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Civil Engineering Vocab
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1. 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
Riprap
parkway
Easement
ecology
2. A water treatment process in which solid particles settle out of the water being treated in a large clarifier or sedimentation basin.
Caisson
Cistern
Sedimentation
Roof Leader
3. A U.S. government agency responsible for developing and enforcing regulations that guide the use of land and natural resources.
Surcharge
Walers
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
ecology
4. The conversion of large solid particles of sludge into very fine particles which either dissolve or remain suspended in wastewater.
Sediment
Elevation
Liquefaction
Baffle
5. A trained builder or installer of landscapes - retained to implement the plans of landscape architects.
Select Backfill
landscape contractor
multiple use
Runoff
6. A manhole which fills and allows raw wastewater to flow out onto the street or ground.
Groundwater
Sewage
Overflow Manhole
Vault
7. A type of easement granting permission to a constructor or developer to build over a street or structure.
Soil Pipe
Collection Main
conservation
air rights
8. Federal agency responsible for producing and managing many federally-funded public service programs - especially those affecting housing and public spaces.
Housing and Urban Development - Department of (HUD)
environmental impact
Newel Post
Elevation
9. A natural underground layer of porous - waterbearing materials (sand - gravel) usually capable of yielding a large amount or supply of water.
Aquifer
Clear Well
Sanitary Sewer
Datum Line
10. The property of a material or soil that permits considerable movement of water through it when it is saturated.
Permeability
Equalizing Basin
Check Valve
Curb Stop
11. The slope of a plot of land. Grading is the mechanical process of moving earth changing the degree of rise or descent of the land in order to establish good drainage and otherwise suit the intent of a landscape design.
grade
City Beautiful Movement
Terminal Manhole
B T U
12. 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.
building (construction) permit
Selector
Manhole
Clear Well
13. A road laid through a garden or park-like landscape - usually with median and roadside plantings.
Capillary Action
parkway
Shear Wall
natural resources
14. 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.
Retention
Forest Service
Riprap
air rights
15. Solid material settled from suspension in a liquid.
Admixture
Council of Landscape Architecture Registration Boards (CLARB)
Sediment
Vault
16. Regulations specifying the type of construction methods and materials that are allowable on a project.
landscape contractor
Datum Line
Council of Landscape Architecture Registration Boards (CLARB)
building codes
17. In landscape architecture - a study of the potential cost of site purchase - demolition and improvement in comparison to the income or other benefit to be derived from site development.
Angle of Repose
cost-benefit analysis
Collection Main
land trust
18. 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.
Check Valve
Shear Wall
Angle Post
Invert
19. Masonry composed of roughly shaped stones - well bonded and brought at irregular intervals vertically to discontinuous but approximately level beds or courses.
landscape architecture registration
Sewage
Rubble - Random
Overflow Manhole
20. The natural elements with which landscape architects work - such as plant materials and the soil itself.
Terminal Manhole
Interconnector
Liquefaction
softscape
21. The height to which something is elevated - such as the height above sea level.
Lift Station
greenbelt
Elevation
Collection System
22. 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
Runoff
Cross Braces
Forest Service
Curb Stop
23. 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.
Lateral Cleanout
Wasteline Vent
Lateral Break
Curb Stop
24. 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.
Settlement
Catch Basin
land use
Bearing
25. 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.
landscape architecture
manipulation of space
Oxidation Ditch
Clear Well
26. 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.
Sewage
Outlet
environmental inventory
Rubble - Random
27. Rain and snow water accumulated in the earth's porous rock.
ground water
environmental impact
Settlement
site plan
28. Material used in backfilling of an excavation - selected for desirable compaction or other characteristics.
Chain of Custody
Collection System
base plan
Select Backfill
29. 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.
open space
Two-Way Cleanout
parkway
Select Bedding
30. 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.
Potable Water
Supersaturated
multiple use
Chain of Custody
31. Material used to fill in a trench or excavation
Interceptor
Two-Way Cleanout
Impermeable
Backfill
32. Narrowly defined - an extended view or prospect from a site which - many times - is as important as or more important than the site itself.
base plan
Liquefaction
Datum Line
view
33. 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.
Wastewater Collection System
Main Sewer
landscape
Adhesion
34. 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
Interconnector
Manifold
landscape architecture
open space
35. A pipe or conduit that carries wastewater or drainage water. The term 'collection line' is often used also.
landscape
Sewer
landscape architecture registration
Acid Rain
36. A collection pipe to which building laterals are connected.
Hydrostatic Pressure
Rubble - Ordinary
Collection Main
Permeability
37. A site that might appear to be natural but has elements and features that were planned and specified by a landscape architect. Designed landscapes include Central Park in New York to the siting of buildings.
Baluster
landscape architect
designed landscape
Riprap
38. A small box-like structure that contains valves used to regulate flows.
Retention
Vault
Runoff
Stratification
39. 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.
Groundwater
City Beautiful Movement
Interceptor
Manhole Vents
40. An authorization issued by a government agency allowing construction of a project according to approved plans and specifications.
hardscape
building (construction) permit
Combined Sewer
manipulation of space
41. Downstream opening or discharge end of a pipe - culvert - or canal.
planning
Imported Backfill
conservation plan
Outlet
42. 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
scenic easement
Collection Main
Walers
Absorption Capacity
43. The condition of water or soil which contains a sufficient amount of acid substances to lower the pH below 7.0.
Compaction Test
Acidic
Septic Tank
Absorption Capacity
44. A device that admits surface waters to the storm water drainage system. Also see CURB INLET and CATCH BASIN.
Acid Rain
Outlet
contour
Storm Water Inlet
45. A wall or plate placed in an open channel and used to measure the flow of water. The depth of the flow over the weir can be used to calculate the flow rate - or a chart or conversion table may be used to convert depth to flow. A wall or obstruction u
landscape
Weir
Cross Braces
contour
46. 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.
Catch Basin
Main Sewer
Oxidation Ditch
Invert
47. Shoring members placed across a trench to hold other horizontal and vertical shoring members in place.
Main Sewer
scenic easement
Cross Braces
Secondary Treatment
48. 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
Grade
Select Backfill
Elevation
open space
49. A pipe or conduit (sewer) intended to carry wastewater or waterborne wastes from homes - businesses - and industries to the POTW (Publicly Owned Treatment Works). Storm water runoff or unpolluted water should be collected and transported in a separat
International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA)
Sanitary Sewer
Curb inlet
Selector
50. A special valve with a hinged disc or flap that opens in the direction of normal flow and is forced shut when flows attempt to go in the reverse or opposite direction of normal flows.
Check Valve
City Beautiful Movement
Estimated Flow
Imported Backfill