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Building Construction Management Vocab

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1. Pre-Construction - Construction - and Post-Construction Phases






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






3. 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.






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






5. Fabricated at the manufacture's plant. Reinforced in both directions. Uses a steel stud backup wall.






6. Cost - Schedule - and Quality






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






8. 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






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






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






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






12. 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.






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






14. 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.






15. 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.






16. 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






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18. 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.






19. 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.






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






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






22. 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






23. 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.






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






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






26. Construction Document






27. A manufactured wood product rated for structural applications - such as plywood - oriented strandboard - or laminated veneer lumber.






28. Design Development






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






30. 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.






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






32. Rebar: An deformed steel bar used as concrete reinforcement. Welded-Wire Reinforcement: A prefabricated rectangular grid of steel wires spot-welded together at intersections - used as reinforcement in concrete slabs.






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






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






35. Cee Channel: Studs and joists - symbolized by S - Runner Channel: bridging channels - symbolized by you - Tracks: you shaped - symbolized by T






36. 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.






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






38. Design-Bid-Build






39. Rebar: An deformed steel bar used as concrete reinforcement. Welded-Wire Reinforcement: A prefabricated rectangular grid of steel wires spot-welded together at intersections - used as reinforcement in concrete slabs.






40. Schematic Design






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






42. Schematic Design






43. Construction Management






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45. M = Least amount of lime; O = Most lime; N = Second most lime; S = Second least lime






46. 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.






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






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






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






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