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Building Construction Management Vocab
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1. 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
Dimensional Lumber - and nominal vs actual dimensions
reflective glass
Cold Weather Concrete Construction Protection Measures
2. A fastener that connects an exterior cladding to the supporting frame to resist lateral loads
Tie Backs
Tinted glass
Spandrel beam
Performance vs. Prescriptive Code Provisions
3. A ceiling hung from the overlying floor or roof structure.
Bentonite Slurry Wall
Suspended ceiling
Pressure Treated Lumber
Bentonite Slurry Wall
4. A legal document that regulates the design and construction of buildings to ensure that the buildings meet minimum standards of health - safety - and welfare.
The Three Parts of Construction Management
Building Code
Performance vs. Prescriptive Code Provisions
Slump Test
5. A manufactured wood product rated for structural applications - such as plywood - oriented strandboard - or laminated veneer lumber.
Stone cladding
EIFS
Engineered Lumber
Suspended ceiling
6. 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.
Flex anchors
Differential/Uniform Foundation Settlement
GFRC
Cold-Formed Light Gauge Steel Members
7. 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.
Type I-V Concrete - and the Roles for Each
Sump and Well Point Dewatering
Shallow vs. Deep Foundations
Tie Backs
8. 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
tempered glass
Slump Test
Suspended ceiling
Backup wall
9. Construction Document
Slip-critical v. snug-tight connections
Truss - Bottom Chord and Top Chord
Laydown Yard/Staging Area
CD
10. 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.
Sheathing
Annealed glass
Strip Footing
Prefabricated v. site-built masonry cladding
11. A legal document that regulates the design and construction of buildings to ensure that the buildings meet minimum standards of health - safety - and welfare.
Slump Test
Glue-Laminated Lumber
Stucco - its components and layers
Building Code
12. Lumber that ranges from 2 in. to 4 in. thick. The actual dimensions are smaller than the nominal dimensions.
Pressure Treated Lumber
Wrought iron v. mild steel
Dimensional Lumber - and nominal vs actual dimensions
reflective glass
13. Design-Bid-Build
The role of lime in mortar and mortar types
Precasting vs Site-Casting: Methods & Pros and Cons
DBB
Pre-tentioning and Post-tentioning
14. Metal panels consisting of polyurethane foam sandwiched between and bonded to two metal sheets - used in curtain wall applications.
Insulated metal panels
Backup wall
Advantages and Disadvantages of High Strength Concrete
Re-Shoring
15. A beam that spans between columns on the exterior face of a frame structure.
low-e coating
Pre-tentioning and Post-tentioning
Strip Footing
Spandrel beam
16. 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.
Hollow Core Slabs and Planks
DD
Shallow vs. Deep Foundations
heat-soaked tempered glass
17. Used commonly for load-bearing wood - masonry - or concrete walls.
Strip Footing
Bentonite Slurry Wall
AISC standard structural shapes
Advantages and Disadvantages of High Strength Concrete
18. A framing system that mimics wood light frame construction - but the elements are made of cold-formed - galvanized sheet steel.
Cold-Formed Light Gauge Steel Members
Light-Gauge Steel Framing
OSB
Dimensional Lumber - and nominal vs actual dimensions
19. 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.
Plasticizers
tempered glass
Sheathing
Re-Shoring
20. Material added to concrete mix to influence its performance.
Wood Light Framing
Tie Backs
LVL
Admixture
21. 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.
Cold Weather Concrete Construction Protection Measures
Wrought iron v. mild steel
Building Code
Slip-critical v. snug-tight connections
22. Concrete: A composite material consisting of portland cement - coarse aggregate (crushed stone) - fine aggregate (sand) - and water.
Wood Light Framing
Column Footing
Wood Light Framing
Concrete - its components - and their function in the mix
23. Laminated Veneer Lumber: Dried wood veneers laminated in layers - all oriented in the same direction - to form a large structural member.
tempered glass
Truss - Bottom Chord and Top Chord
LVL
Sheet Piles and Shoring
24. Construction Document
Cold Weather Concrete Construction Protection Measures
Rafter
Laydown Yard/Staging Area
CD
25. 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
Admixture
Soldier Piles and Lagging
Cold Weather Concrete Construction Protection Measures
26. 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.
