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Construction Basics

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1. _____ are generally kept at the construction site and become the basis for judgement of all panels produced by the precast plant






2. What are the 3 types of furnaces?






3. Retempering of motar means...






4. The Self-Furring glavanized steel lath(diamond pattern) is called what?






5. Minimum concrete strength of _____ for a slab






6. The stress-strain diagram of ______ steel is nearly a straight line up to the yield point






7. Plastic tubes work ____ than wicks






8. The simplest cellular-type plan is a_______






9. During the erection of concrete tilt up walls - a gap is left between the bottom of a wall panel the top of the footing. The gap is approximately






10. A wall footing is also called _____






11. What are the two benifits of pressing concret?






12. Pretensioned concrete & tensioned concrete have ______ stress






13. Rain screen is...






14. What is the bottom piece called?






15. What is the priority of a girder - beam - and joist floor in order.






16. A vapor retarder is required under






17. The Top Left hand Corner is a ____ Beam






18. Safety Margin formula






19. Z-flashing is effective in...






20. The bearing strength of a material is closely related to it's ___________






21. in terms of water infiltration - the exterior walls in historical buildings functioned as






22. The minimum depth of a K-series joist is ___ and the Max is __






23. strongbacks can

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24. Built-up sections are made by _____






25. Plain-Masonry walls are _______






26. The GFRC skin is typically






27. The anchors used to anchor the brick veneer to the backup wall are generally two-piece achors to allow differential movement between the veneer and the backup






28. When lintel angels and shelf angles are combined in the same angle in a brick veneer clad building - the angle should be treated as a...






29. A GFRC curtain wall panel consists of...






30. Effloresecence






31. A snape Tie consits of...






32. Details of connection between Steel Framing members are generally prepared by the buildings






33. High-strength bolts have the same charterisitcs as ____






34. A connection between a floor or roof and a wall must be adequate to sustain the 3 forces What is one of these forces?






35. What is one of the Empirical rules?






36. Is directly underneith the concrete Slab






37. Pretensioning is generally done at precaster's plant and yeilds a precast - prestressed concrete member.






38. Plastic tubes work ____ than wicks






39. the GFRC skin is obtained by






40. The Dark things in the Corner are ____






41. Name one of the types of foundations of tilt-up walls






42. 8in Thick CMU wall is ______

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43. W-Shape is also called _____






44. The important feature of an Exterior drainage wall is...






45. Welding can be done by either ____ or ___ welding






46. The width of an expansion joint is ___






47. What are the types of concrete slabs and their function?






48. Name one of the types of foundations of tilt-up walls






49. Floor deck is usally topped with a _____






50. Bricks that have frogs are...