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Building Construction Management Vocab

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






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






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






4. 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.






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






6. Use air-entrainment in the concrete mix






7. 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.






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






9. 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.






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






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






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






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






15. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






24. Load=bearing or non-load bearing wall to which exterior cladding is adhered or anchored.






25. Load=bearing or non-load bearing wall to which exterior cladding is adhered or anchored.






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






27. Design Development






28. Truss: a structural member with triangulated - linear elements - typically used for large spans. Bottom Chord:






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






30. 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.






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






32. 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.






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






34. Cost - Schedule - and Quality






35. 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.






36. 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






37. 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.






38. 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.






39. 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.






40. 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.






41. Pre-Construction - Construction - and Post-Construction Phases






42. 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.






43. Design-Bid-Build






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






45. 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






46. 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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47. 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






48. 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






49. 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






50. 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.