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Civil Engineering Vocab
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1. A natural underground layer of porous - waterbearing materials (sand - gravel) usually capable of yielding a large amount or supply of water.
greenbelt
Storm Water Inlet
Aquifer
CADD
2. An opening in pipes or sewers designed for rodding or working a snake into the pipe in either direction. Twoway cleanouts are most often found in building lateral pipes at or near a property line.
softscape
Two-Way Cleanout
Backfill
Hydrostatic Pressure
3. A strip of unspoiled - often treed - agricultural or other outlying land used to separate or ring urban areas.
greenbelt
Two-Way Cleanout
environmental design professions
Rubble - Random
4. 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
landscape contractor
new town
Wasteline Vent
site plan
5. Sewers are surcharged when the supply of water to be carried is greater than the capacity of the pipes to carry the flow. The surface of the wastewater in manholes rises above the top of the sewer pipe - and the sewer is under pressure or a head - ra
Activated Sludge Process
Surcharge
Trunk Sewer
zoning
6. 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
Council of Landscape Architecture Registration Boards (CLARB)
Aquifer
Bearing
7. An agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture - primarily responsible for planning and overseeing the use of national forest lands by private - commercial and government users.
Forest Service
Sanitary Sewer
Adsorption
scenic easement
8. That part of rain or other precipitation that runs off the surface of a drainage area and does not enter the soil or the sewer system as inflow.
Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
Laundering Weir
Surcharge Manhole
Runoff
9. A professional who designs - plans - and manages outdoor spaces ranging from entire ecosystems to residential sites and whose media include natural and built elements; also referred to as a designer - planner - consultant. Not to be confused with lan
landscape architect
landscape architecture registration
Council of Landscape Architecture Registration Boards (CLARB)
grade
10. A sewer that receives wastewater from many tributary branches or sewers and serves a large territory and contributing population.
Newel Post
Trunk Sewer
Weir
Water Table
11. Elements added to a natural landscape - such as paving stones - gravel - walkways - irrigation systems - roads - retaining walls - sculpture - street amenities - fountains - and other mechanical features.
Storm Water
Combined System
Clear Well
hardscape
12. A road laid through a garden or park-like landscape - usually with median and roadside plantings.
Saturated Soil
conservation plan
parkway
Lateral Sewer
13. The prepared and compacted base on which a manhole is constructed.
contour
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Manhole Bedding
Storm Collection System
14. Water that does not contain objectionable pollution - contamination - minerals - or infective agents and is considered satisfactory for drinking.
Potable Water
Curb Stop
Trunk System
Newel Post
15. The creative illustration - planning and specification of space for the greatest possible amount of harmony - utility - value and beauty.
Sewer
Council of Landscape Architecture Registration Boards (CLARB)
design
cost-benefit analysis
16. Post at which the railing terminates at each floor level.
Newel Post
Wasteline Cleanout
landscape
parkway
17. A dimensioned drawing indicating the form of an existing area and the physical objects existing in it and those to be built or installed upon it.
Acidic
site plan
built environment
Combined System
18. The pipe system for collecting and carrying water and watercarried wastes from domestic and industrial sources to a wastewater treatment plant.
Wastewater Collection System
B T U
Surcharge Manhole
reclamation
19. The condition of water or soil which contains a sufficient amount of acid substances to lower the pH below 7.0.
air rights
Wastewater Facilities
Activated Sludge Process
Acidic
20. 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
conservation plan
Surcharge
Easement
Laundering Weir
21. A structure made of concrete or other durable material to protect bare soil from erosion by splashing or falling water.
Laundering Weir
national park
Roof Leader
Splash Pad
22. An authorization issued by a government agency allowing construction of a project according to approved plans and specifications.
Wasteline Cleanout
building (construction) permit
Terminal Manhole
Pump Station
23. Masonry composed of irregularly shaped stones laid without regularity of coursing - but well bonded.
Roof Leader
multiple use
Rubble - Ordinary
Check Valve
24. 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.
