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Building Construction Management Vocab

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1. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






10. 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.






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






13. 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.






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






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






16. 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.






17. Advantages: High early strength Disadvantages: Very expensive






18. 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.






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






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






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






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






23. Design-Bid-Build






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






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.






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






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






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






29. 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.






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






31. 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.






32. Used commonly for load-bearing wood - masonry - or concrete walls.






33. 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.






34. 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.






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






37. 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.






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






40. 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.






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






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






43. Lumber that ranges from 2 in. to 4 in. thick. The actual dimensions are smaller than the nominal dimensions.






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






45. 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.






46. 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






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






48. 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.






49. Sump: Dig sump pits that are sufficiently below the elevation of the excavation - then use sump pumps to drain the water out of the pits and pump it away from the site. Well Point: A number of vertical pipes are sunk around the perimeter of the excav






50. 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.