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Building Construction Management Vocab
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1. ...
Pile and Pile Driver
Steps in Forming a Reinforced Concrete Wall
Annealed glass
Building Inspector's Process
2. 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.
One-Way vs. Two-Way Slabs
Slip-critical v. snug-tight connections
Engineered Lumber
Wrought iron v. mild steel
3. A fastener that connects an exterior cladding to the supporting frame to resist lateral loads
Differential/Uniform Foundation Settlement
Strip Footing
Cee Channel - Runner Channel - Tracks
Tie Backs
4. Advantages: High early strength Disadvantages: Very expensive
Caisson
Joist
Advantages and Disadvantages of High Strength Concrete
Slip-critical v. snug-tight connections
5. Two pieces of glass laminated under heat and pressure to a plastic interlayer to form a fused unit.
One-Way vs. Two-Way Slabs
Plasticizers
Laminated glass
Column Footing
6. Used where columns are lightly loaded or bear on soils with a high bearing capacity.
Column Footing
DBB
Fire Safety Exiting Requirements
Wrought iron v. mild steel
7. Truss: a structural member with triangulated - linear elements - typically used for large spans. Bottom Chord:
Truss - Bottom Chord and Top Chord
Hollow Core Slabs and Planks
Joist
Concrete - its components - and their function in the mix
8. Used where columns are lightly loaded or bear on soils with a high bearing capacity.
CM
Column Footing
Flat-Sawn vs. Quarter-Sawn Lumber
low-e coating
9. 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
Slip-critical v. snug-tight connections
Truss - Bottom Chord and Top Chord
Concrete Control Joints and Cold Joints
DD
10. Sheet steel that is hot-dip galvanized.
OSB
Cold-Formed Light Gauge Steel Members
Shallow vs. Deep Foundations
Flat-Sawn vs. Quarter-Sawn Lumber
11. 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.
EIFS
SD
Rafter
DD
12. Exterior Sheathing - Water resistant membrane - flashing with weep holes - self-adhering rubberized asphalt membrane - self-furring metal base - scratch coat - brown coat - finish coat.
reflective glass
Fire Resistance Rating
Dimensional Lumber - and nominal vs actual dimensions
Stucco - its components and layers
13. Type 1: General Use - Type 2: -Type 3: High Early Strength - Type 4: Low Heat of Hydration - Type 5: Sulfate Resistant
Rebar and Welded Wire Fabric (WWF)
Type I-V Concrete - and the Roles for Each
Pile and Pile Driver
Building Code
14. ...
Fire Safety Exiting Requirements
Pressure Treated Lumber
Pile and Pile Driver
Precasting vs Site-Casting: Methods & Pros and Cons
15. Pre-Construction - Construction - and Post-Construction Phases
The Three Phases of Construction Management
CD
Wood Light Framing
Pressure Treated Lumber
16. Pre-Construction - Construction - and Post-Construction Phases
The Three Phases of Construction Management
Performance vs. Prescriptive Code Provisions
Rebar and Welded Wire Fabric (WWF)
reflective glass
17. Floating: The process of smoothing a freshly placed concrete surface after it has been struck (leveled).
Pressure Treated Lumber
Floating and Troweling
Concrete - its components - and their function in the mix
Tendons
18. 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
Sump and Well Point Dewatering
Contiguous Bored Concrete Piles and Secant Piles
Building Code
Concrete Control Joints and Cold Joints
19. 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.
PSL
Fire Resistance Rating
Floating and Troweling
One-Way vs. Two-Way Slabs
20. 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.
Tinted glass
Laydown Yard/Staging Area
Glue-Laminated Lumber
Pre-tentioning and Post-tentioning
21. Two pieces of glass laminated under heat and pressure to a plastic interlayer to form a fused unit.
The Three Parts of Construction Management
LVL
Differential/Uniform Foundation Settlement
Laminated glass
22. Draining the soil around the excavations so that the groundwater level falls below the elevation of proposed excavation.
DBB
Dewatering
Building Inspector's Process
heat-soaked tempered glass
23. Differential: The building's foundation settles at different rates at different points. Uniform: The building's foundation settles at a uniform rate.
