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Building Construction Management Vocab
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1. 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.
Cee Channel - Runner Channel - Tracks
Flex anchors
OSB
Sheet Piles and Shoring
2. 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
Contiguous Bored Concrete Piles and Secant Piles
Truss - Bottom Chord and Top Chord
Building Inspector's Process
3. Laminated Veneer Lumber: Dried wood veneers laminated in layers - all oriented in the same direction - to form a large structural member.
DBB
Glue-Laminated Lumber
Advantages and Disadvantages of High Strength Concrete
LVL
4. I - C - L - T - Pipes - Tubes - round - Rectangular bars - plates
Prefabricated brick panel curtainwall
The role of lime in mortar and mortar types
Dimensional Lumber - and nominal vs actual dimensions
AISC standard structural shapes
5. Design-Build
heat-soaked tempered glass
DD
DB
Stucco - its components and layers
6. 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
Concrete Control Joints and Cold Joints
Mat Foundation
AISC standard structural shapes
Friction vs. End-bearing Pile
7. Differential: The building's foundation settles at different rates at different points. Uniform: The building's foundation settles at a uniform rate.
Sheet Piles and Shoring
Differential/Uniform Foundation Settlement
Performance vs. Prescriptive Code Provisions
Cold Weather Concrete Construction Protection Measures
8. Draining the soil around the excavations so that the groundwater level falls below the elevation of proposed excavation.
Dewatering
Joist
Re-Shoring
Re-Shoring
9. 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.
PSL
DB
CM
GFRC
10. A fastener that connects an exterior cladding to the supporting frame to resist lateral loads
Flex anchors
Strip Footing
Tie Backs
Shallow vs. Deep Foundations
11. A ceiling hung from the overlying floor or roof structure.
Caisson
Sheet Piles and Shoring
Flat-Sawn vs. Quarter-Sawn Lumber
Suspended ceiling
12. 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
tempered glass
Fire Safety Exiting Requirements
Stone cladding
Pre-tentioning and Post-tentioning
13. Metal panels consisting of polyurethane foam sandwiched between and bonded to two metal sheets - used in curtain wall applications.
CD
CM
Insulated metal panels
LVL
14. 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.
Performance vs. Prescriptive Code Provisions
low-e coating
Sheathing
Fire Resistance Rating
15. Used commonly for load-bearing wood - masonry - or concrete walls.
Strip Footing
Cee Channel - Runner Channel - Tracks
Concrete - its components - and their function in the mix
Fire Resistance Rating
16. Chemical compounds that are used in concrete mixes to increase the workability of the mix without reducing the slump.
Suspended ceiling
Veneer
Prefabricated v. site-built masonry cladding
Plasticizers
17. Include the width and height of the exit enclosures - fire resistance of materials used therein - and illumination levels in the exit enclosures.
Fire Safety Exiting Requirements
Stucco - its components and layers
heat-soaked tempered glass
Shallow vs. Deep Foundations
18. 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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19. 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
Fire Safety Exiting Requirements
Strip Footing
Hollow Core Slabs and Planks
20. Differential: The building's foundation settles at different rates at different points. Uniform: The building's foundation settles at a uniform rate.
Performance vs. Prescriptive Code Provisions
Tendons
Engineered Lumber
Differential/Uniform Foundation Settlement
21. Shoring placed under concrete to support it while it cures.
Re-Shoring
curtain walls
Light-Gauge Steel Framing
Veneer
22. The combination of high-strength steel strands - sleeves - and end anchorages used for post-tensioning concrete.
Performance vs. Prescriptive Code Provisions
Tendons
curtain walls
Dimensional Lumber - and nominal vs actual dimensions
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.
Slump Test
The Three Phases of Construction Management
One-Way vs. Two-Way Slabs
Zoning Ordinance
24. Place where materials are stored on or near the project site.
SD
DD
Laydown Yard/Staging Area
Column Footing
25. Cost - Schedule - and Quality
The Three Parts of Construction Management
Slump Test
Advantages and Disadvantages of High Strength Concrete
Precasting vs Site-Casting: Methods & Pros and Cons
26. 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.
