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Civil Engineering Vocab
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1. Sand - silt - gravel and rocks carried or washed into a collection system by infiltration water flows.
Infiltrated Debris
Adhesion
Settlement
Invert
2. Shoring members placed across a trench to hold other horizontal and vertical shoring members in place.
landscape architect
Cross Braces
Combined Wastewater
conservation
3. 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.
contour
Rubble - Ordinary
Seasonal Water Table
Combined System
4. Masonry composed of roughly shaped stones fitting approximately on level beds - well bonded and brought at vertical intervals to continuous level beds of courses.
Handhole Trap
Storm Collection System
Rubble - Coursed
hardscape
5. An unstable condition of a solution (water) in which the solution contains a substance at a concentration greater than the saturation concentration for the substance.
Lateral Cleanout
Stratification
Supersaturated
Wasteline Cleanout
6. A sewer line that receives wastewater from many tributary branches and sewer lines and serves as an outlet for a large territory or is used to feed an intercepting sewer.
Main Sewer
Collection System
base plan
Surface Runoff
7. Horizontal shoring members - usually square - rough cut timber - that are used to hold solid sheeting - braces or vertical shoring members in place. Also called STRINGERS.
Walers
Shear Wall
Permeability
landscape
8. A natural underground layer of porous - waterbearing materials (sand - gravel) usually capable of yielding a large amount or supply of water.
Manifold
hardscape
landscape contractor
Aquifer
9. A plan for conserving or protecting various natural or manufactured resources. Such a plan is used as a management tool in making decisions regarding soil - water - vegetation - manufactured objects and other resources at a particular site.
Sewer Main
Saturated Soil
Soil Pipe
conservation plan
10. Downward movement of the soil or of a structure which it supports
manipulation of space
Settlement
landscape architect
ecology
11. A U.S. government agency responsible for developing and enforcing regulations that guide the use of land and natural resources.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Stratification
Curb inlet
Rubble - Random
12. A water service shutoff valve located in a water service pipe near the curb and between the water main and the building. This valve is usually operated by a wrench or valve key and is used to start or stop flows in the water service line to a buildin
Wastewater
Curb Stop
natural resources
Nonpotable
13. 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.
Equalizing Basin
land use
Acid Rain
Admixture
14. Any method of determining the weight a compacted material is able to support without damage or displacement. Usually stated in pounds per square foot.
manipulation of space
land use
Compaction Test
Sanitary Sewer
15. Most plumbing codes require a vent pipe connection of adequate size and located downstream of a trap in a building wastewater system. This vent prevents the accumulation of gases or odors and is usually piped through the roof and out of doors.
planning
base plan
Splash Pad
Wasteline Vent
16. 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.
Earth Shift
environmental design professions
Select Bedding
Bearing Wall
17. A professional society that represents landscape architects in the United States and Canada and seeks to better the practice and understanding of landscape architecture through education - research - state registration and other programs.
American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA)
Day Tank
Wasteline Vent
Rubble - Ordinary
18. 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
Pump Station
Manifold
Sedimentation
Surcharge
19. A community's used water and water carried solids (including used water from industrial processes) that flow to a treatment plant. Storm water - surface water - and groundwater infiltration also may be included in the wastewater that enters a wastewa
Hydrostatic Pressure
zoning
Absorption Capacity
Wastewater
20. A tank used to store a chemical solution of known concentration for feed to a chemical feeder. A day tank usually stores sufficient chemical solution to properly treat the water being treated for at least one day. Also called an AGE TANK.
contour
Storm Collection System
landscape architecture registration
Day Tank
21. Masonry composed of roughly shaped stones - well bonded and brought at irregular intervals vertically to discontinuous but approximately level beds or courses.
