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Building Construction Management Vocab

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






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3. 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.






4. 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.






5. Construction Management






6. 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






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






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.






9. 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.






10. 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.






11. Design Development






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






13. Design-Bid-Build






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






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17. Chemical compounds that are used in concrete mixes to increase the workability of the mix without reducing the slump.






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






19. 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.






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






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






22. 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.






23. 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.






24. A surface coating that reflects most of the long-wave radiation.






25. 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






26. Schematic Design






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






28. Used commonly for load-bearing wood - masonry - or concrete walls.






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






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






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






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






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






36. Construction Management






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






38. Include the width and height of the exit enclosures - fire resistance of materials used therein - and illumination levels in the exit enclosures.






39. 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






40. Chemical compounds that are used in concrete mixes to increase the workability of the mix without reducing the slump.






41. 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.






42. 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.






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






44. The combination of high-strength steel strands - sleeves - and end anchorages used for post-tensioning concrete.






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






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






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






48. 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.






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.