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Building Construction Management Vocab
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1. Used commonly for load-bearing wood - masonry - or concrete walls.
CM
Strip Footing
Laminated glass
Truss - Bottom Chord and Top Chord
2. 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.
Admixture
EIFS
Concrete - its components - and their function in the mix
OSB
3. Lengths of dimension lumber - glued and laminated together to create a structural member of a large cross section.
Joist
Glue-Laminated Lumber
Insulated metal panels
Concrete Control Joints and Cold Joints
4. 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.
Plasticizers
Fire Resistance Rating
Wrought iron v. mild steel
Performance vs. Prescriptive Code Provisions
5. Place where materials are stored on or near the project site.
Type I-V Concrete - and the Roles for Each
Prefabricated brick panel curtainwall
Laydown Yard/Staging Area
Zoning Ordinance
6. Fabricated at the manufacture's plant. Reinforced in both directions. Uses a steel stud backup wall.
Soldier Piles and Lagging
Differential/Uniform Foundation Settlement
Performance vs. Prescriptive Code Provisions
Prefabricated brick panel curtainwall
7. 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.
tempered glass
Truss - Bottom Chord and Top Chord
Performance vs. Prescriptive Code Provisions
Tinted glass
8. 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.
Slump Test
Annealed glass
Soldier Piles and Lagging
Engineered Lumber
9. Include the width and height of the exit enclosures - fire resistance of materials used therein - and illumination levels in the exit enclosures.
Fire Resistance Rating
Soldier Piles and Lagging
Fire Safety Exiting Requirements
Rebar and Welded Wire Fabric (WWF)
10. A ceiling hung from the overlying floor or roof structure.
Soldier Piles and Lagging
Suspended ceiling
Advantages and Disadvantages of High Strength Concrete
Plasticizers
11. 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
Annealed glass
Flat-Sawn vs. Quarter-Sawn Lumber
Cold Weather Concrete Construction Protection Measures
Floating and Troweling
12. A manufactured wood product rated for structural applications - such as plywood - oriented strandboard - or laminated veneer lumber.
GFRC
Engineered Lumber
Backup wall
GFRC
13. Material added to concrete mix to influence its performance.
Admixture
CM
Sump and Well Point Dewatering
Pile and Pile Driver
14. Advantages: High early strength Disadvantages: Very expensive
Bentonite Slurry Wall
Advantages and Disadvantages of High Strength Concrete
Dimensional Lumber - and nominal vs actual dimensions
Tinted glass
15. A document that describes regulations for the use of land in a particular jurisdiction.
Cold Weather Concrete Construction Protection Measures
DD
Dewatering
Zoning Ordinance
16. 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
heat-soaked tempered glass
Suspended ceiling
Mat Foundation
Column Footing
17. Draining the soil around the excavations so that the groundwater level falls below the elevation of proposed excavation.
Slump Test
Dewatering
Cee Channel - Runner Channel - Tracks
Type I-V Concrete - and the Roles for Each
18. 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
Hollow Core Slabs and Planks
Caisson
Cee Channel - Runner Channel - Tracks
19. ...
Prefabricated v. site-built masonry cladding
OSB
The Three Parts of Construction Management
Dimensional Lumber - and nominal vs actual dimensions
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.
Glue-Laminated Lumber
Rebar and Welded Wire Fabric (WWF)
heat-soaked tempered glass
Fire Resistance Rating
21. 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.
Laminated glass
Cee Channel - Runner Channel - Tracks
SD
Caisson
22. 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.
Building Inspector's Process
Insulated metal panels
Laydown Yard/Staging Area
Shallow vs. Deep Foundations
23. Concrete: A composite material consisting of portland cement - coarse aggregate (crushed stone) - fine aggregate (sand) - and water.
Cee Channel - Runner Channel - Tracks
Concrete - its components - and their function in the mix
Sump and Well Point Dewatering
Hollow Core Slabs and Planks
24. The ability of a building assembly to endure fire - measured in hours or minutes of time and determined from standardized full-scale tests.
Tie Backs
Fire Resistance Rating
Plasticizers
Wrought iron v. mild steel
25. 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.
