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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. Shoring placed under concrete to support it while it cures.






3. Construction Management






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






5. Draining the soil around the excavations so that the groundwater level falls below the elevation of proposed excavation.






6. Sheet steel that is hot-dip galvanized.






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






8. Shoring placed under concrete to support it while it cures.






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






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






11. Advantages: High early strength Disadvantages: Very expensive






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






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






14. Schematic Design






15. 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.






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






17. 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.






18. Construction Document






19. Design-Bid-Build






20. 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.






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






22. 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.






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






24. ...






25. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. 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






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






35. 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


36. 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.






37. Design-Build






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






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






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






41. 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.






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






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






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






45. Pre-Construction - Construction - and Post-Construction Phases






46. 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.






47. 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.






48. 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.






49. 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.






50. 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