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Building Construction Management Vocab
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1. 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
CD
SD
tempered glass
Laminated glass
2. 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.
Glue-Laminated Lumber
Soldier Piles and Lagging
Pre-tentioning and Post-tentioning
Zoning Ordinance
3. 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.
Prefabricated brick panel curtainwall
Cold-Formed Light Gauge Steel Members
Performance vs. Prescriptive Code Provisions
heat-soaked tempered glass
4. 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.
LVL
AISC standard structural shapes
Annealed glass
Building Inspector's Process
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.
Re-Shoring
Column Footing
Prefabricated v. site-built masonry cladding
Stucco - its components and layers
6. 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
Concrete Control Joints and Cold Joints
Pile and Pile Driver
Insulated metal panels
Cee Channel - Runner Channel - Tracks
7. A legal document that regulates the design and construction of buildings to ensure that the buildings meet minimum standards of health - safety - and welfare.
Building Code
Soldier Piles and Lagging
Tendons
Zoning Ordinance
8. 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.
Sheet Piles and Shoring
reflective glass
Floating and Troweling
Rebar and Welded Wire Fabric (WWF)
9. 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.
Pressure Treated Lumber
Rebar and Welded Wire Fabric (WWF)
Permanent Concrete Freeze-Thaw Protection
Dimensional Lumber - and nominal vs actual dimensions
10. Shoring placed under concrete to support it while it cures.
Precasting vs Site-Casting: Methods & Pros and Cons
Performance vs. Prescriptive Code Provisions
Sheathing
Re-Shoring
11. Floating: The process of smoothing a freshly placed concrete surface after it has been struck (leveled).
Joist
Floating and Troweling
Caisson
Tendons
12. Design-Bid-Build
DBB
Tendons
Precasting vs Site-Casting: Methods & Pros and Cons
Pre-tentioning and Post-tentioning
13. Design-Build
Floating and Troweling
Tendons
Tendons
DB
14. A test that measures the workability of fresh concrete by filling a cone-shaped mold with concrete - removing the mold - and measuring the height to which the concrete settles below its original height.
Glue-Laminated Lumber
Rebar and Welded Wire Fabric (WWF)
Slump Test
Suspended ceiling
15. The combination of high-strength steel strands - sleeves - and end anchorages used for post-tensioning concrete.
Tendons
One-Way vs. Two-Way Slabs
Laydown Yard/Staging Area
Zoning Ordinance
16. 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.
Performance vs. Prescriptive Code Provisions
Friction vs. End-bearing Pile
PSL
curtain walls
17. Laminated Veneer Lumber: Dried wood veneers laminated in layers - all oriented in the same direction - to form a large structural member.
Suspended ceiling
SD
LVL
Differential/Uniform Foundation Settlement
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
PSL
tempered glass
heat-soaked tempered glass
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.
Bentonite Slurry Wall
Performance vs. Prescriptive Code Provisions
PSL
DBB
20. Exterior Sheathing - Water resistant membrane - flashing with weep holes - self-adhering rubberized asphalt membrane - self-furring metal base - scratch coat - brown coat - finish coat.
Stucco - its components and layers
GFRC
LVL
low-e coating
21. Differential: The building's foundation settles at different rates at different points. Uniform: The building's foundation settles at a uniform rate.
OSB
Sheathing
Building Code
Differential/Uniform Foundation Settlement
22. Construction Management
Suspended ceiling
CM
Building Inspector's Process
Floating and Troweling
23. ...
low-e coating
Light-Gauge Steel Framing
Suspended ceiling
Precasting vs Site-Casting: Methods & Pros and Cons
24. Lumber that ranges from 2 in. to 4 in. thick. The actual dimensions are smaller than the nominal dimensions.
Spandrel beam
DD
Dimensional Lumber - and nominal vs actual dimensions
Prefabricated v. site-built masonry cladding
25. 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.
Sheathing
EIFS
tempered glass
Laminated glass
26. 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.
