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Building Construction Management Vocab

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1. 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.






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






3. Design Development






4. Used where columns are lightly loaded or bear on soils with a high bearing capacity.






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






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






7. 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.






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9. Use air-entrainment in the concrete mix






10. Design-Bid-Build






11. 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






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






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






14. 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.






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






16. 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.






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






18. 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






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






20. 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.






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22. Pre-Construction - Construction - and Post-Construction Phases






23. 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.






24. 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.






25. 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.






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






27. 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.






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






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






31. 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.






32. Metal panels consisting of polyurethane foam sandwiched between and bonded to two metal sheets - used in curtain wall applications.






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






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






35. 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.






36. Schematic Design






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






38. 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.






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






40. Construction Management






41. 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.






42. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






48. 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.






49. Metal panels consisting of polyurethane foam sandwiched between and bonded to two metal sheets - used in curtain wall applications.






50. Advantages: High early strength Disadvantages: Very expensive