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Civil Engineering Vocab
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1. Material used to fill in a trench or excavation
Backfill
Cross Braces
Sanitary Sewer
grade
2. Pertaining to groundwater - a well - or underground basin where the water is under a pressure greater than atmospheric and will rise above the level of its upper confining surface if given an opportunity to do so.
Artesian
Hydrostatic Pressure
Nonpotable
national park
3. 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.
ground water
zoning
Walers
national park
4. 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.
Datum Line
building (construction) permit
Oxidation Ditch
Stratification
5. A branch of biology dealing with the relationship between living things and their environment.
ecology
Trunk Sewer
Gravity Flow
Wastewater
6. Precipitation which has been rendered (made) acidic by airborne pollutants.
Acid Rain
land trust
Easement
Interconnector
7. Acronym for 'Computer Aided (i.e. - Assisted) Design and Drafting -' a digital design process in which landscape architects use computers to help produce precise drawings and details for the construction of a project.
Weir
CADD
Shear Wall
Sedimentation
8. 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
Forest Service
Oxidation Ditch
Lateral Break
zoning
9. The man-made creation of or alterations to a specific area - including its natural resources. This is in contrast to the 'natural environment.'
Chain of Custody
built environment
Outlet
CADD
10. A small box-like structure that contains valves used to regulate flows.
Retention
Vault
air rights
Deadend Manhole
11. 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.
Main Sewer
Chain of Custody
Aeration
Select Bedding
12. 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.
zoning
Forest Service
Grease Trap
Balustrade
13. Water that may contain objectionable pollution - contamination - minerals - or infective agents and is considered unsafe and/or unpalatable for drinking.
national park
Storm Runoff
Capillary Action
Nonpotable
14. 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.
Bedding
Interceptor
Main Sewer
Aquifer
15. Post at which the railing terminates at each floor level.
Newel Post
conservation plan
air rights
reclamation
16. Clarifier - Settling Tank. A tank or basin in which wastewater is held for a period of time during which the heavier solids settle to the bottom and the lighter materials float to the water surface.
Grade
Baffle
Combined System
Sedimentation Basin
17. 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.
air rights
greenbelt
environmental inventory
Wastewater Collection System
18. 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
Collection System
Collection Main
Compaction
Combined Wastewater
19. Tamping or rolling of a material to achieve a surface or density that is able to support predicted loads.
landscape architecture registration
Supersaturated
Day Tank
Compaction
20. The natural elements with which landscape architects work - such as plant materials and the soil itself.
air rights
Day Tank
multiple use
softscape
21. 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.
environmental design professions
Angle Post
Admixture
Wastewater Collection System
22. A wastewater treatment process used to convert dissolved or suspended materials into a form more readily separated from the water being treated. Usually the process follows primary treatment by sedimentation. The process commonly is a type of biologi
Combined Sewer
Bearing
Secondary Treatment
Acidic
23. Downstream opening or discharge end of a pipe - culvert - or canal.
agronomy
Curb inlet
Outlet
planning
24. 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
Collection Main
Backfill
manipulation of space
B T U
25. A device that admits surface waters to the storm water drainage system. Also see CURB INLET and CATCH BASIN.
Septic Tank
Angle Post
Storm Water Inlet
Estimated Flow
26. 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.
Artificial Groundwater Table
natural resources
Check Valve
Surcharge
27. In the United States - a certification of individuals entitled to use the term 'landscape architect' or to practice landscape architecture or both - by means of examination and required degree and experience criteria.
Baffle
Saturated Soil
national park
landscape architecture registration
28. A separate pipe - conduit or open channel (sewer) that carries runoff from storms - surface drainage - and street wash - but does not include domestic and industrial wastes. Storm sewers are often the recipients of hazardous or toxic substances due t
Angle of Repose
Storm Sewer
Liquefaction
easement
29. The conversion of large solid particles of sludge into very fine particles which either dissolve or remain suspended in wastewater.
Liquefaction
land trust
Axial Load
Rubble - Ordinary
30. 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.'
built environment
Groundwater
Caisson
Lateral Sewer
31. 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.
Liquefaction
Main Sewer
Bedding
Terminal Manhole
32. 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
new town
Manifold
manipulation of space
Adsorption
33. 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.
Manifold
Seasonal Water Table
Elevation
Caisson
34. Not easily penetrated. The property of a material or soil that does not allow - or allows only with great difficulty - the movement or passage of water.
Sewage
Catch Basin
Impermeable
Surcharge
35. A professional who designs - plans - and manages outdoor spaces ranging from entire ecosystems to residential sites and whose media include natural and built elements; also referred to as a designer - planner - consultant. Not to be confused with lan
Manhole
Nonpotable
landscape architect
Compaction
36. 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.
Storm Water Inlet
environmental impact
Gravity Flow
Pump Station
37. 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.
Infiltrated Debris
Select Backfill
conservation
Runoff
38. The used household water and watercarried solids that flow in sewers to a wastewater treatment plant. The preferred term is WASTEWATER.
Adsorption
multiple use
Grade
Sewage
39. 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.
landscape
building codes
Compaction Test
Sedimentation Basin
40. 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.
Saturated Soil
easement
topography
landscape architecture registration
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
Handhole Trap
national park
parkway
historic preservation
42. The lowest point of the channel inside a pipe - conduit - or canal.
Invert
building codes
Activated Sludge Process
Combined Sewer
43. A legal means of protecting beautiful views and associated aesthetic quality along a site by restricting change in existing features without government approval.
Selector
scenic easement
Housing and Urban Development - Department of (HUD)
Gravity Flow
44. The angle between a horizontal line andthe slope or surface of unsupported material such as gravel - sand -or loose soil. Also called the 'natural slope.'
Manhole Bedding
Angle of Repose
conservation
multiple use
45. Federal agency responsible for producing and managing many federally-funded public service programs - especially those affecting housing and public spaces.
Manhole Bedding
Housing and Urban Development - Department of (HUD)
Hydrostatic Pressure
Sewage
46. A pipe or conduit that carries wastewater or drainage water. The term 'collection line' is often used also.
Datum Line
Sewer
Interceptor
Lift Station
47. The pipe system for collecting and carrying water and watercarried wastes from domestic and industrial sources to a wastewater treatment plant.
parkway
Wastewater Collection System
Combined Sewer
Seasonal Water Table
48. The condition of water or soil which contains a sufficient amount of acid substances to lower the pH below 7.0.
Infiltrated Debris
Catch Basin
Acidic
hardscape
49. 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.'
landscape architecture registration
Manhole
environmental impact
Mail Line
50. Water or wastewater flowing from a higher elevation to a lower elevation due to the force of gravity. The water does not flow due to energy provided by a pump. Wherever possible - wastewater collection systems are designed to use the force of gravity
Gravity Flow
Catch Basin
Compaction Test
open space