Combined System
national park
landscape
Wasteline Vent
25. The lay of the land - particularly its slope and drainage patterns; the science of drawing maps and charts or otherwise representing the surface features of a region or site - including its natural and man-made features.
topography
Adsorption
National Park Service (NPS)
landscape architect
26. 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.
Easement
Compaction Test
Saturated Soil
Select Bedding
27. Branch or lateral sewers that collect wastewater from building sewers and service lines.
Rubble - Coursed
Mail Line
building codes
planning
28. A multinational organization of landscape architects whose purpose is the promotion of landscape design and planning.
Wastewater
A S T M
International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA)
Day Tank
29. 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.
Water Table
topography
master plan
designed landscape
30. Material used for backfilling a trench or excavation which was not the original material removed during excavation. This is a common practice where tests on the original material show it to have poor compactability or load capacity. Also called BORRO
Imported Backfill
Permeability
Axial Load
conservation plan
31. A record of each person involved in the handling and possession of a sample from the person who collected the sample to the person who analyzed the sample in the laboratory and to the person who witnessed disposal of the sample.
Sediment
Chain of Custody
Forest Service
Sewage
32. 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
greenbelt
open space
Potable Water
Curb Stop
33. The property of a material or soil that permits considerable movement of water through it when it is saturated.
hardscape
Wastewater Collection System
Permeability
landscape contractor
34. A wastewater treatment process used to convert dissolved or suspended materials into a form more readily separated from the water being treated. Usually the process follows primary treatment by sedimentation. The process commonly is a type of biologi
Secondary Treatment
Subsidence
Adsorption
Seasonal Water Table
35. A small tank (usually covered) or a storage facility used to store water for a home or farm. Often used to store rainwater.
Earth Shift
Cistern
Mail Line
historic preservation
36. The upper surface of the zone of saturation of groundwater in an unconfined aquifer.
Bearing Wall
Water Table
Storm Water Inlet
Permeability
37. Any designated use or activity on a piece of land.
land use
site plan
Combined Wastewater
Surcharge
38. Downstream opening or discharge end of a pipe - culvert - or canal.
Cistern
Newel Post
Outlet
Oxidation Ditch
39. Any attempt to restore to beneficial use land that has lost its fertility and stability; most often applies to mining reclamation - such as the restoration of strip mines and quarries.
national park
Select Bedding
reclamation
multiple use
40. A large pipe to which a series of smaller pipes are connected. Also called a HEADER.
Capillary Action
Manifold
Manhole Bedding
environmental inventory
41. The formation of separate layers (of temperature - plant - or animal life) in a lake or reservoir. Each layer has similar characteristics such as all water in the layer has the same temperature. Also see THERMAL STRATIFICATION.
Housing and Urban Development - Department of (HUD)
Stratification
Interceptor
easement
42. Solid material settled from suspension in a liquid.
Capillary Action
Sediment
environmental impact
Chain of Custody
43. 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
Combined Wastewater
Wasteline Cleanout
zoning
44. The linear or a real dimension over which a higher component transmits load to a lower component
Roof Leader
Invert
Bearing
Manhole Bedding
45. In the United States - a certification of individuals entitled to use the term 'landscape architect' or to practice landscape architecture or both - by means of examination and required degree and experience criteria.
International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA)
landscape architecture registration
Cistern
master plan
46. The taking in or soaking up of one substance into the body of another by molecular or chemical action (as tree roots absorb dissolved nutrients in the soil).
natural resources
Combined System
Absorption
Walers
47. A manhole which fills and allows raw wastewater to flow out onto the street or ground.
Overflow Manhole
Check Valve
scenic easement
CADD
48. Rain and snow water accumulated in the earth's porous rock.
Two-Way Cleanout
Acidic
ground water
Manhole Vents
49. A relatively clear or forested area left untouched in or near a city. It may be active open space - such as a baseball field - or passive open space - such as an area of natural woodland.
manipulation of space
open space
Artesian
Combined Wastewater
50. 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.
Liquefaction
Angle Post
City Beautiful Movement
Aquifer