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Building Construction Management Vocab
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1. 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.
Caisson
Flex anchors
Prefabricated brick panel curtainwall
Light-Gauge Steel Framing
2. Two pieces of glass laminated under heat and pressure to a plastic interlayer to form a fused unit.
Laminated glass
Rebar and Welded Wire Fabric (WWF)
Prefabricated v. site-built masonry cladding
Type I-V Concrete - and the Roles for Each
3. 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.
Sheathing
Slump Test
Laydown Yard/Staging Area
Friction vs. End-bearing Pile
4. Material added to concrete mix to influence its performance.
Admixture
Sheathing
Strip Footing
Fire Safety Exiting Requirements
5. Place where materials are stored on or near the project site.
Differential/Uniform Foundation Settlement
Slump Test
Tie Backs
Laydown Yard/Staging Area
6. Shoring placed under concrete to support it while it cures.
One-Way vs. Two-Way Slabs
Backup wall
Cee Channel - Runner Channel - Tracks
Re-Shoring
7. ...
Tendons
Truss - Bottom Chord and Top Chord
Shallow vs. Deep Foundations
Prefabricated v. site-built masonry cladding
8. 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.
Wrought iron v. mild steel
Sheathing
Slump Test
Fire Resistance Rating
9. Use air-entrainment in the concrete mix
Permanent Concrete Freeze-Thaw Protection
Plasticizers
PSL
Joist
10. Design-Bid-Build
The role of lime in mortar and mortar types
Cee Channel - Runner Channel - Tracks
DBB
Soldier Piles and Lagging
11. Advantages: High early strength Disadvantages: Very expensive
Sheet Piles and Shoring
Advantages and Disadvantages of High Strength Concrete
Dimensional Lumber - and nominal vs actual dimensions
Slip-critical v. snug-tight connections
12. 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
Flat-Sawn vs. Quarter-Sawn Lumber
Shallow vs. Deep Foundations
Type I-V Concrete - and the Roles for Each
Flex anchors
13. A manufactured wood product rated for structural applications - such as plywood - oriented strandboard - or laminated veneer lumber.
Hollow Core Slabs and Planks
Spandrel beam
Engineered Lumber
Re-Shoring
14. 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.
LVL
Wrought iron v. mild steel
GFRC
Prefabricated brick panel curtainwall
15. Schematic Design
The role of lime in mortar and mortar types
Precasting vs Site-Casting: Methods & Pros and Cons
SD
Prefabricated v. site-built masonry cladding
16. 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
Rebar and Welded Wire Fabric (WWF)
Backup wall
Zoning Ordinance
17. 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.
Slip-critical v. snug-tight connections
Building Code
Bentonite Slurry Wall
Prefabricated v. site-built masonry cladding
18. 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
Pressure Treated Lumber
tempered glass
Insulated metal panels
OSB
19. 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.
heat-soaked tempered glass
Advantages and Disadvantages of High Strength Concrete
SD
Bentonite Slurry Wall
20. 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.
Performance vs. Prescriptive Code Provisions
Pre-tentioning and Post-tentioning
Fire Safety Exiting Requirements
Concrete Control Joints and Cold Joints
21. 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.
Flat-Sawn vs. Quarter-Sawn Lumber
Type I-V Concrete - and the Roles for Each
Shallow vs. Deep Foundations
Tie Backs
22. 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
SD
Glue-Laminated Lumber
Concrete Control Joints and Cold Joints
reflective glass
23. Concrete: A composite material consisting of portland cement - coarse aggregate (crushed stone) - fine aggregate (sand) - and water.
Concrete - its components - and their function in the mix
Wood Light Framing
The Three Phases of Construction Management
EIFS
24. A thin layer of material over a back-up component.
Veneer
Contiguous Bored Concrete Piles and Secant Piles
DD
heat-soaked tempered glass
25. 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.