Precasting vs Site-Casting: Methods & Pros and Cons
EIFS
Performance vs. Prescriptive Code Provisions
Steps in Forming a Reinforced Concrete Wall
27. Schematic Design
PSL
Re-Shoring
Sheathing
SD
28. Chemical compounds that are used in concrete mixes to increase the workability of the mix without reducing the slump.
Spandrel beam
Flat-Sawn vs. Quarter-Sawn Lumber
Plasticizers
Cold Weather Concrete Construction Protection Measures
29. ...
Glue-Laminated Lumber
Pile and Pile Driver
Veneer
Precasting vs Site-Casting: Methods & Pros and Cons
30. 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.
Flat-Sawn vs. Quarter-Sawn Lumber
Hollow Core Slabs and Planks
Shallow vs. Deep Foundations
Sump and Well Point Dewatering
31. Chemical compounds that are used in concrete mixes to increase the workability of the mix without reducing the slump.
Re-Shoring
Plasticizers
curtain walls
Prefabricated brick panel curtainwall
32. Use air-entrainment in the concrete mix
Prefabricated brick panel curtainwall
Permanent Concrete Freeze-Thaw Protection
Engineered Lumber
CM
33. A glass that reflects incoming visible radiation due to a very thin metal oxide coating on one side.
EIFS
Stone cladding
reflective glass
Glue-Laminated Lumber
34. 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.
Rebar and Welded Wire Fabric (WWF)
Caisson
Concrete - its components - and their function in the mix
reflective glass
35. 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.
Concrete Control Joints and Cold Joints
Pressure Treated Lumber
Slump Test
Strip Footing
36. Slender - closely spaced - parallel beams in a wood light (or light-gauge steel) frame floor.
Slump Test
heat-soaked tempered glass
Joist
Column Footing
37. 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.
Spandrel beam
Pre-tentioning and Post-tentioning
The Three Phases of Construction Management
Cee Channel - Runner Channel - Tracks
38. 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
Caisson
Permanent Concrete Freeze-Thaw Protection
tempered glass
Flat-Sawn vs. Quarter-Sawn Lumber
39. I - C - L - T - Pipes - Tubes - round - Rectangular bars - plates
Column Footing
Slip-critical v. snug-tight connections
AISC standard structural shapes
Building Inspector's Process
40. A document that describes regulations for the use of land in a particular jurisdiction.
LVL
Admixture
Zoning Ordinance
Engineered Lumber
41. Concrete: A composite material consisting of portland cement - coarse aggregate (crushed stone) - fine aggregate (sand) - and water.
Cee Channel - Runner Channel - Tracks
Veneer
The role of lime in mortar and mortar types
Concrete - its components - and their function in the mix
42. Lengths of dimension lumber - glued and laminated together to create a structural member of a large cross section.
Sheet Piles and Shoring
Glue-Laminated Lumber
Light-Gauge Steel Framing
Concrete Control Joints and Cold Joints
43. Shoring placed under concrete to support it while it cures.
Mat Foundation
Rafter
Re-Shoring
Hollow Core Slabs and Planks
44. Construction Document
One-Way vs. Two-Way Slabs
Engineered Lumber
CD
SD
45. A type of glass made by adding a metallic pigment during manufacture.
EIFS
Engineered Lumber
Tinted glass
Differential/Uniform Foundation Settlement
46. Used commonly for load-bearing wood - masonry - or concrete walls.
Engineered Lumber
Caisson
Strip Footing
Building Code
47. 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
Glue-Laminated Lumber
Building Inspector's Process
Prefabricated brick panel curtainwall
48. 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
Building Code
Flat-Sawn vs. Quarter-Sawn Lumber
Suspended ceiling
Performance vs. Prescriptive Code Provisions
49. 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.
Flex anchors
Engineered Lumber
DB
Prefabricated brick panel curtainwall
50. A surface coating that reflects most of the long-wave radiation.
GFRC
DB
PSL
low-e coating
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