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Civil Engineering Vocab
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1. A structure or chamber which is usually sunk or lowered by digging from the inside. Used to gain access to the bottom of a stream or other body of water.
Walers
Caisson
conservation plan
Splash Pad
2. 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.
Compaction Test
reclamation
built environment
American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA)
3. 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
Laundering Weir
new town
Combined Sewer
Soil Pipe
4. A collection pipe to which building laterals are connected.
Angle of Repose
Collection Main
Bearing Wall
Gravity Flow
5. A break in a lateral pipe somewhere between the sewer main and the building connection.
Storm Sewer
Grade
Infiltrated Debris
Lateral Break
6. 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
CADD
Permeability
Surface Runoff
Sewer Main
7. A manhole located at the upstream end of a sewer and having no inlet pipe. Also called a DEADEND MANHOLE.
Terminal Manhole
Rubble - Coursed
Check Valve
Roof Leader
8. Shoring members placed across a trench to hold other horizontal and vertical shoring members in place.
landscape architect
Cross Braces
Gravity Flow
agronomy
9. 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
Earth Shift
landscape architecture
landscape contractor
Service Pipe
10. The condition of water or soil which contains a sufficient amount of acid substances to lower the pH below 7.0.
Nonpotable
Axial Load
Acidic
International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA)
11. An authorization issued by a government agency allowing construction of a project according to approved plans and specifications.
building (construction) permit
Selector
Wastewater Facilities
Nonpotable
12. 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)
Cistern
Capillary Action
Sanitary Sewer
13. 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.
conservation
Storm Water Inlet
topography
drainage
14. A wall that supports any vertical load in addition to its own weight.
Wastewater Collection System
Adsorption
Pump Station
Bearing Wall
15. 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.
Estimated Flow
environmental design professions
Roof Leader
Earth Shift
16. 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.
Two-Way Cleanout
Bearing Wall
Retention
Artificial Groundwater Table
17. 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
Caisson
B T U
cost-benefit analysis
Handhole Trap
18. 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.
Lateral Cleanout
natural resources
Sanitary Sewer
planning
19. Precipitation which has been rendered (made) acidic by airborne pollutants.
Acid Rain
historic preservation
Lateral Sewer
Bedding
20. The movement of water through very small spaces due to molecular forces.
Saturated Soil
Capillary Action
Lateral Sewer
national park
21. 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
Subsidence
Adsorption
Lift Station
Cross Braces
22. 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
Check Valve
Grade
Acidic
Council of Landscape Architecture Registration Boards (CLARB)
23. Soil that cannot absorb any more liquid. The interstices or void spaces in the soil are filled with water to the point at which runoff occurs.
Cross Braces
Pump Station
Stratification
Saturated Soil
24. A wall that resist horizontal forces applied in the plane of the wall.
Elevation
Septic Tank
Outlet
Shear Wall
25. In zoning - a housing or commercial development composed of individual units that are regulated as a whole.
Interconnector
planned unit development (PUD)
Caisson
Lateral Break
26. A sewer that receives wastewater from many tributary branches or sewers and serves a large territory and contributing population.
Laundering Weir
view
Secondary Treatment
Trunk Sewer
27. 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.
Admixture
Walers
B T U
site plan
28. 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.
planned unit development (PUD)
Secondary Treatment
Forest Service
Sewer
29. Water that may contain objectionable pollution - contamination - minerals - or infective agents and is considered unsafe and/or unpalatable for drinking.
environmental impact
Nonpotable
Activated Sludge Process
Retention
30. The pipe system for collecting and carrying water and watercarried wastes from domestic and industrial sources to a wastewater treatment plant.
Runoff
Wastewater Collection System
Mail Line
Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
31. 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
Interceptor
base plan
hardscape
32. 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.
contour
Lift Station
Datum Line
environmental impact
33. 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.
multiple use
view
Select Bedding
Curb inlet
34. The man-made creation of or alterations to a specific area - including its natural resources. This is in contrast to the 'natural environment.'
greenbelt
Wasteline Vent
built environment
Wastewater Facilities
35. 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.'
Manhole
landscape architecture
Sewer
Storm Water Inlet
36. 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
Combined Wastewater
Adsorption
Angle of Repose
Surface Runoff
37. 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.
Select Bedding
view
Surface Runoff
Hydrostatic Pressure
38. 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
Vault
Sewer Main
Surcharge
39. Sedimentation basin overflow weir. A plate with Vnotches along the top to ensure a uniform flow rate and avoid shortcircuiting.
A S T M
Laundering Weir
Splash Pad
Absorption
40. The legal grant of right-of-use to an area of designated private property.
Acidic
easement
Handhole Trap
greenbelt
41. The excess water running off from the surface of a drainage area during and immediately after a period of rain. See STORM RUNOFF.
Settlement
landscape architecture registration
land use
Storm Water
42. 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).
Absorption
Grease Trap
Sewer Main
Baffle
43. The prepared and compacted base on which a manhole is constructed.
Hydrostatic Pressure
Potable Water
Manhole Bedding
Seasonal Water Table
44. That part of the precipitation falling on a drainage area which does not escape as surface stream flow during a given period. It is the difference between total precipitation and total runoff during the period - and represents evaporation - transpira
Retention
conservation plan
Check Valve
Shear Wall
45. A system used where wastewater collection systems and treatment plants are not available. The system is a settling tank in which settled sludge is in intimate contact with the wastewater flowing through the tank and the organic solids are decomposed
Septic Tank
Collection Main
building codes
Grease Trap
46. 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
Terminal Manhole
Housing and Urban Development - Department of (HUD)
Seasonal Water Table
Pump Station
47. A mixture of storm or surface runoff and other wastewater such as domestic or industrial wastewater.
land use
Compaction
environmental inventory
Combined Wastewater
48. 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.
Oxidation Ditch
Riprap
zoning
multiple use
49. 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
landscape architect
built environment
Collection System
50. 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.
Splash Pad
conservation plan
Manhole Bedding
hardscape