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Building Construction Management Vocab

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






2. A fastener that connects an exterior cladding to the supporting frame to resist lateral loads






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






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






5. 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.






6. 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.






7. 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.






8. The ability of a building assembly to endure fire - measured in hours or minutes of time and determined from standardized full-scale tests.






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






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






11. A ceiling hung from the overlying floor or roof structure.






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






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






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






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 type of tempered glass obtained from a process that reduces (or eliminates) the possibility of spontaneous breakage of tempered glass during its service life.






17. Metal panels consisting of polyurethane foam sandwiched between and bonded to two metal sheets - used in curtain wall applications.






18. 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.






19. 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.






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.






21. ...






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






23. Construction Management






24. 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.






25. 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.






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






27. 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






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






29. Construction Management






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31. 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.






32. 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






33. 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






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






35. Construction Document






36. 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.






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






38. 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.






39. Two pieces of glass laminated under heat and pressure to a plastic interlayer to form a fused unit.






40. A ceiling hung from the overlying floor or roof structure.






41. Design-Build






42. 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.






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






44. 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

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45. 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.






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






47. 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.






48. 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






49. Shoring placed under concrete to support it while it cures.






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






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