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Building Construction Management Vocab

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






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






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






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






5. 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.






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






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






8. Pre-Construction - Construction - and Post-Construction Phases






9. 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.






10. Advantages: High early strength Disadvantages: Very expensive






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






12. Slender - closely spaced - parallel beams in a wood light (or light-gauge steel) frame floor.






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






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






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






16. 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.






17. 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.






18. 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.






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20. 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.






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






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






23. 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






24. A beam that spans between columns on the exterior face of a frame structure.






25. 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






26. Construction Document






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






28. Sheet steel that is hot-dip galvanized.






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






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






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






32. 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.






33. 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.






34. 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.






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






36. 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.






37. 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






38. 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.






39. 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.






40. 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






41. 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.






42. Pre-Construction - Construction - and Post-Construction Phases






43. 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.






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






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






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 ceiling hung from the overlying floor or roof structure.






48. 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.






49. Design-Bid-Build






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







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