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Building Construction Management Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Differential: The building's foundation settles at different rates at different points. Uniform: The building's foundation settles at a uniform rate.
Tendons
DBB
Differential/Uniform Foundation Settlement
Prefabricated brick panel curtainwall
2. 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.
Plasticizers
Cee Channel - Runner Channel - Tracks
Flex anchors
CD
3. 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.
Slump Test
Engineered Lumber
PSL
Veneer
4. 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.
Fire Safety Exiting Requirements
Truss - Bottom Chord and Top Chord
Slip-critical v. snug-tight connections
Sheet Piles and Shoring
5. I - C - L - T - Pipes - Tubes - round - Rectangular bars - plates
Fire Resistance Rating
Dimensional Lumber - and nominal vs actual dimensions
AISC standard structural shapes
Slip-critical v. snug-tight connections
6. Draining the soil around the excavations so that the groundwater level falls below the elevation of proposed excavation.
Rafter
Dewatering
Tinted glass
Fire Safety Exiting Requirements
7. 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
curtain walls
Cold-Formed Light Gauge Steel Members
Light-Gauge Steel Framing
8. A legal document that regulates the design and construction of buildings to ensure that the buildings meet minimum standards of health - safety - and welfare.
Column Footing
Pressure Treated Lumber
Wood Light Framing
Building Code
9. 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
10. 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.
Tendons
CM
GFRC
Zoning Ordinance
11. A glass that reflects incoming visible radiation due to a very thin metal oxide coating on one side.
Insulated metal panels
reflective glass
OSB
DB
12. ...
Stone cladding
Rafter
Flex anchors
Prefabricated v. site-built masonry cladding
13. Advantages: High early strength Disadvantages: Very expensive
curtain walls
Advantages and Disadvantages of High Strength Concrete
Truss - Bottom Chord and Top Chord
Fire Safety Exiting Requirements
14. 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.
Annealed glass
PSL
Insulated metal panels
Slump Test
15. Design-Bid-Build
Re-Shoring
Spandrel beam
DBB
Laydown Yard/Staging Area
16. I - C - L - T - Pipes - Tubes - round - Rectangular bars - plates
AISC standard structural shapes
Prefabricated brick panel curtainwall
Tie Backs
Column Footing
17. Cee Channel: Studs and joists - symbolized by S - Runner Channel: bridging channels - symbolized by you - Tracks: you shaped - symbolized by T
Cee Channel - Runner Channel - Tracks
PSL
LVL
One-Way vs. Two-Way Slabs
18. 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.
DBB
curtain walls
Laydown Yard/Staging Area
Bentonite Slurry Wall
19. 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.
Re-Shoring
Type I-V Concrete - and the Roles for Each
Slump Test
DBB
20. Lumber that ranges from 2 in. to 4 in. thick. The actual dimensions are smaller than the nominal dimensions.
Prefabricated brick panel curtainwall
Dimensional Lumber - and nominal vs actual dimensions
AISC standard structural shapes
CM
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.
Slump Test
Friction vs. End-bearing Pile
Advantages and Disadvantages of High Strength Concrete
Slip-critical v. snug-tight connections
22. Metal panels consisting of polyurethane foam sandwiched between and bonded to two metal sheets - used in curtain wall applications.
DBB
Insulated metal panels
Contiguous Bored Concrete Piles and Secant Piles
Re-Shoring
23. Place where materials are stored on or near the project site.
reflective glass
Floating and Troweling
Annealed glass
Laydown Yard/Staging Area
24. Pile: Driven or drilled long - slender foundation element. Pile: a piece of machinery used to drive piles into the ground.
Pile and Pile Driver
Re-Shoring
Tinted glass
Rebar and Welded Wire Fabric (WWF)
25. Material added to concrete mix to influence its performance.
Soldier Piles and Lagging
Annealed glass
Admixture
Contiguous Bored Concrete Piles and Secant Piles
26. Load=bearing or non-load bearing wall to which exterior cladding is adhered or anchored.
Backup wall
Flex anchors
Sump and Well Point Dewatering
EIFS
27. 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.
