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Civil Engineering Vocab
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1. 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
landscape architecture
Manhole Vents
scenic easement
Soil Displacement
2. 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.'
Liquefaction
Manhole
Wasteline Vent
Rubble - Random
3. A road laid through a garden or park-like landscape - usually with median and roadside plantings.
topography
Cross Braces
Soil Displacement
parkway
4. A structure made of concrete or other durable material to protect bare soil from erosion by splashing or falling water.
Nonpotable
Balustrade
Splash Pad
Angle Post
5. 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.
Main Sewer
Earth Shift
hardscape
drainage
6. 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.
Catch Basin
open space
Admixture
Compaction Test
7. A sewer that discharges into a branch or other sewer and has no other common sewer tributary to it. Sometimes called a 'street sewer' because it collects wastewater from individual homes.
Acid Rain
Handhole Trap
Lateral Sewer
Terminal Manhole
8. 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
Bearing
Baffle
Subsidence
Artesian
9. A device that admits surface waters to the storm water drainage system. Also see CURB INLET and CATCH BASIN.
Potable Water
Admixture
Seasonal Water Table
Storm Water Inlet
10. 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
Angle of Repose
view
Shear Wall
11. A small box-like structure that contains valves used to regulate flows.
Vault
scenic easement
land trust
Acid Rain
12. Elements added to a natural landscape - such as paving stones - gravel - walkways - irrigation systems - roads - retaining walls - sculpture - street amenities - fountains - and other mechanical features.
Roof Leader
hardscape
Equalizing Basin
Sediment
13. A large pipe to which a series of smaller pipes are connected. Also called a HEADER.
topography
Manifold
greenbelt
Balustrade
14. Precipitation which has been rendered (made) acidic by airborne pollutants.
Acid Rain
site plan
Imported Backfill
Service Pipe
15. 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
environmental impact
Artificial Groundwater Table
Secondary Treatment
Walers
16. 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
Saturated Soil
environmental design professions
A S T M
historic preservation
17. 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.
Main Sewer
easement
zoning
ecology
18. That part of rain or other precipitation that runs off the surface of a drainage area and does not enter the soil or the sewer system as inflow.
Adsorption
Chain of Custody
Terminal Manhole
Runoff
19. 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).
topography
zoning
Absorption
Lift Station
20. A natural underground layer of porous - waterbearing materials (sand - gravel) usually capable of yielding a large amount or supply of water.
landscape
Mail Line
Aquifer
Storm Runoff
21. The conversion of large solid particles of sludge into very fine particles which either dissolve or remain suspended in wastewater.
Collection Main
land use
site plan
Liquefaction
22. 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.
Axial Load
Liquefaction
Walers
Angle Post
23. 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
Day Tank
Lateral Break
landscape architect
Activated Sludge Process
24. The man-made creation of or alterations to a specific area - including its natural resources. This is in contrast to the 'natural environment.'
Handhole Trap
Terminal Manhole
built environment
Supersaturated
25. Sedimentation basin overflow weir. A plate with Vnotches along the top to ensure a uniform flow rate and avoid shortcircuiting.
cost-benefit analysis
Laundering Weir
landscape contractor
Infiltrated Debris
26. A legal means of protecting beautiful views and associated aesthetic quality along a site by restricting change in existing features without government approval.
B T U
Select Bedding
planning
scenic easement
27. The oxidation ditch is a modified form of the activated sludge process. The ditch consists of two channels placed side by side and connected at the ends to produce one continuous loop of wastewater flow and a brush rotator assembly placed across the
Laundering Weir
Oxidation Ditch
planned unit development (PUD)
building codes
28. 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.
cost-benefit analysis
Riprap
Main Sewer
Catch Basin
29. The property of a material or soil that permits considerable movement of water through it when it is saturated.
Permeability
greenbelt
Stratification
historic preservation
30. 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
Saturated Soil
landscape architecture
Adsorption
contour
31. 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
Select Backfill
topography
American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA)
32. 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.
CADD
site plan
ground water
Manhole Bedding
33. A sewer that receives wastewater from many tributary branches or sewers and serves a large territory and contributing population.
building codes
Sewer
Trunk Sewer
Soil Pipe
34. A device made of pipe fittings used to prevent sewer gases escaping from the branch or lateral sewer from entering a building sewer.
agronomy
Handhole Trap
Wasteline Vent
Storm Water
35. 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.
International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA)
multiple use
Potable Water
planning
36. A sewer designed to carry both sanitary wastewaters and storm or surface water runoff.
Imported Backfill
Hydrostatic Pressure
Secondary Treatment
Combined Sewer
37. A line from which heights and depths are calculated or measured. Also called a datum plane or a datum level.
Aquifer
Datum Line
Trunk Sewer
hardscape
38. A manhole which fills and allows raw wastewater to flow out onto the street or ground.
Rubble - Random
landscape
ground water
Overflow Manhole
39. A network of pipes - manholes - cleanouts - traps - siphons - lift stations and other structures used to collect all wastewater and wastewatercarried wastes of an area and transport them to a treatment plant or disposal system. The collection system
Potable Water
Caisson
Collection System
Retention
40. 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
Deadend Manhole
City Beautiful Movement
Grease Trap
41. A small tank (usually covered) or a storage facility used to store water for a home or farm. Often used to store rainwater.
Cistern
Lateral Cleanout
environmental inventory
International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA)
42. Any method of determining the weight a compacted material is able to support without damage or displacement. Usually stated in pounds per square foot.
Newel Post
Invert
Adsorption
Compaction Test
43. 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.
Combined Wastewater
planning
Saturated Soil
Lateral Cleanout
44. A multinational organization of landscape architects whose purpose is the promotion of landscape design and planning.
International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA)
cost-benefit analysis
multiple use
agronomy
45. 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
Imported Backfill
Grade
Backfill
Storm Sewer
46. 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
Aquifer
Subsidence
Wasteline Cleanout
Grease Trap
47. An authorization issued by a government agency allowing construction of a project according to approved plans and specifications.
building (construction) permit
Forest Service
Wasteline Vent
view
48. The condition of water or soil which contains a sufficient amount of acid substances to lower the pH below 7.0.
landscape architect
Selector
grade
Acidic
49. 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
Grease Trap
Surface Runoff
Rubble - Random
hardscape
50. 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.
conservation
landscape
Stratification
Impermeable