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Civil Engineering Vocab
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1. An agency of the U.S. Department of the Interior charged with the planning and administration of all parks and monuments in the federal park system. The NPS is often referred to as the largest single employer of landscape architects in the United Sta
Combined Sewer
conservation plan
Interceptor
National Park Service (NPS)
2. A wall that supports any vertical load in addition to its own weight.
Riprap
built environment
Bearing Wall
Manhole Vents
3. Any method of determining the weight a compacted material is able to support without damage or displacement. Usually stated in pounds per square foot.
Elevation
Selector
Compaction Test
Manhole
4. 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.
Elevation
Rubble - Random
Manhole Vents
site plan
5. 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.
Supersaturated
Chain of Custody
Trunk Sewer
City Beautiful Movement
6. 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.
Lateral Cleanout
Earth Shift
Manhole Bedding
Soil Displacement
7. 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.
Manifold
multiple use
manipulation of space
built environment
8. Material used to fill in a trench or excavation
Weir
Gravity Flow
Backfill
Manhole Bedding
9. Movement of soil from one place to another. Generally accompanies SILTING of a sewer system. Where infiltration is taking place and silt is carried into a sewer system - such silt or soil is removed from the ground around the sewer pipe and the resul
Soil Displacement
Weir
Bearing
Adsorption
10. 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.
designed landscape
Rubble - Ordinary
Infiltrated Debris
contour
11. A multinational organization of landscape architects whose purpose is the promotion of landscape design and planning.
Storm Runoff
Rubble - Coursed
International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA)
Overflow Manhole
12. 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.
Surface Runoff
Walers
reclamation
Cistern
13. A strip of unspoiled - often treed - agricultural or other outlying land used to separate or ring urban areas.
greenbelt
landscape architect
designed landscape
environmental design professions
14. A manhole in which the rate of the water entering is greater than the capacity of the outlet under gravity flow conditions. When the water in the manhole rises above the top of the outlet pipe - the manhole is said to be 'surcharged.'
Surcharge Manhole
Main Sewer
Artificial Groundwater Table
Interconnector
15. 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
Grade
Sediment
Estimated Flow
16. 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.
landscape
Day Tank
Admixture
Sewer Main
17. A system of gutters - catch basins - yard drains - culverts and pipes for the purpose of conducting storm waters from an area - but intended to exclude domestic and industrial wastes.
site plan
Storm Collection System
Acidic
Wasteline Cleanout
18. The man-made creation of or alterations to a specific area - including its natural resources. This is in contrast to the 'natural environment.'
built environment
Storm Sewer
Runoff
Septic Tank
19. 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.
Rubble - Coursed
Easement
Equalizing Basin
Collection System
20. The creative illustration - planning and specification of space for the greatest possible amount of harmony - utility - value and beauty.
Manifold
International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA)
Manhole Vents
design
21. Sedimentation basin overflow weir. A plate with Vnotches along the top to ensure a uniform flow rate and avoid shortcircuiting.
Laundering Weir
landscape
Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
site plan
22. 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.
Acid Rain
Clear Well
greenbelt
Septic Tank
23. One or a series of oneinch diameter holes through a manhole lid for purposes of venting dangerous gases found in sewers.
softscape
Manhole Vents
Collection System
historic preservation
24. A break in a lateral pipe somewhere between the sewer main and the building connection.
Lateral Break
designed landscape
City Beautiful Movement
Collection Main
25. 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.
A S T M
Storm Sewer
Soil Displacement
Main Sewer
26. Downstream opening or discharge end of a pipe - culvert - or canal.
Acid Rain
Invert
scenic easement
Outlet
27. 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.
natural resources
Adsorption
Cross Braces
Subsidence
28. 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.
Water Table
cost-benefit analysis
open space
Equalizing Basin
29. Tamping or rolling of a material to achieve a surface or density that is able to support predicted loads.
built environment
Compaction
Rubble - Coursed
open space
30. 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.
Collection System
Two-Way Cleanout
Combined Wastewater
Elevation
31. A water treatment process in which solid particles settle out of the water being treated in a large clarifier or sedimentation basin.
topography
Sedimentation
Two-Way Cleanout
grade
32. A flat board or plate - deflector - guide or similar device constructed or placed in flowing water or slurry systems to cause more uniform flow velocities - to absorb energy - and to divert - guide - or agitate liquids (water - chemical solutions - s
Lift Station
Baffle
Rubble - Random
Collection System
33. A septic tank or other holding tank which serves as a temporary wastewater storage reservoir for a Septic Tank Effluent Pump (STEP) system. See SEPTIC TANK.
Interceptor
historic preservation
Bedding
Sediment
34. A coordinating agency formed in 1961 for state boards that administer licensing exams and maintain records for landscape architects to practice.
greenbelt
Council of Landscape Architecture Registration Boards (CLARB)
Bearing Wall
Artesian
35. A railing composed of balusters capped by a handrail.
design
landscape
Balustrade
conservation plan
36. A small box-like structure that contains valves used to regulate flows.
Angle Post
Vault
Sewer
planned unit development (PUD)
37. Masonry composed of irregularly shaped stones laid without regularity of coursing - but well bonded.
Rubble - Ordinary
Check Valve
Grade
softscape
38. 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
Sewage
Roof Leader
Sanitary Sewer
Chain of Custody
39. A type of easement granting permission to a constructor or developer to build over a street or structure.
Stratification
air rights
Sedimentation Basin
Elevation
40. Water that does not contain objectionable pollution - contamination - minerals - or infective agents and is considered satisfactory for drinking.
Caisson
environmental design professions
Potable Water
Newel Post
41. A line from which heights and depths are calculated or measured. Also called a datum plane or a datum level.
parkway
Datum Line
Grease Trap
Overflow Manhole
42. 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
Lateral Sewer
Storm Water
Subsidence
Vault
43. Masonry composed of roughly shaped stones fitting approximately on level beds - well bonded and brought at vertical intervals to continuous level beds of courses.
Nonpotable
land use
Rubble - Coursed
Bedding
44. 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
greenbelt
building (construction) permit
landscape architecture
Check Valve
45. 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.
Interceptor
landscape architect
Day Tank
City Beautiful Movement
46. An authorization issued by a government agency allowing construction of a project according to approved plans and specifications.
Compaction
Aquifer
building (construction) permit
Adsorption
47. 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.
Acid Rain
Two-Way Cleanout
A S T M
conservation plan
48. In landscape architecture - an essential sheet showing site boundaries and significant site features - used as a basis for subsequent plan development.
base plan
Pump Station
B T U
Two-Way Cleanout
49. Material used in backfilling of an excavation - selected for desirable compaction or other characteristics.
Stratification
drainage
Select Backfill
Vault
50. Downward movement of the soil or of a structure which it supports
Settlement
hardscape
ground water
greenbelt