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Building Construction Management Vocab

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1. Design-Bid-Build






2. 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.






3. 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






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






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






6. 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.






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






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






10. 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.






11. Material added to concrete mix to influence its performance.






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






13. Pre-Construction - Construction - and Post-Construction Phases






14. Material added to concrete mix to influence its performance.






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






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






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






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






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






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21. Schematic Design






22. A legal document that regulates the design and construction of buildings to ensure that the buildings meet minimum standards of health - safety - and welfare.






23. Use air-entrainment in the concrete mix






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






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






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






27. 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.






28. Pre-Construction - Construction - and Post-Construction Phases






29. 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.






30. Sheet steel that is hot-dip galvanized.






31. Cost - Schedule - and Quality






32. 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.






33. 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.






34. Construction Document






35. 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






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






37. Construction Document






38. An L-shaped steel pin that connects to the GFRC skin with a bonding pad and is welded to the supporting light-gauge steel frame.






39. 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.






40. Design-Bid-Build






41. 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






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






43. 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.






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






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






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






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






50. 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