Admixture
The Three Phases of Construction Management
Backup wall
Wrought iron v. mild steel
27. I - C - L - T - Pipes - Tubes - round - Rectangular bars - plates
DD
AISC standard structural shapes
reflective glass
Joist
28. 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.
Rafter
Friction vs. End-bearing Pile
Re-Shoring
Pile and Pile Driver
29. A glass that reflects incoming visible radiation due to a very thin metal oxide coating on one side.
Floating and Troweling
Dewatering
SD
reflective glass
30. Fabricated at the manufacture's plant. Reinforced in both directions. Uses a steel stud backup wall.
Permanent Concrete Freeze-Thaw Protection
Differential/Uniform Foundation Settlement
Rebar and Welded Wire Fabric (WWF)
Prefabricated brick panel curtainwall
31. Design-Build
EIFS
Sheet Piles and Shoring
Laminated glass
DB
32. 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.
Truss - Bottom Chord and Top Chord
Slip-critical v. snug-tight connections
OSB
Slump Test
33. Lengths of dimension lumber - glued and laminated together to create a structural member of a large cross section.
Glue-Laminated Lumber
Advantages and Disadvantages of High Strength Concrete
Mat Foundation
Sheathing
34. 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.
Advantages and Disadvantages of High Strength Concrete
PSL
Suspended ceiling
Shallow vs. Deep Foundations
35. Metal panels consisting of polyurethane foam sandwiched between and bonded to two metal sheets - used in curtain wall applications.
Insulated metal panels
Concrete - its components - and their function in the mix
Differential/Uniform Foundation Settlement
SD
36. A type of glass made by adding a metallic pigment during manufacture.
Tinted glass
heat-soaked tempered glass
low-e coating
Differential/Uniform Foundation Settlement
37. 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.
low-e coating
OSB
Slip-critical v. snug-tight connections
Backup wall
38. 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.
Prefabricated v. site-built masonry cladding
Concrete Control Joints and Cold Joints
Wood Light Framing
Wrought iron v. mild steel
39. 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.
Laminated glass
Stone cladding
Flex anchors
Wood Light Framing
40. ...
Fire Safety Exiting Requirements
Prefabricated brick panel curtainwall
Joist
Prefabricated v. site-built masonry cladding
41. Draining the soil around the excavations so that the groundwater level falls below the elevation of proposed excavation.
Dewatering
Concrete - its components - and their function in the mix
Admixture
Prefabricated v. site-built masonry cladding
42. Type 1: General Use - Type 2: -Type 3: High Early Strength - Type 4: Low Heat of Hydration - Type 5: Sulfate Resistant
Laydown Yard/Staging Area
Friction vs. End-bearing Pile
Engineered Lumber
Type I-V Concrete - and the Roles for Each
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.
Prefabricated v. site-built masonry cladding
Sheathing
Soldier Piles and Lagging
AISC standard structural shapes
44. Include the width and height of the exit enclosures - fire resistance of materials used therein - and illumination levels in the exit enclosures.
PSL
low-e coating
LVL
Fire Safety Exiting Requirements
45. Load=bearing or non-load bearing wall to which exterior cladding is adhered or anchored.
Admixture
GFRC
Backup wall
GFRC
46. 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.
Pre-tentioning and Post-tentioning
Performance vs. Prescriptive Code Provisions
Caisson
Building Code
47. A beam that spans between columns on the exterior face of a frame structure.
Cold-Formed Light Gauge Steel Members
Spandrel beam
Rebar and Welded Wire Fabric (WWF)
DD
48. M = Least amount of lime; O = Most lime; N = Second most lime; S = Second least lime
Rafter
Truss - Bottom Chord and Top Chord
PSL
The role of lime in mortar and mortar types
49. ...
Flex anchors
The Three Parts of Construction Management
CM
Precasting vs Site-Casting: Methods & Pros and Cons
50. 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
Sheathing
Contiguous Bored Concrete Piles and Secant Piles
Slump Test