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Civil Engineering Vocab
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1. British thermal units; the quantity of thermal energy required to raise one pound of water at its maximum density - 1 degree F. One BTU is equivalent to .293 watt hours - or 252 calories. One kilowatt hour is equivalent to 3412 BTU Back Pressure (wat
Cross Braces
B T U
Impermeable
Lateral Cleanout
2. A large - public park - often highly scenic and isolated belonging to and operated by the federal government.
Selector
national park
Walers
B T U
3. The movement or dislocation of underground soil or structure. Earth shift is usually caused by external forces such as surface loads - slides - stresses or nearby construction - water movements or seismic forces.
Surcharge Manhole
designed landscape
Earth Shift
Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
4. A septic tank or other holding tank which serves as a temporary wastewater storage reservoir for a Septic Tank Effluent Pump (STEP) system. See SEPTIC TANK.
Activated Sludge Process
Cross Braces
Interceptor
scenic easement
5. Rain and snow water accumulated in the earth's porous rock.
ground water
landscape
Weir
land use
6. A coordinating agency formed in 1961 for state boards that administer licensing exams and maintain records for landscape architects to practice.
City Beautiful Movement
Storm Water
Council of Landscape Architecture Registration Boards (CLARB)
grade
7. A type of wastewater or service connection pipe made of a low grade of cast iron. _ In plumbing - a pipe that carries the discharge of toilets or similar fixtures - with or without the discharges from other fixtures.
contour
Infiltrated Debris
Potable Water
Soil Pipe
8. A chamber or well built at the curbline of a street to admit gutter flow to the storm water drainage system. Also see STORM WATER INLET and CATCH BASIN.
Curb inlet
landscape architect
Aeration
Wasteline Cleanout
9. Landscape architecture - (civil) engineering - urban planning and architecture. Agronomy is also often included in this group.
Aeration
environmental design professions
Retention
Nonpotable
10. Masonry composed of roughly shaped stones fitting approximately on level beds - well bonded and brought at vertical intervals to continuous level beds of courses.
Permeability
built environment
Activated Sludge Process
Rubble - Coursed
11. Shoring members placed across a trench to hold other horizontal and vertical shoring members in place.
Groundwater
Cross Braces
Saturated Soil
Axial Load
12. A U.S. government agency responsible for developing and enforcing regulations that guide the use of land and natural resources.
Sewer
Potable Water
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Newel Post
13. A natural underground layer of porous - waterbearing materials (sand - gravel) usually capable of yielding a large amount or supply of water.
grade
Aquifer
Oxidation Ditch
landscape architect
14. A popular social concern of the late nineteenth and early 20th centuries aimed at improving the appearance of urban areas through better planning and the addition of formal - romanticized public spaces and gardens.
Grease Trap
Elevation
City Beautiful Movement
Bedding
15. The form of the land. Contour lines are map lines connecting points of the same ground elevation and are used to depict and measure slope and drainage. Spot elevations are points of a specific elevation.
Oxidation Ditch
Earth Shift
contour
Datum Line
16. Masonry composed of irregularly shaped stones laid without regularity of coursing - but well bonded.
Equalizing Basin
Manhole Bedding
Aeration
Rubble - Ordinary
17. A capped opening in a building lateral -usually located on the property line - through which the pipelines can be cleaned.
building codes
conservation plan
Lateral Cleanout
Two-Way Cleanout
18. The lowest point of the channel inside a pipe - conduit - or canal.
Lateral Cleanout
Trunk Sewer
Invert
Council of Landscape Architecture Registration Boards (CLARB)
19. The upper surface of the zone of saturation of groundwater in an unconfined aquifer.
Soil Pipe
Lateral Break
Water Table
reclamation
20. A holding basin in which variations in flow and composition of a liquid are averaged. Such basins are used to provide a flow of reasonably uniform volume and composition to a treatment unit. Also called a balancing reservoir.
Equalizing Basin
planned unit development (PUD)
Wastewater Collection System
Selector
21. One or a series of oneinch diameter holes through a manhole lid for purposes of venting dangerous gases found in sewers.
Collection Main
Manhole Vents
Housing and Urban Development - Department of (HUD)
Storm Sewer
22. A material - other than aggregate - cementitious material or water - added in small quantities to the mix in order to produce some (desired) modifications - either to the properties of the mix or of the hardened product.
