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Civil Engineering Vocab
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1. 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
Compaction
Infiltrated Debris
Sedimentation Basin
2. 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.
Storm Water Inlet
Newel Post
planning
conservation
3. The gathering of a gas - liquid - or dissolved substance on the surface or interface zone of another material. Advanced Waste Treatment (water) n Any process of water renovation that upgrades treated wastewater to meet specific reuse requirements. Ma
Adsorption
natural resources
Soil Displacement
agronomy
4. Acronym for 'Computer Aided (i.e. - Assisted) Design and Drafting -' a digital design process in which landscape architects use computers to help produce precise drawings and details for the construction of a project.
CADD
Vault
Potable Water
Activated Sludge Process
5. In landscape architecture - the organization of areas of land for specific aesthetic or functional purposes. This can range from creating small backyard patios to huge urban plazas.
Groundwater
Vault
parkway
manipulation of space
6. 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
landscape contractor
Subsidence
Bearing
Catch Basin
7. Masonry composed of roughly shaped stones - well bonded and brought at irregular intervals vertically to discontinuous but approximately level beds or courses.
Sediment
Rubble - Random
landscape architect
Sewage
8. The pipes - conduits - structures - equipment - and processes required to collect - convey - and treat domestic and industrial wastes - and dispose of the effluent and sludge.
historic preservation
site plan
Lateral Sewer
Wastewater Facilities
9. A chamber or well used with storm or combined sewers as a means of removing grit which might otherwise enter and be deposited in sewers. Also see STORM WATER INLET and CURB INLET.
design
Catch Basin
Groundwater
Soil Displacement
10. 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.
Oxidation Ditch
designed landscape
Storm Water
Soil Pipe
11. 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.
Rubble - Random
land use
contour
multiple use
12. 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.
new town
contour
City Beautiful Movement
Day Tank
13. 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.
Riprap
Sediment
Cistern
Walers
14. 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.
land trust
base plan
Riprap
Estimated Flow
15. The lowest point of the channel inside a pipe - conduit - or canal.
Invert
Oxidation Ditch
agronomy
built environment
16. 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.
natural resources
Wasteline Vent
designed landscape
Select Bedding
17. 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.
Bedding
Day Tank
Check Valve
Wastewater Facilities
18. 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.
Stratification
parkway
Newel Post
master plan
19. The used household water and watercarried solids that flow in sewers to a wastewater treatment plant. The preferred term is WASTEWATER.
International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA)
Rubble - Random
Sewage
Deadend Manhole
20. 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.
Combined System
Equalizing Basin
Angle Post
Acid Rain
21. A small box-like structure that contains valves used to regulate flows.
Vault
Angle Post
Aquifer
Stratification
22. 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
Adhesion
Capillary Action
planning
23. Federal agency responsible for producing and managing many federally-funded public service programs - especially those affecting housing and public spaces.
Permeability
Balustrade
Rubble - Coursed
Housing and Urban Development - Department of (HUD)
24. Opening in a sewer provided for the purpose of permitting operators or equipment to enter or leave a sewer. Sometimes called an 'access hole' or a 'maintenance hole.'
Compaction
conservation
Manhole
Sediment
25. 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
Equalizing Basin
grade
greenbelt
26. A legal means of protecting beautiful views and associated aesthetic quality along a site by restricting change in existing features without government approval.
scenic easement
Lift Station
International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA)
Rubble - Random
27. An authorization issued by a government agency allowing construction of a project according to approved plans and specifications.
zoning
Two-Way Cleanout
Outlet
building (construction) permit
28. A sewer that receives wastewater from many tributary branches or sewers and serves a large territory and contributing population.
Wasteline Vent
Trunk Sewer
Interceptor
Lift Station
29. The precipitation that cannot be absorbed by the soil and flows across the surface by gravity. The water that reaches a stream by traveling over the soil surface or falls directly into the stream channels - including not only the large permanent stre
Lift Station
Admixture
Surface Runoff
Manifold
30. The amount of runoff that reaches the point of measurement within a relatively short period of time after the occurrence of a storm or other form of precipitation. Also called 'direct runoff.'
Service Pipe
Storm Runoff
Liquefaction
Sanitary Sewer
31. The conversion of large solid particles of sludge into very fine particles which either dissolve or remain suspended in wastewater.
Interceptor
Rubble - Coursed
Liquefaction
Backfill
32. A U.S. government agency responsible for developing and enforcing regulations that guide the use of land and natural resources.
Forest Service
Baffle
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
view
33. Record of an area's natural and man-made resources - including vegetation - animal life - geological characteristics and mankind's presence in such forms as housing - highways and even hazardous wastes.
American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA)
Angle Post
building (construction) permit
environmental inventory
34. The creative illustration - planning and specification of space for the greatest possible amount of harmony - utility - value and beauty.
Rubble - Coursed
Clear Well
design
Gravity Flow
35. In landscape architecture - an essential sheet showing site boundaries and significant site features - used as a basis for subsequent plan development.
site plan
Trunk Sewer
base plan
Cistern
36. 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
Secondary Treatment
Artesian
Stratification
Curb Stop
37. 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.
Selector
base plan
master plan
Vault
38. 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.
Angle Post
land use
site plan
Absorption Capacity
39. OE The pressure at a specific elevation exerted by a body of water at rest - or _ In the case of groundwater - the pressure at a specific elevation due to the weight of water at higher levels in the same zone of saturation.
Hydrostatic Pressure
built environment
Check Valve
open space
40. A type of easement granting permission to a constructor or developer to build over a street or structure.
Rubble - Coursed
air rights
grade
Grade
41. A layer - usually of concrete or mortar - for providing continuous support to such items as bricks - slabs - pipes.
drainage
Bedding
Saturated Soil
scenic easement
42. Masonry composed of roughly shaped stones fitting approximately on level beds - well bonded and brought at vertical intervals to continuous level beds of courses.
Rubble - Coursed
A S T M
Sanitary Sewer
built environment
43. 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.
conservation plan
contour
Overflow Manhole
parkway
44. The prepared and compacted base on which a manhole is constructed.
Capillary Action
Surcharge
Liquefaction
Manhole Bedding
45. Material used in backfilling of an excavation - selected for desirable compaction or other characteristics.
Oxidation Ditch
Earth Shift
cost-benefit analysis
Select Backfill
46. Shoring members placed across a trench to hold other horizontal and vertical shoring members in place.
Wasteline Cleanout
Chain of Custody
Council of Landscape Architecture Registration Boards (CLARB)
Cross Braces
47. Post at which the railing terminates at each floor level.
CADD
Balustrade
Stratification
Newel Post
48. 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.
Overflow Manhole
zoning
Weir
Clear Well
49. A groundwater table that is changed by artificial means. Examples of activities that artificially raise the level of a groundwater table include agricultural irrigation - dams and excessive sewer line exfiltration. A groundwater table can be artifici
Septic Tank
Sedimentation
Artificial Groundwater Table
Selector
50. Narrowly defined - the amount of countryside and/or city that can be taken in at a glance. Also - an area of land or water taken in the aggregate.
landscape
Stratification
Baluster
Imported Backfill