Cold-Formed Light Gauge Steel Members
EIFS
Zoning Ordinance
Sheet Piles and Shoring
26. 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
Column Footing
The Three Phases of Construction Management
Concrete Control Joints and Cold Joints
Admixture
27. Differential: The building's foundation settles at different rates at different points. Uniform: The building's foundation settles at a uniform rate.
Fire Safety Exiting Requirements
Shallow vs. Deep Foundations
Sump and Well Point Dewatering
Differential/Uniform Foundation Settlement
28. Exterior Sheathing - Water resistant membrane - flashing with weep holes - self-adhering rubberized asphalt membrane - self-furring metal base - scratch coat - brown coat - finish coat.
DD
Stucco - its components and layers
Truss - Bottom Chord and Top Chord
DBB
29. 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.
Sump and Well Point Dewatering
CD
Tie Backs
Contiguous Bored Concrete Piles and Secant Piles
30. Floating: The process of smoothing a freshly placed concrete surface after it has been struck (leveled).
Flex anchors
reflective glass
Building Inspector's Process
Floating and Troweling
31. A document that describes regulations for the use of land in a particular jurisdiction.
Shallow vs. Deep Foundations
Fire Resistance Rating
Zoning Ordinance
Building Code
32. Draining the soil around the excavations so that the groundwater level falls below the elevation of proposed excavation.
Dewatering
Bentonite Slurry Wall
Annealed glass
Performance vs. Prescriptive Code Provisions
33. Place where materials are stored on or near the project site.
Precasting vs Site-Casting: Methods & Pros and Cons
Zoning Ordinance
Laydown Yard/Staging Area
Light-Gauge Steel Framing
34. Lengths of dimension lumber - glued and laminated together to create a structural member of a large cross section.
Cold Weather Concrete Construction Protection Measures
SD
Column Footing
Glue-Laminated Lumber
35. Design Development
Pile and Pile Driver
Permanent Concrete Freeze-Thaw Protection
Rebar and Welded Wire Fabric (WWF)
DD
36. 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
Stone cladding
Plasticizers
DBB
One-Way vs. Two-Way Slabs
37. ...
Caisson
Flat-Sawn vs. Quarter-Sawn Lumber
Sheathing
Precasting vs Site-Casting: Methods & Pros and Cons
38. 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.
PSL
Cold-Formed Light Gauge Steel Members
Slip-critical v. snug-tight connections
Sump and Well Point Dewatering
39. Construction Document
CD
One-Way vs. Two-Way Slabs
Wrought iron v. mild steel
Rafter
40. A type of glass made by adding a metallic pigment during manufacture.
Prefabricated brick panel curtainwall
Laminated glass
Tinted glass
DB
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.
Floating and Troweling
CD
Performance vs. Prescriptive Code Provisions
OSB
42. I - C - L - T - Pipes - Tubes - round - Rectangular bars - plates
Engineered Lumber
EIFS
Permanent Concrete Freeze-Thaw Protection
AISC standard structural shapes
43. A type of glass made by adding a metallic pigment during manufacture.
Concrete - its components - and their function in the mix
PSL
Building Inspector's Process
Tinted glass
44. 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
Slump Test
low-e coating
PSL
Sump and Well Point Dewatering
45. 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.
GFRC
heat-soaked tempered glass
OSB
CM
46. 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.
Friction vs. End-bearing Pile
PSL
SD
GFRC
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.
Prefabricated brick panel curtainwall
reflective glass
Soldier Piles and Lagging
Laydown Yard/Staging Area
48. ...
Soldier Piles and Lagging
Prefabricated v. site-built masonry cladding
Sheet Piles and Shoring
tempered glass
49. Chemical compounds that are used in concrete mixes to increase the workability of the mix without reducing the slump.
Plasticizers
Performance vs. Prescriptive Code Provisions
CM
Cold-Formed Light Gauge Steel Members
50. Pre-Construction - Construction - and Post-Construction Phases
Backup wall
Permanent Concrete Freeze-Thaw Protection
Performance vs. Prescriptive Code Provisions
The Three Phases of Construction Management