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Building Construction Management Vocab

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1. Differential: The building's foundation settles at different rates at different points. Uniform: The building's foundation settles at a uniform rate.






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3. 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.






4. Exterior Sheathing - Water resistant membrane - flashing with weep holes - self-adhering rubberized asphalt membrane - self-furring metal base - scratch coat - brown coat - finish coat.






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






6. Prescriptive codes give a clear - defined method for meeting a requirement. Performance codes allow the designer to decide how to meet the end requirement that must be met.






7. 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.






8. 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.






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






10. 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.






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






12. Cost - Schedule - and Quality






13. Design Development






14. Used commonly for load-bearing wood - masonry - or concrete walls.






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






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






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






18. 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.






19. Place where materials are stored on or near the project site.






20. 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.






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






22. 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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23. 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.






24. 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






25. 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






26. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






35. 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.






36. Sheet steel that is hot-dip galvanized.






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






38. 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.






39. 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






40. 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.






41. 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.






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






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






44. Truss: a structural member with triangulated - linear elements - typically used for large spans. Bottom Chord:






45. Truss: a structural member with triangulated - linear elements - typically used for large spans. Bottom Chord:






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






47. 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






48. 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






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






50. Construction Document







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