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Building Construction Management Vocab
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1. 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
Hollow Core Slabs and Planks
Wrought iron v. mild steel
Zoning Ordinance
2. 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
tempered glass
Sheathing
Shallow vs. Deep Foundations
Advantages and Disadvantages of High Strength Concrete
3. 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.
OSB
Sheet Piles and Shoring
Re-Shoring
Contiguous Bored Concrete Piles and Secant Piles
4. 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
Concrete - its components - and their function in the mix
heat-soaked tempered glass
Prefabricated brick panel curtainwall
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.
Building Code
Stucco - its components and layers
Suspended ceiling
Slump Test
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.
Annealed glass
Laydown Yard/Staging Area
Precasting vs Site-Casting: Methods & Pros and Cons
Flex anchors
7. M = Least amount of lime; O = Most lime; N = Second most lime; S = Second least lime
PSL
Rebar and Welded Wire Fabric (WWF)
The role of lime in mortar and mortar types
DBB
8. Pre-Construction - Construction - and Post-Construction Phases
Truss - Bottom Chord and Top Chord
Tinted glass
LVL
The Three Phases of Construction Management
9. 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.
Cee Channel - Runner Channel - Tracks
Annealed glass
Rebar and Welded Wire Fabric (WWF)
DBB
10. 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.
Joist
heat-soaked tempered glass
Spandrel beam
Zoning Ordinance
11. A glass that reflects incoming visible radiation due to a very thin metal oxide coating on one side.
reflective glass
CM
GFRC
Cold-Formed Light Gauge Steel Members
12. 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
heat-soaked tempered glass
Flat-Sawn vs. Quarter-Sawn Lumber
LVL
Sheet Piles and Shoring
13. Material added to concrete mix to influence its performance.
Admixture
Precasting vs Site-Casting: Methods & Pros and Cons
Sheathing
Truss - Bottom Chord and Top Chord
14. The combination of high-strength steel strands - sleeves - and end anchorages used for post-tensioning concrete.
Precasting vs Site-Casting: Methods & Pros and Cons
Wrought iron v. mild steel
Tendons
Shallow vs. Deep Foundations
15. Advantages: High early strength Disadvantages: Very expensive
Suspended ceiling
Strip Footing
reflective glass
Advantages and Disadvantages of High Strength Concrete
16. 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.
Light-Gauge Steel Framing
Plasticizers
Hollow Core Slabs and Planks
Sheet Piles and Shoring
17. 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.
Type I-V Concrete - and the Roles for Each
Joist
Annealed glass
Sheet Piles and Shoring
18. ...
Precasting vs Site-Casting: Methods & Pros and Cons
Tie Backs
Dewatering
reflective glass
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.
Caisson
PSL
AISC standard structural shapes
Glue-Laminated Lumber
20. 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.
Floating and Troweling
Annealed glass
Bentonite Slurry Wall
Wrought iron v. mild steel
21. Fabricated at the manufacture's plant. Reinforced in both directions. Uses a steel stud backup wall.
Strip Footing
reflective glass
Prefabricated brick panel curtainwall
Bentonite Slurry Wall
22. 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
Backup wall
Differential/Uniform Foundation Settlement
Flat-Sawn vs. Quarter-Sawn Lumber
low-e coating
23. A surface coating that reflects most of the long-wave radiation.
low-e coating
Sheathing
Rafter
Differential/Uniform Foundation Settlement
24. 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.
Shallow vs. Deep Foundations
DB
Tendons
Friction vs. End-bearing Pile
25. A manufactured wood product rated for structural applications - such as plywood - oriented strandboard - or laminated veneer lumber.
Engineered Lumber
Steps in Forming a Reinforced Concrete Wall
EIFS
LVL
26. Cost - Schedule - and Quality
The Three Parts of Construction Management
Cee Channel - Runner Channel - Tracks
Suspended ceiling
Contiguous Bored Concrete Piles and Secant Piles
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.
EIFS
Rafter
Wood Light Framing
Engineered Lumber
28. 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
Concrete Control Joints and Cold Joints
Flat-Sawn vs. Quarter-Sawn Lumber
Shallow vs. Deep Foundations
29. A beam that spans between columns on the exterior face of a frame structure.
Spandrel beam
Plasticizers
Engineered Lumber
DD
30. Pre-Construction - Construction - and Post-Construction Phases
Insulated metal panels
Hollow Core Slabs and Planks
Plasticizers
The Three Phases of Construction Management
31. 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
reflective glass
Tie Backs
32. Pile: Driven or drilled long - slender foundation element. Pile: a piece of machinery used to drive piles into the ground.
heat-soaked tempered glass
Caisson
Pile and Pile Driver
Wrought iron v. mild steel
33. The ability of a building assembly to endure fire - measured in hours or minutes of time and determined from standardized full-scale tests.
Friction vs. End-bearing Pile
CM
Fire Resistance Rating
Suspended ceiling
34. The combination of high-strength steel strands - sleeves - and end anchorages used for post-tensioning concrete.
Glue-Laminated Lumber
Tendons
Sump and Well Point Dewatering
DD
35. Type 1: General Use - Type 2: -Type 3: High Early Strength - Type 4: Low Heat of Hydration - Type 5: Sulfate Resistant
Prefabricated brick panel curtainwall
Type I-V Concrete - and the Roles for Each
Dimensional Lumber - and nominal vs actual dimensions
The Three Parts of Construction Management
36. Lengths of dimension lumber - glued and laminated together to create a structural member of a large cross section.
Dimensional Lumber - and nominal vs actual dimensions
Concrete - its components - and their function in the mix
Glue-Laminated Lumber
Stucco - its components and layers
37. They review the plan sets to make sure they meet code requirements - then they will issue building permits if all codes and regulations are met. During the construction process - an inspector will be called to review the construction of specific part
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Prefabricated v. site-built masonry cladding
PSL
Strip Footing
Performance vs. Prescriptive Code Provisions
39. A legal document that regulates the design and construction of buildings to ensure that the buildings meet minimum standards of health - safety - and welfare.
CM
Light-Gauge Steel Framing
DB
Building Code
40. A ceiling hung from the overlying floor or roof structure.
Suspended ceiling
AISC standard structural shapes
Advantages and Disadvantages of High Strength Concrete
Dewatering
41. 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.
Hollow Core Slabs and Planks
GFRC
SD
Sheathing
42. 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.
Wrought iron v. mild steel
Cee Channel - Runner Channel - Tracks
Re-Shoring
Tendons
43. 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.
Performance vs. Prescriptive Code Provisions
Veneer
Stone cladding
Advantages and Disadvantages of High Strength Concrete
44. Used commonly for load-bearing wood - masonry - or concrete walls.
Concrete - its components - and their function in the mix
Wood Light Framing
Strip Footing
Pressure Treated Lumber
45. 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
Spandrel beam
Concrete Control Joints and Cold Joints
Insulated metal panels
tempered glass
46. 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
Dewatering
Concrete - its components - and their function in the mix
Cold Weather Concrete Construction Protection Measures
47. Lumber that ranges from 2 in. to 4 in. thick. The actual dimensions are smaller than the nominal dimensions.
Wrought iron v. mild steel
Insulated metal panels
Dimensional Lumber - and nominal vs actual dimensions
DB
48. 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.
Rafter
Slump Test
Pre-tentioning and Post-tentioning
Flex anchors
49. 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.
Plasticizers
GFRC
Type I-V Concrete - and the Roles for Each
heat-soaked tempered glass
50. Design-Build
DB
Zoning Ordinance
Laydown Yard/Staging Area
Tinted glass