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Building Construction Management Vocab

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1. Use air-entrainment in the concrete mix






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






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






4. 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.






5. Metal panels consisting of polyurethane foam sandwiched between and bonded to two metal sheets - used in curtain wall applications.






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






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






8. 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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9. 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.






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






11. Advantages: High early strength Disadvantages: Very expensive






12. 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.






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






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






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






16. Schematic Design






17. Draining the soil around the excavations so that the groundwater level falls below the elevation of proposed excavation.






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






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






20. 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.






21. 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.






22. Sheet steel that is hot-dip galvanized.






23. 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.






24. 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.






25. ...






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






27. 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.






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






29. Construction Management






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






31. Design Development






32. Exterior wall cladding system suspended from or supported by the structural frame of the building.






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






34. The combination of high-strength steel strands - sleeves - and end anchorages used for post-tensioning concrete.






35. 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.






36. 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






37. 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.






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






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






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






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






42. 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






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






44. 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.






45. 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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46. 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.






47. 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.






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






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






50. Design-Build