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Building Construction Management Vocab
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1. A manufactured wood product rated for structural applications - such as plywood - oriented strandboard - or laminated veneer lumber.
Stone cladding
Sump and Well Point Dewatering
Engineered Lumber
Soldier Piles and Lagging
2. Construction Document
CM
Mat Foundation
Tendons
CD
3. Lengths of dimension lumber - glued and laminated together to create a structural member of a large cross section.
SD
low-e coating
Wood Light Framing
Glue-Laminated Lumber
4. Slender - closely spaced - parallel beams in a wood light (or light-gauge steel) frame floor.
reflective glass
Joist
Laydown Yard/Staging Area
EIFS
5. Material added to concrete mix to influence its performance.
Fire Resistance Rating
Tinted glass
Precasting vs Site-Casting: Methods & Pros and Cons
Admixture
6. Used where columns are lightly loaded or bear on soils with a high bearing capacity.
PSL
reflective glass
Column Footing
Soldier Piles and Lagging
7. 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.
PSL
Concrete - its components - and their function in the mix
Engineered Lumber
Fire Safety Exiting Requirements
8. Used where columns are lightly loaded or bear on soils with a high bearing capacity.
Column Footing
Joist
Dewatering
Building Code
9. A thin layer of material over a back-up component.
PSL
GFRC
Veneer
Cold-Formed Light Gauge Steel Members
10. Design Development
DD
Engineered Lumber
Advantages and Disadvantages of High Strength Concrete
Sheet Piles and Shoring
11. Metal panels consisting of polyurethane foam sandwiched between and bonded to two metal sheets - used in curtain wall applications.
Hollow Core Slabs and Planks
Advantages and Disadvantages of High Strength Concrete
Insulated metal panels
Soldier Piles and Lagging
12. 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.
Rafter
Truss - Bottom Chord and Top Chord
Tendons
Laydown Yard/Staging Area
13. Sheet steel that is hot-dip galvanized.
Caisson
EIFS
Advantages and Disadvantages of High Strength Concrete
Cold-Formed Light Gauge Steel Members
14. 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
tempered glass
Flex anchors
Joist
Strip Footing
15. 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.
Wrought iron v. mild steel
Veneer
OSB
The Three Parts of Construction Management
16. Differential: The building's foundation settles at different rates at different points. Uniform: The building's foundation settles at a uniform rate.
Glue-Laminated Lumber
Differential/Uniform Foundation Settlement
reflective glass
Pile and Pile Driver
17. Construction Management
Engineered Lumber
Slump Test
CM
curtain walls
18. 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.
Plasticizers
GFRC
Shallow vs. Deep Foundations
Suspended ceiling
19. 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
Sump and Well Point Dewatering
Light-Gauge Steel Framing
Flat-Sawn vs. Quarter-Sawn Lumber
Cold-Formed Light Gauge Steel Members
20. 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.
Cold Weather Concrete Construction Protection Measures
Flex anchors
Re-Shoring
Caisson
21. The ability of a building assembly to endure fire - measured in hours or minutes of time and determined from standardized full-scale tests.
Permanent Concrete Freeze-Thaw Protection
Fire Resistance Rating
Sheathing
One-Way vs. Two-Way Slabs
22. A glass that reflects incoming visible radiation due to a very thin metal oxide coating on one side.
LVL
reflective glass
Stone cladding
DB
23. A framing system that mimics wood light frame construction - but the elements are made of cold-formed - galvanized sheet steel.
Zoning Ordinance
Light-Gauge Steel Framing
Stucco - its components and layers
Sheet Piles and Shoring
24. I - C - L - T - Pipes - Tubes - round - Rectangular bars - plates
Insulated metal panels
AISC standard structural shapes
Contiguous Bored Concrete Piles and Secant Piles
Slump Test
25. 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
Truss - Bottom Chord and Top Chord
Sump and Well Point Dewatering
Mat Foundation
Building Code
26. Place where materials are stored on or near the project site.
Permanent Concrete Freeze-Thaw Protection
Laydown Yard/Staging Area
Light-Gauge Steel Framing
Rafter
27. 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.
