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Building Construction Management Vocab

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1. A legal document that regulates the design and construction of buildings to ensure that the buildings meet minimum standards of health - safety - and welfare.






2. Design-Bid-Build






3. 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.






4. Concrete: A composite material consisting of portland cement - coarse aggregate (crushed stone) - fine aggregate (sand) - and water.






5. Schematic Design






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






7. Schematic Design






8. Differential: The building's foundation settles at different rates at different points. Uniform: The building's foundation settles at a uniform rate.






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






10. The ability of a building assembly to endure fire - measured in hours or minutes of time and determined from standardized full-scale tests.






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






12. 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.






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






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






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






16. 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.






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






18. A legal document that regulates the design and construction of buildings to ensure that the buildings meet minimum standards of health - safety - and welfare.






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






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






21. 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.






22. Sheet steel that is hot-dip galvanized.






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






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






25. M = Least amount of lime; O = Most lime; N = Second most lime; S = Second least lime






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






27. 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.






28. Differential: The building's foundation settles at different rates at different points. Uniform: The building's foundation settles at a uniform rate.






29. Design Development






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






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






32. Pre-Construction - Construction - and Post-Construction Phases






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






34. 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.






35. 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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36. Type 1: General Use - Type 2: -Type 3: High Early Strength - Type 4: Low Heat of Hydration - Type 5: Sulfate Resistant






37. 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.






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






39. Construction Document






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






41. ...






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






43. Exterior Sheathing - Water resistant membrane - flashing with weep holes - self-adhering rubberized asphalt membrane - self-furring metal base - scratch coat - brown coat - finish coat.






44. Stone panels attached to a backup wall or curtain wall frame.






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






46. Design-Bid-Build






47. 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.






48. Design-Build






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






50. 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.