Include the width and height of the exit enclosures - fire resistance of materials used therein - and illumination levels in the exit enclosures.
The Three Parts of Construction Management
Sump and Well Point Dewatering
Fire Safety Exiting Requirements
Dewatering
25. Advantages: High early strength Disadvantages: Very expensive
Tendons
Advantages and Disadvantages of High Strength Concrete
Tendons
Caisson
26. Pile: Driven or drilled long - slender foundation element. Pile: a piece of machinery used to drive piles into the ground.
The Three Phases of Construction Management
Pile and Pile Driver
Laydown Yard/Staging Area
Slip-critical v. snug-tight connections
27. A type of glass made by adding a metallic pigment during manufacture.
Tinted glass
Zoning Ordinance
Precasting vs Site-Casting: Methods & Pros and Cons
curtain walls
28. ...
Precasting vs Site-Casting: Methods & Pros and Cons
Tendons
Prefabricated v. site-built masonry cladding
Laminated glass
29. 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.
Flat-Sawn vs. Quarter-Sawn Lumber
heat-soaked tempered glass
Light-Gauge Steel Framing
Prefabricated brick panel curtainwall
30. A glass that reflects incoming visible radiation due to a very thin metal oxide coating on one side.
The Three Parts of Construction Management
Shallow vs. Deep Foundations
OSB
reflective glass
31. A ceiling hung from the overlying floor or roof structure.
The Three Parts of Construction Management
Veneer
Suspended ceiling
DBB
32. Design-Build
DB
heat-soaked tempered glass
Differential/Uniform Foundation Settlement
Cold Weather Concrete Construction Protection Measures
33. Post-tentioning: Subjecting a concrete or masonry member to compressive stresses by tensioning high-strength steel strands (wires) after the concrete has developed sufficient strength.
DBB
Concrete - its components - and their function in the mix
Pre-tentioning and Post-tentioning
Hollow Core Slabs and Planks
34. Truss: a structural member with triangulated - linear elements - typically used for large spans. Bottom Chord:
Glue-Laminated Lumber
Sheet Piles and Shoring
Bentonite Slurry Wall
Truss - Bottom Chord and Top Chord
35. 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.
The role of lime in mortar and mortar types
reflective glass
Slump Test
Veneer
36. Metal panels consisting of polyurethane foam sandwiched between and bonded to two metal sheets - used in curtain wall applications.
OSB
Precasting vs Site-Casting: Methods & Pros and Cons
Re-Shoring
Insulated metal panels
37. Piles made of interlocking sheet steel driven into the ground to support an excavation. Shoring: Temporary vertical or inclined supports used in concrete formwork or excavation.
Column Footing
Stone cladding
Plasticizers
Sheet Piles and Shoring
38. 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
39. 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.
PSL
DB
CM
Tendons
40. 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.
Sheet Piles and Shoring
Differential/Uniform Foundation Settlement
OSB
Type I-V Concrete - and the Roles for Each
41. ...
Joist
Contiguous Bored Concrete Piles and Secant Piles
Steps in Forming a Reinforced Concrete Wall
Sump and Well Point Dewatering
42. Concrete: A composite material consisting of portland cement - coarse aggregate (crushed stone) - fine aggregate (sand) - and water.
Friction vs. End-bearing Pile
Sheet Piles and Shoring
Concrete - its components - and their function in the mix
Tendons
43. 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
Performance vs. Prescriptive Code Provisions
Plasticizers
Bentonite Slurry Wall
tempered glass
44. Slender - closely spaced - parallel beams in a wood light (or light-gauge steel) frame floor.
Light-Gauge Steel Framing
Concrete - its components - and their function in the mix
Joist
Shallow vs. Deep Foundations
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
Dimensional Lumber - and nominal vs actual dimensions
Differential/Uniform Foundation Settlement
Glue-Laminated Lumber
46. 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
Tendons
Rafter
Stone cladding
Flat-Sawn vs. Quarter-Sawn Lumber
47. 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.
Caisson
Hollow Core Slabs and Planks
Insulated metal panels
Laydown Yard/Staging Area
48. 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.
Slump Test
Stone cladding
Shallow vs. Deep Foundations
Building Inspector's Process
49. Place where materials are stored on or near the project site.
Laydown Yard/Staging Area
Caisson
Sheet Piles and Shoring
Sump and Well Point Dewatering
50. Draining the soil around the excavations so that the groundwater level falls below the elevation of proposed excavation.
Dewatering
Joist
low-e coating
OSB