Annealed glass
GFRC
Sheet Piles and Shoring
Differential/Uniform Foundation Settlement
28. Design-Build
DB
Wrought iron v. mild steel
SD
Sheathing
29. Draining the soil around the excavations so that the groundwater level falls below the elevation of proposed excavation.
Precasting vs Site-Casting: Methods & Pros and Cons
Spandrel beam
Dewatering
SD
30. A document that describes regulations for the use of land in a particular jurisdiction.
GFRC
Soldier Piles and Lagging
Zoning Ordinance
Light-Gauge Steel Framing
31. 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.
Pre-tentioning and Post-tentioning
Performance vs. Prescriptive Code Provisions
Contiguous Bored Concrete Piles and Secant Piles
Hollow Core Slabs and Planks
32. 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
AISC standard structural shapes
Building Code
Caisson
Flat-Sawn vs. Quarter-Sawn Lumber
33. 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.
Engineered Lumber
Friction vs. End-bearing Pile
Advantages and Disadvantages of High Strength Concrete
PSL
34. Fabricated at the manufacture's plant. Reinforced in both directions. Uses a steel stud backup wall.
Prefabricated brick panel curtainwall
Re-Shoring
Fire Resistance Rating
Plasticizers
35. 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.
Contiguous Bored Concrete Piles and Secant Piles
Stucco - its components and layers
Stone cladding
Dimensional Lumber - and nominal vs actual dimensions
36. 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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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.
Plasticizers
Slip-critical v. snug-tight connections
Advantages and Disadvantages of High Strength Concrete
Wood Light Framing
38. Shoring placed under concrete to support it while it cures.
AISC standard structural shapes
Admixture
Re-Shoring
Flat-Sawn vs. Quarter-Sawn Lumber
39. 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.
Column Footing
Sheet Piles and Shoring
EIFS
DB
40. Laminated Veneer Lumber: Dried wood veneers laminated in layers - all oriented in the same direction - to form a large structural member.
Performance vs. Prescriptive Code Provisions
Veneer
Building Inspector's Process
LVL
41. A framing system that mimics wood light frame construction - but the elements are made of cold-formed - galvanized sheet steel.
curtain walls
Spandrel beam
Light-Gauge Steel Framing
Suspended ceiling
42. Design-Build
DB
Truss - Bottom Chord and Top Chord
PSL
Zoning Ordinance
43. 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.
Stone cladding
Soldier Piles and Lagging
The Three Phases of Construction Management
Sump and Well Point Dewatering
44. A surface coating that reflects most of the long-wave radiation.
Hollow Core Slabs and Planks
Dewatering
low-e coating
Pre-tentioning and Post-tentioning
45. Lumber that ranges from 2 in. to 4 in. thick. The actual dimensions are smaller than the nominal dimensions.
Dimensional Lumber - and nominal vs actual dimensions
Admixture
Shallow vs. Deep Foundations
Annealed glass
46. Use air-entrainment in the concrete mix
Permanent Concrete Freeze-Thaw Protection
Stucco - its components and layers
Friction vs. End-bearing Pile
Column Footing
47. Concrete: A composite material consisting of portland cement - coarse aggregate (crushed stone) - fine aggregate (sand) - and water.
Suspended ceiling
AISC standard structural shapes
Concrete - its components - and their function in the mix
DD
48. Schematic Design
Building Code
tempered glass
SD
Dimensional Lumber - and nominal vs actual dimensions
49. 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
CM
tempered glass
Tie Backs
Floating and Troweling
50. Include the width and height of the exit enclosures - fire resistance of materials used therein - and illumination levels in the exit enclosures.
Mat Foundation
Admixture
Sheet Piles and Shoring
Fire Safety Exiting Requirements