Concrete - its components - and their function in the mix
Hollow Core Slabs and Planks
PSL
Pile and Pile Driver
28. Design Development
Plasticizers
DD
OSB
Type I-V Concrete - and the Roles for Each
29. Exterior Sheathing - Water resistant membrane - flashing with weep holes - self-adhering rubberized asphalt membrane - self-furring metal base - scratch coat - brown coat - finish coat.
Slip-critical v. snug-tight connections
The Three Phases of Construction Management
AISC standard structural shapes
Stucco - its components and layers
30. 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.
Glue-Laminated Lumber
Admixture
Flex anchors
Wrought iron v. mild steel
31. 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.
Engineered Lumber
Performance vs. Prescriptive Code Provisions
DD
Floating and Troweling
32. Place where materials are stored on or near the project site.
Slip-critical v. snug-tight connections
Cold Weather Concrete Construction Protection Measures
DBB
Laydown Yard/Staging Area
33. Floating: The process of smoothing a freshly placed concrete surface after it has been struck (leveled).
Stucco - its components and layers
Mat Foundation
Precasting vs Site-Casting: Methods & Pros and Cons
Floating and Troweling
34. A type of glass made by adding a metallic pigment during manufacture.
Performance vs. Prescriptive Code Provisions
The Three Parts of Construction Management
Tinted glass
CM
35. 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.
Flat-Sawn vs. Quarter-Sawn Lumber
Rafter
Steps in Forming a Reinforced Concrete Wall
Insulated metal panels
36. Construction Document
Glue-Laminated Lumber
Steps in Forming a Reinforced Concrete Wall
The Three Phases of Construction Management
CD
37. 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.
Joist
Caisson
DBB
Fire Resistance Rating
38. 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.
Spandrel beam
Sheathing
Glue-Laminated Lumber
tempered glass
39. Truss: a structural member with triangulated - linear elements - typically used for large spans. Bottom Chord:
Truss - Bottom Chord and Top Chord
The role of lime in mortar and mortar types
Sheathing
Zoning Ordinance
40. Floating: The process of smoothing a freshly placed concrete surface after it has been struck (leveled).
Insulated metal panels
Prefabricated brick panel curtainwall
Floating and Troweling
Bentonite Slurry Wall
41. 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.
Zoning Ordinance
Re-Shoring
Fire Safety Exiting Requirements
Annealed glass
42. Shoring placed under concrete to support it while it cures.
Rebar and Welded Wire Fabric (WWF)
Tie Backs
Re-Shoring
reflective glass
43. Concrete: A composite material consisting of portland cement - coarse aggregate (crushed stone) - fine aggregate (sand) - and water.
Differential/Uniform Foundation Settlement
Concrete - its components - and their function in the mix
Flex anchors
Rebar and Welded Wire Fabric (WWF)
44. Pile: Driven or drilled long - slender foundation element. Pile: a piece of machinery used to drive piles into the ground.
Dimensional Lumber - and nominal vs actual dimensions
Light-Gauge Steel Framing
Tie Backs
Pile and Pile Driver
45. Used where columns are lightly loaded or bear on soils with a high bearing capacity.
OSB
Column Footing
Cold-Formed Light Gauge Steel Members
Dewatering
46. 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.
Laydown Yard/Staging Area
DBB
Rafter
DB
47. Lengths of dimension lumber - glued and laminated together to create a structural member of a large cross section.
low-e coating
Mat Foundation
GFRC
Glue-Laminated Lumber
48. A surface coating that reflects most of the long-wave radiation.
Tie Backs
low-e coating
Rebar and Welded Wire Fabric (WWF)
Rebar and Welded Wire Fabric (WWF)
49. 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
50. Construction Document
Sump and Well Point Dewatering
CD
Rafter
Insulated metal panels