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Building Construction Management Vocab

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1. 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






2. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






8. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






14. 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.






15. 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.






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






17. 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






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






19. Design-Bid-Build






20. Use air-entrainment in the concrete mix






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






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






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






24. 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.






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






26. ...






27. 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.






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






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






30. Design-Build






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






32. 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.






33. 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






34. 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.






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






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






37. 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






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






39. 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.






40. 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






41. A type of concrete foundation where one large - combined footing is used for several columns and load-bearing walls - often for the entire building. A concrete slab-on-ground used as foundation for light frame buildings is the simplest type of mat fo






42. Lumber that ranges from 2 in. to 4 in. thick. The actual dimensions are smaller than the nominal dimensions.






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






44. Schematic Design






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






46. 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.






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






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






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






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