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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.






2. 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.






3. Chemical compounds that are used in concrete mixes to increase the workability of the mix without reducing the slump.






4. Use air-entrainment in the concrete mix






5. Fabricated at the manufacture's plant. Reinforced in both directions. Uses a steel stud backup wall.






6. Cost - Schedule - and Quality






7. 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.






8. 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






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






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






11. Design Development






12. 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.






13. 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.






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






15. 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






16. 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.






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






18. Schematic Design






19. 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.






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






21. 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.






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






23. Construction Management






24. Fabricated at the manufacture's plant. Reinforced in both directions. Uses a steel stud backup wall.






25. Design Development






26. ...






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






28. 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.






29. Design-Build






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






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. Chemical compounds that are used in concrete mixes to increase the workability of the mix without reducing the slump.






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






34. 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.






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






36. 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.






37. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. 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.






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






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






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






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







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