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Building Construction Management Vocab
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1. 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.
Shallow vs. Deep Foundations
Bentonite Slurry Wall
Light-Gauge Steel Framing
Concrete Control Joints and Cold Joints
2. A beam that spans between columns on the exterior face of a frame structure.
PSL
Spandrel beam
Column Footing
tempered glass
3. 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
PSL
Engineered Lumber
Admixture
4. Exterior wall cladding system suspended from or supported by the structural frame of the building.
Light-Gauge Steel Framing
Concrete Control Joints and Cold Joints
DBB
curtain walls
5. A thin layer of material over a back-up component.
Rebar and Welded Wire Fabric (WWF)
Tendons
Veneer
Stucco - its components and layers
6. Pile: Driven or drilled long - slender foundation element. Pile: a piece of machinery used to drive piles into the ground.
Pre-tentioning and Post-tentioning
tempered glass
Sump and Well Point Dewatering
Pile and Pile Driver
7. Using concrete slab blankets or putting hot water in the concrete mix.
Cold Weather Concrete Construction Protection Measures
Sheet Piles and Shoring
Concrete Control Joints and Cold Joints
Flex anchors
8. 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.
Advantages and Disadvantages of High Strength Concrete
tempered glass
DB
OSB
9. A legal document that regulates the design and construction of buildings to ensure that the buildings meet minimum standards of health - safety - and welfare.
Building Code
Stone cladding
PSL
Fire Resistance Rating
10. 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
DBB
Slip-critical v. snug-tight connections
Concrete Control Joints and Cold Joints
11. A legal document that regulates the design and construction of buildings to ensure that the buildings meet minimum standards of health - safety - and welfare.
Fire Resistance Rating
tempered glass
Cold Weather Concrete Construction Protection Measures
Building Code
12. Construction Document
Glue-Laminated Lumber
OSB
Column Footing
CD
13. Truss: a structural member with triangulated - linear elements - typically used for large spans. Bottom Chord:
OSB
Admixture
Rafter
Truss - Bottom Chord and Top Chord
14. 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.
The Three Phases of Construction Management
Shallow vs. Deep Foundations
Wood Light Framing
Flat-Sawn vs. Quarter-Sawn Lumber
15. A stuccolike exterior finish that includes a layer of foam insulation - fiberglass reinforcing mesh - and one or two coats of a polymer-based finish - also called synthetic stucco.
tempered glass
Backup wall
EIFS
Cold Weather Concrete Construction Protection Measures
16. 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
Glue-Laminated Lumber
Joist
Floating and Troweling
Mat Foundation
17. 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.
Steps in Forming a Reinforced Concrete Wall
Slip-critical v. snug-tight connections
tempered glass
Contiguous Bored Concrete Piles and Secant Piles
18. ...
Column Footing
Precasting vs Site-Casting: Methods & Pros and Cons
Admixture
Advantages and Disadvantages of High Strength Concrete
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.
Dewatering
Slump Test
Type I-V Concrete - and the Roles for Each
Cee Channel - Runner Channel - Tracks
20. Pre-Construction - Construction - and Post-Construction Phases
Sheathing
Type I-V Concrete - and the Roles for Each
The Three Phases of Construction Management
Differential/Uniform Foundation Settlement
21. 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
Sheathing
Spandrel beam
Re-Shoring
Concrete Control Joints and Cold Joints
22. A thin layer of material over a back-up component.
Bentonite Slurry Wall
Tinted glass
Caisson
Veneer
23. The ability of a building assembly to endure fire - measured in hours or minutes of time and determined from standardized full-scale tests.
Flat-Sawn vs. Quarter-Sawn Lumber
Building Inspector's Process
Steps in Forming a Reinforced Concrete Wall
Fire Resistance Rating
24. Fabricated at the manufacture's plant. Reinforced in both directions. Uses a steel stud backup wall.
Tie Backs
Shallow vs. Deep Foundations
Prefabricated brick panel curtainwall
Dimensional Lumber - and nominal vs actual dimensions
25. A surface coating that reflects most of the long-wave radiation.
Sump and Well Point Dewatering
OSB
Prefabricated brick panel curtainwall
low-e coating
26. Laminated Veneer Lumber: Dried wood veneers laminated in layers - all oriented in the same direction - to form a large structural member.