A S T M
Terminal Manhole
Earth Shift
Admixture
23. Subsurface water in the saturation zone from which wells and springs are fed. In a strict sense the term applies only to water below the water table. Also called 'phreatic water' and 'plerotic water.'
landscape contractor
Pump Station
landscape architect
Groundwater
24. Material used in backfilling of an excavation - selected for desirable compaction or other characteristics.
Select Backfill
building codes
Surface Runoff
Compaction
25. Load applied along or parallel to and concentric with the primary axis
Shear Wall
Adhesion
Axial Load
Rubble - Ordinary
26. Railing support at landings or other breaks in the stairs. If an angle post projects beyond the bottom of the strings - the ornamental detail formed at the bottom of the post is called the drop.
master plan
Angle Post
A S T M
Curb inlet
27. The amount of liquid which a solid material can absorb. Sand - as an example - can hold approximately onethird of its volume in water - or three cubic feet of dry sand can contain one cubic foot of water. A denser soil - such as clay - can hold much
Absorption Capacity
building codes
Aeration
Rubble - Coursed
28. Water that may contain objectionable pollution - contamination - minerals - or infective agents and is considered unsafe and/or unpalatable for drinking.
Nonpotable
agronomy
Lateral Break
Gravity Flow
29. The prepared and compacted base on which a manhole is constructed.
Soil Pipe
Manhole Bedding
Hydrostatic Pressure
conservation
30. Installation of pumps to lift wastewater to a higher elevation in places where flat land would require excessively deep sewer trenches. Also used to raise wastewater from areas too low to drain into available collection lines. These stations may be e
Two-Way Cleanout
manipulation of space
Pump Station
Lateral Break
31. Legal right to use the property of others for a specific purpose. For example - a utility company may have a fivefoot easement along the property line of a home. This gives the utility the legal right to install and maintain a sewer line within the e
Easement
Septic Tank
Sanitary Sewer
Day Tank
32. A large pipe to which a series of smaller pipes are connected. Also called a HEADER.
Gravity Flow
Supersaturated
landscape architecture registration
Manifold
33. The protection - improvement and use of natural resources according to principles that will assure the highest economic or social benefits for people and the environment now and in the future.
Combined Wastewater
ecology
conservation
Riprap
34. The man-made creation of or alterations to a specific area - including its natural resources. This is in contrast to the 'natural environment.'
Hydrostatic Pressure
Council of Landscape Architecture Registration Boards (CLARB)
Seasonal Water Table
built environment
35. A strip of unspoiled - often treed - agricultural or other outlying land used to separate or ring urban areas.
greenbelt
Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
conservation
Seasonal Water Table
36. A reservoir for the storage of filtered water of sufficient capacity to prevent the need to vary the filtration rate with variations in demand. Also used to provide chlorine contact time for disinfection.
Infiltrated Debris
Council of Landscape Architecture Registration Boards (CLARB)
Bedding
Clear Well
37. The dropping or lowering of the ground surface as a result of removing excess water (overdraft or overpumping) from an aquifer. After excess water has been removed - the soil will settle - become compacted and the ground surface will drop and can cau
Collection System
Subsidence
Angle of Repose
Artesian
38. The science and art of design - planning - management and stewardship of the land. Landscape architecture involves natural and built elements - cultural and scientific knowledge - and concern for resource conservation to the end that the resulting en
Manhole
Storm Collection System
natural resources
landscape architecture
39. Broken stones - boulders - or other materials placed compactly or irregularly on levees or dikes for the protection of earth surfaces against the erosive action of waves.
Check Valve
environmental inventory
Bearing Wall
Riprap
40. A collection pipe to which building laterals are connected.
Impermeable
Select Backfill
Gravity Flow
Collection Main
41. A conservation group that maintains a revolving fund for quickly buying land that is in danger of being developed inappropriately or without regard to proper environmental considerations.
Aeration
land trust
Activated Sludge Process
Overflow Manhole
42. A small tank (usually covered) or a storage facility used to store water for a home or farm. Often used to store rainwater.
Cistern
parkway
easement
Manhole Bedding
43. The force that resists the separation of two bodies in contact.
Select Bedding
Rubble - Random
Adhesion
Bearing Wall
44. The creative illustration - planning and specification of space for the greatest possible amount of harmony - utility - value and beauty.
design
Curb inlet
CADD
multiple use
45. A 19th- and 20th-century planned community traditionally featuring careful mixes of housing - open space - commercial activity and recreation. Examples include Reston - Va. - and Columbia - Md. - in the United States - and Harlow and Stevenage in Gre
Absorption Capacity
Shear Wall
Estimated Flow
new town
46. A wall that supports any vertical load in addition to its own weight.
Artificial Groundwater Table
Saturated Soil
Bearing Wall
Aeration
47. The conversion of large solid particles of sludge into very fine particles which either dissolve or remain suspended in wastewater.
Soil Pipe
Angle of Repose
Storm Runoff
Liquefaction
48. A device that admits surface waters to the storm water drainage system. Also see CURB INLET and CATCH BASIN.
Cistern
Weir
Storm Water Inlet
landscape architecture registration
49. A system of major sewers serving as transporting lines and not as local or lateral sewers.
Bedding
Invert
Trunk System
Wastewater Collection System
50. Material used to provide a bedding or foundation for pipes or other underground structures. This material is of specified quality for desirable bedding or other characteristics and is often imported from a different location.
Nonpotable
A S T M
Caisson
Select Bedding