Rubble - Random
Water Table
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
ground water
22. The property of a material or soil that permits considerable movement of water through it when it is saturated.
Imported Backfill
Two-Way Cleanout
Weir
Permeability
23. Harmonious use of the land for more than one purpose; not necessarily the combination of uses that will yield the highest economic return - e.g. - a mix of residential and commercial developments in the same area.
landscape contractor
multiple use
Acid Rain
Lateral Cleanout
24. The condition of water or soil which contains a sufficient amount of acid substances to lower the pH below 7.0.
Sewer Main
Invert
Acidic
Splash Pad
25. 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
landscape architecture
Deadend Manhole
Combined Wastewater
landscape architecture registration
26. Landscape architecture - (civil) engineering - urban planning and architecture. Agronomy is also often included in this group.
environmental design professions
Storm Water
Caisson
cost-benefit analysis
27. A small tank (usually covered) or a storage facility used to store water for a home or farm. Often used to store rainwater.
landscape architecture
Cistern
Aquifer
Terminal Manhole
28. The change to an area's natural resources - including animal and plant life - resulting from use by man. Some projects may require conducting of an 'environmental impact study' before development can proceed.
Artesian
greenbelt
base plan
environmental impact
29. Pertaining to groundwater - a well - or underground basin where the water is under a pressure greater than atmospheric and will rise above the level of its upper confining surface if given an opportunity to do so.
Secondary Treatment
Artesian
Aeration
Acid Rain
30. A trained builder or installer of landscapes - retained to implement the plans of landscape architects.
American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA)
landscape contractor
Weir
building codes
31. The upper surface of the zone of saturation of groundwater in an unconfined aquifer.
Water Table
Splash Pad
Pump Station
Earth Shift
32. 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.
multiple use
Day Tank
Interceptor
conservation plan
33. The prepared and compacted base on which a manhole is constructed.
Manhole Bedding
Curb inlet
Axial Load
A S T M
34. A branch of biology dealing with the relationship between living things and their environment.
ecology
landscape architecture
Oxidation Ditch
Lateral Break
35. The pipe system for collecting and carrying water and watercarried wastes from domestic and industrial sources to a wastewater treatment plant.
planned unit development (PUD)
Rubble - Ordinary
Storm Water Inlet
Wastewater Collection System
36. A preliminary plan showing proposed ultimate site development. Master plans often comprise site work that must be executed in phases over a long time and are thus subject to drastic modification.
master plan
Surcharge
contour
Laundering Weir
37. Material used in backfilling of an excavation - selected for desirable compaction or other characteristics.
Select Backfill
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Manifold
Collection Main
38. The science and management of land - especially rural - agricultural land.
agronomy
Infiltrated Debris
Adsorption
grade
39. Water or wastewater flowing from a higher elevation to a lower elevation due to the force of gravity. The water does not flow due to energy provided by a pump. Wherever possible - wastewater collection systems are designed to use the force of gravity
Potable Water
Artesian
Council of Landscape Architecture Registration Boards (CLARB)
Gravity Flow
40. 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.
conservation
base plan
Combined System
CADD
41. A manhole which fills and allows raw wastewater to flow out onto the street or ground.
Rubble - Random
Overflow Manhole
Aeration
Infiltrated Debris
42. The creative illustration - planning and specification of space for the greatest possible amount of harmony - utility - value and beauty.
Shear Wall
design
Admixture
national park
43. The linear or a real dimension over which a higher component transmits load to a lower component
Invert
Artificial Groundwater Table
Bearing
Groundwater
44. A sewer that receives wastewater from many tributary branches or sewers and serves a large territory and contributing population.
Backfill
built environment
Trunk Sewer
National Park Service (NPS)
45. Narrowly defined - an extended view or prospect from a site which - many times - is as important as or more important than the site itself.
Bearing
view
Outlet
planning
46. Downstream opening or discharge end of a pipe - culvert - or canal.
Lateral Sewer
Outlet
land trust
scenic easement
47. The force that resists the separation of two bodies in contact.
Storm Runoff
conservation plan
ground water
Adhesion
48. The pipeline extending from the water main to the building served or to the consumer's system.
Service Pipe
Combined System
Wastewater Facilities
Elevation
49. The elevation of the invert (or bottom) of a pipeline - canal - culvert - or similar conduit. _ The inclination or slope of a pipeline - conduit - stream channel - or natural ground surface; usually expressed in terms of the ratio or percentage of nu
Stratification
Chain of Custody
landscape
Grade
50. The elements of supply inherent to an area that can be used to satisfy human needs - including air - soil - water - native vegetation - minerals and wildlife.
zoning
Adsorption
natural resources
A S T M