The Three Phases of Construction Management
Annealed glass
GFRC
Slump Test
26. Exterior wall cladding system suspended from or supported by the structural frame of the building.
Fire Resistance Rating
Dimensional Lumber - and nominal vs actual dimensions
curtain walls
Sheet Piles and Shoring
27. 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.
SD
Shallow vs. Deep Foundations
Precasting vs Site-Casting: Methods & Pros and Cons
heat-soaked tempered glass
28. Pre-Construction - Construction - and Post-Construction Phases
PSL
Building Code
The Three Phases of Construction Management
Tie Backs
29. 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.
Building Inspector's Process
Flat-Sawn vs. Quarter-Sawn Lumber
Slump Test
Hollow Core Slabs and Planks
30. Metal panels consisting of polyurethane foam sandwiched between and bonded to two metal sheets - used in curtain wall applications.
OSB
Building Code
Laydown Yard/Staging Area
Insulated metal panels
31. 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.
Suspended ceiling
Friction vs. End-bearing Pile
Sump and Well Point Dewatering
Slip-critical v. snug-tight connections
32. 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
Bentonite Slurry Wall
Advantages and Disadvantages of High Strength Concrete
GFRC
33. 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.
Slump Test
Rebar and Welded Wire Fabric (WWF)
Mat Foundation
low-e coating
34. 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
Stucco - its components and layers
Type I-V Concrete - and the Roles for Each
Cold-Formed Light Gauge Steel Members
One-Way vs. Two-Way Slabs
35. Material added to concrete mix to influence its performance.
The Three Parts of Construction Management
Admixture
Stucco - its components and layers
Caisson
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.
curtain walls
Flex anchors
Glue-Laminated Lumber
Sheet Piles and Shoring
37. A type of glass made by adding a metallic pigment during manufacture.
Insulated metal panels
Pre-tentioning and Post-tentioning
Tinted glass
One-Way vs. Two-Way Slabs
38. 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
Plasticizers
low-e coating
The Three Phases of Construction Management
39. 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.
Bentonite Slurry Wall
The role of lime in mortar and mortar types
Concrete - its components - and their function in the mix
Contiguous Bored Concrete Piles and Secant Piles
40. 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.
Pile and Pile Driver
Flex anchors
Pressure Treated Lumber
Flat-Sawn vs. Quarter-Sawn Lumber
41. The combination of high-strength steel strands - sleeves - and end anchorages used for post-tensioning concrete.
The Three Parts of Construction Management
Advantages and Disadvantages of High Strength Concrete
Pressure Treated Lumber
Tendons
42. Used where columns are lightly loaded or bear on soils with a high bearing capacity.
Fire Resistance Rating
Pile and Pile Driver
Column Footing
Tendons
43. 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
Tie Backs
Sheet Piles and Shoring
Caisson
44. 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
Mat Foundation
Cold Weather Concrete Construction Protection Measures
Contiguous Bored Concrete Piles and Secant Piles
PSL
45. Cost - Schedule - and Quality
Type I-V Concrete - and the Roles for Each
Prefabricated v. site-built masonry cladding
The Three Parts of Construction Management
Plasticizers
46. Slender - closely spaced - parallel beams in a wood light (or light-gauge steel) frame floor.
Friction vs. End-bearing Pile
Differential/Uniform Foundation Settlement
Joist
Dewatering
47. 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.
Precasting vs Site-Casting: Methods & Pros and Cons
Rafter
DB
Friction vs. End-bearing Pile
48. 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.
Tendons
Pile and Pile Driver
Pre-tentioning and Post-tentioning
Sump and Well Point Dewatering
49. Lengths of dimension lumber - glued and laminated together to create a structural member of a large cross section.
Glue-Laminated Lumber
DBB
Re-Shoring
DBB
50. Type 1: General Use - Type 2: -Type 3: High Early Strength - Type 4: Low Heat of Hydration - Type 5: Sulfate Resistant
CM
Wrought iron v. mild steel
Type I-V Concrete - and the Roles for Each
Re-Shoring