Pile and Pile Driver
LVL
Column Footing
Backup wall
27. 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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28. Floating: The process of smoothing a freshly placed concrete surface after it has been struck (leveled).
Floating and Troweling
PSL
Mat Foundation
Admixture
29. Advantages: High early strength Disadvantages: Very expensive
The Three Parts of Construction Management
DB
Advantages and Disadvantages of High Strength Concrete
reflective glass
30. Pile: Driven or drilled long - slender foundation element. Pile: a piece of machinery used to drive piles into the ground.
Insulated metal panels
Pile and Pile Driver
Sheathing
curtain walls
31. ...
Building Inspector's Process
Prefabricated v. site-built masonry cladding
Admixture
Pile and Pile Driver
32. 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.
Slump Test
Caisson
Suspended ceiling
heat-soaked tempered glass
33. 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
Light-Gauge Steel Framing
Dewatering
Flat-Sawn vs. Quarter-Sawn Lumber
Fire Resistance Rating
34. A type of glass made by adding a metallic pigment during manufacture.
DB
Type I-V Concrete - and the Roles for Each
Tinted glass
Fire Resistance Rating
35. Sheet steel that is hot-dip galvanized.
Cold-Formed Light Gauge Steel Members
Hollow Core Slabs and Planks
Dimensional Lumber - and nominal vs actual dimensions
Light-Gauge Steel Framing
36. 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.
Sheathing
Cold-Formed Light Gauge Steel Members
Slip-critical v. snug-tight connections
Type I-V Concrete - and the Roles for Each
37. 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.
Light-Gauge Steel Framing
Flex anchors
Hollow Core Slabs and Planks
Sump and Well Point Dewatering
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.
Bentonite Slurry Wall
Sheathing
CD
Building Code
39. 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
Concrete - its components - and their function in the mix
Precasting vs Site-Casting: Methods & Pros and Cons
Sump and Well Point Dewatering
Hollow Core Slabs and Planks
40. 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
The role of lime in mortar and mortar types
Fire Safety Exiting Requirements
reflective glass
tempered glass
41. 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.
Strip Footing
Annealed glass
Hollow Core Slabs and Planks
Sump and Well Point Dewatering
42. Two pieces of glass laminated under heat and pressure to a plastic interlayer to form a fused unit.
Laminated glass
Stone cladding
Prefabricated brick panel curtainwall
Tinted glass
43. 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
Re-Shoring
Fire Resistance Rating
Flat-Sawn vs. Quarter-Sawn Lumber
The Three Phases of Construction Management
44. 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.
Pre-tentioning and Post-tentioning
low-e coating
LVL
Glue-Laminated Lumber
45. Sheet steel that is hot-dip galvanized.
Floating and Troweling
Type I-V Concrete - and the Roles for Each
Prefabricated v. site-built masonry cladding
Cold-Formed Light Gauge Steel Members
46. 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.
Wrought iron v. mild steel
EIFS
Tinted glass
Tendons
47. 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.
Flex anchors
Plasticizers
Column Footing
Laydown Yard/Staging Area
48. Metal panels consisting of polyurethane foam sandwiched between and bonded to two metal sheets - used in curtain wall applications.
Insulated metal panels
CD
Annealed glass
AISC standard structural shapes
49. Truss: a structural member with triangulated - linear elements - typically used for large spans. Bottom Chord:
The Three Phases of Construction Management
Truss - Bottom Chord and Top Chord
Performance vs. Prescriptive Code Provisions
Joist
50. 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.
Pile and Pile Driver
Laydown Yard/Staging Area
tempered glass
Slump Test