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Building Construction Management Vocab

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






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






3. Design-Build






4. Advantages: High early strength Disadvantages: Very expensive






5. Design Development






6. 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.






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






8. Fabricated at the manufacture's plant. Reinforced in both directions. Uses a steel stud backup wall.






9. Fabricated at the manufacture's plant. Reinforced in both directions. Uses a steel stud backup wall.






10. 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






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






12. 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.






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






14. Pre-Construction - Construction - and Post-Construction Phases






15. 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.






16. Used where columns are lightly loaded or bear on soils with a high bearing capacity.






17. Construction Document






18. 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.






19. 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.






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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






22. 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.






23. I - C - L - T - Pipes - Tubes - round - Rectangular bars - plates






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






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






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






28. Construction Management






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






30. Type 1: General Use - Type 2: -Type 3: High Early Strength - Type 4: Low Heat of Hydration - Type 5: Sulfate Resistant






31. 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.






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






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






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






35. Design-Build






36. 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.






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






38. Sheet steel that is hot-dip galvanized.






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






40. Pre-Construction - Construction - and Post-Construction Phases






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






42. Construction Management






43. 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






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






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






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






47. Type 1: General Use - Type 2: -Type 3: High Early Strength - Type 4: Low Heat of Hydration - Type 5: Sulfate Resistant






48. 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.






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






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