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Construction Basics

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1. The Top Left hand Corner is a ____ Beam






2. They provide a weakness in the slab at predetermined locations to force the slab to crak there and not somewhere else.






3. A bond Beam is provided at ______






4. When a cable or rope is compressed by a force - What is the compressive stress i it?






5. Weathering index of a location is a function of the






6. What is the bottom piece called?






7. The most commonly used steel for framming menbers is_______






8. Who Manufactureres joists and joist girders?






9. Deep foundations use what to ensure that the building does not move






10. The most commonly used steel for framming menbers is_______






11. Bond beams are _____






12. The concrete tilt-up wall construction system is generally used in...






13. This type of form work has gained favor in constructing high-rise reinforced-concrete bearing walls structures






14. the GFRC skin is obtained by






15. K-series has a depth range of?






16. A rain screen classing system addresses the issue of water penetration due to...






17. The oldest Method is also called Turn-of-Nut methos is where...






18. Retempering of mortar - if needed - should be generally done within






19. The Two bottom Left ones are called _____






20. What does TCA stand for?






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






22. A Soft story is a _______






23. The The Fourth Arrow is Pointing at






24. If you put less lime in Morar this decreases






25. Yeild strength of steel is also referred to as the ______






26. A typical bond beam is provided with






27. Weep holes must be provided ______ to the flashing






28. The use of ______ concrete is customary






29. Specified Dimensions of masonry units is ____






30. The second coat of stucco is called...






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






32. ASTM standards require that the area between control joints in stucco applied on a stud wall assembly not exceed ______ with neither deminsion of this area exceeding ___






33. The Very middle one is called _____






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






35. Steel joist are braced against instabilty by






36. A shear connection between a Steel beam and a Steel Colum is also called a ____






37. Effloresecence






38. A masonry unit has 20% voids is referred to as a...






39. Where the cutting of masontry units is discouraged - the wall dimensions are based on the masonry module. The module used in CMU walls is...






40. The cost of a tilt up wall system compares _____ with that of a masonry bearing wall system






41. The Nominal Dimensions of masonry units






42. A slip-critical connection is...






43. The width of an expansion joint is ___






44. The width of an expansion joint is ___






45. The oldest Method is also called Turn-of-Nut methos is where...






46. Bricks that are highly absorptive may need to be wetted before being laid in a wall






47. The thicker the wall the larger the _______ needs to be






48. the most commonly used strength of concrete for tilt-up






49. Clay is _______






50. Rest on and are part of the structural frame of the building - they are used for 2nd and higher floors.