Caisson
OSB
Flat-Sawn vs. Quarter-Sawn Lumber
Concrete - its components - and their function in the mix
27. A manufactured wood product rated for structural applications - such as plywood - oriented strandboard - or laminated veneer lumber.
Building Inspector's Process
Slump Test
Engineered Lumber
Tie Backs
28. A glass that reflects incoming visible radiation due to a very thin metal oxide coating on one side.
Tendons
Slump Test
reflective glass
Pre-tentioning and Post-tentioning
29. 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
low-e coating
Flat-Sawn vs. Quarter-Sawn Lumber
Sump and Well Point Dewatering
Glue-Laminated Lumber
30. A framing system that mimics wood light frame construction - but the elements are made of cold-formed - galvanized sheet steel.
Flex anchors
EIFS
Prefabricated brick panel curtainwall
Light-Gauge Steel Framing
31. Floating: The process of smoothing a freshly placed concrete surface after it has been struck (leveled).
Floating and Troweling
CM
Building Inspector's Process
Differential/Uniform Foundation Settlement
32. 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
curtain walls
Annealed glass
AISC standard structural shapes
33. Schematic Design
Friction vs. End-bearing Pile
Type I-V Concrete - and the Roles for Each
SD
Strip Footing
34. Lengths of dimension lumber - glued and laminated together to create a structural member of a large cross section.
Steps in Forming a Reinforced Concrete Wall
Friction vs. End-bearing Pile
Glue-Laminated Lumber
Stone cladding
35. Construction Document
Cold Weather Concrete Construction Protection Measures
CD
Bentonite Slurry Wall
Strip Footing
36. Laminated Veneer Lumber: Dried wood veneers laminated in layers - all oriented in the same direction - to form a large structural member.
Permanent Concrete Freeze-Thaw Protection
Flat-Sawn vs. Quarter-Sawn Lumber
Soldier Piles and Lagging
LVL
37. A thin layer of material over a back-up component.
Laminated glass
Veneer
Concrete - its components - and their function in the mix
GFRC
38. 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.
Tinted glass
The Three Phases of Construction Management
GFRC
Sheet Piles and Shoring
39. A legal document that regulates the design and construction of buildings to ensure that the buildings meet minimum standards of health - safety - and welfare.
Contiguous Bored Concrete Piles and Secant Piles
Strip Footing
Building Code
EIFS
40. Draining the soil around the excavations so that the groundwater level falls below the elevation of proposed excavation.
Dewatering
CD
Building Code
The role of lime in mortar and mortar types
41. 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.
Rafter
Glue-Laminated Lumber
Engineered Lumber
Friction vs. End-bearing Pile
42. ...
Precasting vs Site-Casting: Methods & Pros and Cons
Rebar and Welded Wire Fabric (WWF)
AISC standard structural shapes
Sheathing
43. 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.
tempered glass
Building Inspector's Process
Flex anchors
Tinted glass
44. 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.
Rebar and Welded Wire Fabric (WWF)
Cee Channel - Runner Channel - Tracks
Stone cladding
Prefabricated brick panel curtainwall
45. Exterior Sheathing - Water resistant membrane - flashing with weep holes - self-adhering rubberized asphalt membrane - self-furring metal base - scratch coat - brown coat - finish coat.
Stucco - its components and layers
The Three Parts of Construction Management
PSL
Sump and Well Point Dewatering
46. Construction Document
CD
EIFS
Tie Backs
AISC standard structural shapes
47. Truss: a structural member with triangulated - linear elements - typically used for large spans. Bottom Chord:
Veneer
Truss - Bottom Chord and Top Chord
Differential/Uniform Foundation Settlement
Stone cladding
48. Material added to concrete mix to influence its performance.
Admixture
Re-Shoring
low-e coating
Wood Light Framing
49. ...
Fire Safety Exiting Requirements
Fire Resistance Rating
The role of lime in mortar and mortar types
Precasting vs Site-Casting: Methods & Pros and Cons
50. Pre-Construction - Construction - and Post-Construction Phases
Zoning Ordinance
The Three Phases of Construction Management
Friction vs. End-bearing Pile
Prefabricated v. site-built masonry cladding