Differential/Uniform Foundation Settlement
Contiguous Bored Concrete Piles and Secant Piles
Laydown Yard/Staging Area
Hollow Core Slabs and Planks
24. Design Development
Strip Footing
Wrought iron v. mild steel
Re-Shoring
DD
25. 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.
Contiguous Bored Concrete Piles and Secant Piles
Stucco - its components and layers
PSL
reflective glass
26. Exterior Sheathing - Water resistant membrane - flashing with weep holes - self-adhering rubberized asphalt membrane - self-furring metal base - scratch coat - brown coat - finish coat.
Soldier Piles and Lagging
Concrete - its components - and their function in the mix
CM
Stucco - its components and layers
27. 10' - 15' discontinuous trenches are dug down to bedrock and filled with a bentonite slurry. Concrete is then pumped from the bottom up to create a waterproof wall for excavation pits.
Bentonite Slurry Wall
DD
AISC standard structural shapes
LVL
28. Chemical compounds that are used in concrete mixes to increase the workability of the mix without reducing the slump.
EIFS
heat-soaked tempered glass
Plasticizers
DBB
29. 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.
Mat Foundation
Flex anchors
Prefabricated v. site-built masonry cladding
The role of lime in mortar and mortar types
30. M = Least amount of lime; O = Most lime; N = Second most lime; S = Second least lime
Bentonite Slurry Wall
The role of lime in mortar and mortar types
Cee Channel - Runner Channel - Tracks
The Three Phases of Construction Management
31. Place where materials are stored on or near the project site.
Flat-Sawn vs. Quarter-Sawn Lumber
Soldier Piles and Lagging
Laydown Yard/Staging Area
Stone cladding
32. 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.
Sheathing
Tinted glass
OSB
Laminated glass
33. 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
One-Way vs. Two-Way Slabs
Plasticizers
Sump and Well Point Dewatering
Fire Resistance Rating
34. Slender - closely spaced - parallel beams in a wood light (or light-gauge steel) frame floor.
Light-Gauge Steel Framing
Joist
Backup wall
One-Way vs. Two-Way Slabs
35. 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.
Strip Footing
reflective glass
Tinted glass
Wood Light Framing
36. 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.
EIFS
Annealed glass
Soldier Piles and Lagging
Floating and Troweling
37. 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.
PSL
Rafter
Backup wall
Precasting vs Site-Casting: Methods & Pros and Cons
38. 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.
Laydown Yard/Staging Area
The role of lime in mortar and mortar types
Mat Foundation
Friction vs. End-bearing Pile
39. Design-Bid-Build
Column Footing
Slip-critical v. snug-tight connections
DBB
CD
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
Pre-tentioning and Post-tentioning
Pile and Pile Driver
PSL
Flat-Sawn vs. Quarter-Sawn Lumber
41. Use air-entrainment in the concrete mix
Spandrel beam
Permanent Concrete Freeze-Thaw Protection
Contiguous Bored Concrete Piles and Secant Piles
Spandrel beam
42. 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.
Glue-Laminated Lumber
EIFS
Rebar and Welded Wire Fabric (WWF)
AISC standard structural shapes
43. Design-Build
Friction vs. End-bearing Pile
Stone cladding
Rafter
DB
44. ...
SD
Prefabricated v. site-built masonry cladding
Cee Channel - Runner Channel - Tracks
Admixture
45. Design-Bid-Build
Building Code
Differential/Uniform Foundation Settlement
GFRC
DBB
46. 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.
Plasticizers
The role of lime in mortar and mortar types
Veneer
Performance vs. Prescriptive Code Provisions
47. 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
Rebar and Welded Wire Fabric (WWF)
Prefabricated brick panel curtainwall
Strip Footing
48. A manufactured wood product rated for structural applications - such as plywood - oriented strandboard - or laminated veneer lumber.
Rafter
Engineered Lumber
Laminated glass
PSL
49. Hollow Core Slabs: Precast - prestressed concrete slabs that contain voids in their central region that reduce dead loads by 40-50%. - Planks: Precast concrete slabs that are solid.
Floating and Troweling
Differential/Uniform Foundation Settlement
Wood Light Framing
Hollow Core Slabs and Planks
50. 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.
Shallow vs. Deep Foundations
Tinted glass
Sheathing
Re-Shoring