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Building Construction Management Vocab

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1. Design-Bid-Build






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






3. Design Development






4. 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.






5. 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.






6. 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.






7. 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.






8. 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.






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






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






11. 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






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






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






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






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






16. 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






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.






18. 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.






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






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






22. Using concrete slab blankets or putting hot water in the concrete mix.






23. 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.






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






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






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






27. Use air-entrainment in the concrete mix






28. Sheet steel that is hot-dip galvanized.






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






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






31. Rebar: An deformed steel bar used as concrete reinforcement. Welded-Wire Reinforcement: A prefabricated rectangular grid of steel wires spot-welded together at intersections - used as reinforcement in concrete slabs.






32. 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






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






34. 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.






35. 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.






36. 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.






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






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






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






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






41. 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.






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






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






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






45. 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.






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.






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48. 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.






49. Construction Management






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