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Civil Engineering Vocab
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1. The science and management of land - especially rural - agricultural land.
Handhole Trap
agronomy
Water Table
Imported Backfill
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.
Settlement
Pump Station
Axial Load
conservation
3. In zoning - a housing or commercial development composed of individual units that are regulated as a whole.
Grease Trap
Adsorption
planned unit development (PUD)
Artificial Groundwater Table
4. Landscape architecture - (civil) engineering - urban planning and architecture. Agronomy is also often included in this group.
Supersaturated
Bedding
environmental design professions
Aeration
5. A large pipe to which a series of smaller pipes are connected. Also called a HEADER.
Day Tank
Council of Landscape Architecture Registration Boards (CLARB)
multiple use
Manifold
6. An opening or point of access in a building wastewater pipe system for rodding or snake operation.
Shear Wall
City Beautiful Movement
Wasteline Cleanout
Pump Station
7. A wall that supports any vertical load in addition to its own weight.
Baluster
grade
building (construction) permit
Bearing Wall
8. Solid material settled from suspension in a liquid.
Admixture
Earth Shift
Storm Water
Sediment
9. A trained builder or installer of landscapes - retained to implement the plans of landscape architects.
B T U
Selector
landscape contractor
Angle Post
10. A road laid through a garden or park-like landscape - usually with median and roadside plantings.
multiple use
Storm Sewer
Balustrade
parkway
11. Rain and snow water accumulated in the earth's porous rock.
ground water
Storm Water
B T U
Estimated Flow
12. American Society for Testing and Materials
Clear Well
Weir
A S T M
built environment
13. One or a series of oneinch diameter holes through a manhole lid for purposes of venting dangerous gases found in sewers.
Septic Tank
Manhole Vents
Liquefaction
softscape
14. The pipe system for collecting and carrying water and watercarried wastes from domestic and industrial sources to a wastewater treatment plant.
Wastewater Collection System
Deadend Manhole
Rubble - Random
Vault
15. 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
Manhole Bedding
Handhole Trap
Septic Tank
B T U
16. 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
landscape
Wastewater Facilities
softscape
Curb Stop
17. A manhole located at the upstream end of a sewer and having no inlet pipe. Also called a DEADEND MANHOLE.
Terminal Manhole
Curb inlet
built environment
Activated Sludge Process
18. 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.
multiple use
Clear Well
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Grease Trap
19. 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.
view
Catch Basin
landscape architecture registration
Laundering Weir
20. 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.
Chain of Custody
Collection System
Surcharge Manhole
Estimated Flow
21. 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
Settlement
Seasonal Water Table
Cross Braces
22. Masonry composed of roughly shaped stones - well bonded and brought at irregular intervals vertically to discontinuous but approximately level beds or courses.
Lateral Break
Datum Line
Rubble - Random
contour
23. 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
Sediment
Runoff
Splash Pad
Weir
24. 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.
cost-benefit analysis
historic preservation
new town
Shear Wall
25. A multinational organization of landscape architects whose purpose is the promotion of landscape design and planning.
A S T M
International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA)
Oxidation Ditch
building codes
26. The pipes - conduits - structures - equipment - and processes required to collect - convey - and treat domestic and industrial wastes - and dispose of the effluent and sludge.
Wastewater Facilities
Adsorption
Surcharge
Surface Runoff
27. 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.'
environmental design professions
Wastewater Treatment Plant
Artesian
Storm Runoff
28. Subsurface water in the saturation zone from which wells and springs are fed. In a strict sense the term applies only to water below the water table. Also called 'phreatic water' and 'plerotic water.'
Day Tank
Bedding
Groundwater
Balustrade
29. Masonry composed of roughly shaped stones fitting approximately on level beds - well bonded and brought at vertical intervals to continuous level beds of courses.
cost-benefit analysis
Adhesion
Rubble - Coursed
American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA)
30. Shoring members placed across a trench to hold other horizontal and vertical shoring members in place.
parkway
Curb inlet
Cross Braces
open space
31. A biological wastewater treatment process which speeds up the decomposition of wastes in the wastewater being treated. Activated sludge is added to wastewater and the mixture (mixed liquor) is aerated and agitated. After some time in the aeration tan
Sediment
Activated Sludge Process
agronomy
Cistern
32. A pipe or conduit that carries wastewater or drainage water. The term 'collection line' is often used also.
Rubble - Ordinary
Newel Post
Sewer
Seasonal Water Table
33. Vertical member supporting the railing.
Rubble - Coursed
contour
Forest Service
Baluster
34. Downstream opening or discharge end of a pipe - culvert - or canal.
Lateral Cleanout
environmental inventory
agronomy
Outlet
35. 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.
American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA)
designed landscape
Liquefaction
Cross Braces
36. 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.
Sedimentation Basin
A S T M
Bearing
natural resources
37. 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.
City Beautiful Movement
agronomy
design
new town
38. A coordinating agency formed in 1961 for state boards that administer licensing exams and maintain records for landscape architects to practice.
Council of Landscape Architecture Registration Boards (CLARB)
Storm Sewer
Wasteline Cleanout
Collection Main
39. 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.
Seasonal Water Table
Vault
Check Valve
Baffle
40. In landscape architecture - an essential sheet showing site boundaries and significant site features - used as a basis for subsequent plan development.
Soil Displacement
base plan
Walers
Lift Station
41. This landscape architecture specialization has evolved to encompass maintenance of a site in its present condition; conservation of a site as part of a larger area of historic importance; restoration of a site to a given date or quality; renovation o
historic preservation
Council of Landscape Architecture Registration Boards (CLARB)
ecology
greenbelt
42. The man-made creation of or alterations to a specific area - including its natural resources. This is in contrast to the 'natural environment.'
Catch Basin
built environment
contour
Clear Well
43. A wall that resist horizontal forces applied in the plane of the wall.
Laundering Weir
Retention
Grease Trap
Shear Wall
44. 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
Settlement
Mail Line
Grade
Compaction Test
45. 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.
Pump Station
Wasteline Vent
base plan
Earth Shift
46. A railing composed of balusters capped by a handrail.
Water Table
Elevation
Balustrade
Overflow Manhole
47. 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
Collection System
Runoff
Catch Basin
Surcharge
48. The height to which something is elevated - such as the height above sea level.
Baluster
Grade
design
Elevation
49. 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
National Park Service (NPS)
new town
Invert
scenic easement
50. A capped opening in a building lateral -usually located on the property line - through which the pipelines can be cleaned.
Artesian
Pump Station
Combined Wastewater
Lateral Cleanout