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Building Construction Management Vocab

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1. 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.






2. 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






3. 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.






4. 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.






5. 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.






6. 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.






7. Design-Bid-Build






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






9. 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.






10. Advantages: High early strength Disadvantages: Very expensive






11. 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.






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






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






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






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






16. Construction Document






17. 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






18. Design Development






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






20. Cost - Schedule - and Quality






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






22. ...






23. 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.






24. A fastener that connects an exterior cladding to the supporting frame to resist lateral loads






25. 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.






26. Pre-Construction - Construction - and Post-Construction Phases






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






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






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






30. 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.






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






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






33. 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.






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






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






36. 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






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






38. 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.






39. Material added to concrete mix to influence its performance.






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. A fastener that connects an exterior cladding to the supporting frame to resist lateral loads






42. Cost - Schedule - and Quality






43. Construction Management






44. Design-Build






45. Use air-entrainment in the concrete mix






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






47. 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.






48. Material added to concrete mix to influence its performance.






49. Schematic Design






50. 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