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Building Construction Management Vocab

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






2. 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






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






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






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






6. 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.






7. 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.






8. 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.






9. Cost - Schedule - and Quality






10. 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






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






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






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






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






15. 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.






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






17. Construction Management






18. Cee Channel: Studs and joists - symbolized by S - Runner Channel: bridging channels - symbolized by you - Tracks: you shaped - symbolized by T






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






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






21. 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






22. 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.






23. 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.






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






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






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






27. 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.






28. 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.






29. Design Development






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






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






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






33. 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.






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






35. Advantages: High early strength Disadvantages: Very expensive






36. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






42. Lengths of dimension lumber - glued and laminated together to create a structural member of a large cross section.






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.






44. 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.






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






46. Advantages: High early strength Disadvantages: Very expensive






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






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






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






50. Use air-entrainment in the concrete mix