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Building Construction Management Vocab

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






2. 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.






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






4. 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.






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






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






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






8. 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.






9. 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.






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11. 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.






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






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






14. Sheet steel that is hot-dip galvanized.






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






16. Pre-Construction - Construction - and Post-Construction Phases






17. Design-Bid-Build






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






19. Use air-entrainment in the concrete mix






20. 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






21. Use air-entrainment in the concrete mix






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






23. 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.






24. 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.






25. Construction Management






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






27. 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






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






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






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






31. 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






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






33. 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






34. Cost - Schedule - and Quality






35. Sheet steel that is hot-dip galvanized.






36. Cost - Schedule - and Quality






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






38. 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.






39. 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.






40. 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.






41. 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.






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






43. Design Development






44. 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.






45. Advantages: High early strength Disadvantages: Very expensive






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






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






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






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






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