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Building Construction Management Vocab

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1. A type of glass made by adding a metallic pigment during manufacture.






2. Hollow Core Slabs: Precast - prestressed concrete slabs that contain voids in their central region that reduce dead loads by 40-50%. - Planks: Precast concrete slabs that are solid.






3. Rebar: An deformed steel bar used as concrete reinforcement. Welded-Wire Reinforcement: A prefabricated rectangular grid of steel wires spot-welded together at intersections - used as reinforcement in concrete slabs.






4. Design Development






5. Truss: a structural member with triangulated - linear elements - typically used for large spans. Bottom Chord:






6. M = Least amount of lime; O = Most lime; N = Second most lime; S = Second least lime






7. Floating: The process of smoothing a freshly placed concrete surface after it has been struck (leveled).






8. A rafter is one of a series of sloped structural members that extends from the ridge or the hip down to the downslope perimeter of the eave - designed to support the roof deck and its loads.






9. Schematic Design






10. Load=bearing or non-load bearing wall to which exterior cladding is adhered or anchored.






11. Floating: The process of smoothing a freshly placed concrete surface after it has been struck (leveled).






12. Use air-entrainment in the concrete mix






13. A legal document that regulates the design and construction of buildings to ensure that the buildings meet minimum standards of health - safety - and welfare.






14. A ceiling hung from the overlying floor or roof structure.






15. Prescriptive codes give a clear - defined method for meeting a requirement. Performance codes allow the designer to decide how to meet the end requirement that must be met.






16. Shallow Foundation: Used for all types of buildings and bear directly on the upper soil levels. Deep Foundation: Used where soil on the surface does not have adequate strength or is unstable. Consists of piles or piers.






17. Metal panels consisting of polyurethane foam sandwiched between and bonded to two metal sheets - used in curtain wall applications.






18. A ceiling hung from the overlying floor or roof structure.






19. Pile: Driven or drilled long - slender foundation element. Pile: a piece of machinery used to drive piles into the ground.






20. Cee Channel: Studs and joists - symbolized by S - Runner Channel: bridging channels - symbolized by you - Tracks: you shaped - symbolized by T






21. A panelized material applied to the exterior surfaces of wood or light-gauge steel frame members to add rigidity to the frame and to serve as a base for (wall) cladding or roofing.






22. Place where materials are stored on or near the project site.






23. A type of concrete foundation where one large - combined footing is used for several columns and load-bearing walls - often for the entire building. A concrete slab-on-ground used as foundation for light frame buildings is the simplest type of mat fo






24. A glass obtained by heating annealed glass to a high temperature and then suddenly cooling it - Which makes it four times stronger than annealed glass; used as safety glass because it breaks into pieces that are small and blunt enough not to cause in






25. Sheet steel that is hot-dip galvanized.






26. Schematic Design






27. Design-Build






28. Post-tentioning: Subjecting a concrete or masonry member to compressive stresses by tensioning high-strength steel strands (wires) after the concrete has developed sufficient strength.






29. Using concrete slab blankets or putting hot water in the concrete mix.






30. Cee Channel: Studs and joists - symbolized by S - Runner Channel: bridging channels - symbolized by you - Tracks: you shaped - symbolized by T






31. Metal panels consisting of polyurethane foam sandwiched between and bonded to two metal sheets - used in curtain wall applications.






32. Oriented Strandboard: A wood-based panel made by gluing several layers of wood strands under heat and pressure so that the adjacent layers are oriented in opposite directions.






33. A type of tempered glass obtained from a process that reduces (or eliminates) the possibility of spontaneous breakage of tempered glass during its service life.






34. Sump: Dig sump pits that are sufficiently below the elevation of the excavation - then use sump pumps to drain the water out of the pits and pump it away from the site. Well Point: A number of vertical pipes are sunk around the perimeter of the excav






35. I - C - L - T - Pipes - Tubes - round - Rectangular bars - plates






36. Type 1: General Use - Type 2: -Type 3: High Early Strength - Type 4: Low Heat of Hydration - Type 5: Sulfate Resistant






37. Design Development






38. ...






39. Fabricated at the manufacture's plant. Reinforced in both directions. Uses a steel stud backup wall.






40. Exterior Sheathing - Water resistant membrane - flashing with weep holes - self-adhering rubberized asphalt membrane - self-furring metal base - scratch coat - brown coat - finish coat.






41. Advantages: High early strength Disadvantages: Very expensive






42. Type 1: General Use - Type 2: -Type 3: High Early Strength - Type 4: Low Heat of Hydration - Type 5: Sulfate Resistant






43. A rafter is one of a series of sloped structural members that extends from the ridge or the hip down to the downslope perimeter of the eave - designed to support the roof deck and its loads.






44. Construction Management






45. Lengths of dimension lumber - glued and laminated together to create a structural member of a large cross section.






46. Method of sawing a log by sawing in one or two directions only. The grain pattern varies from nearly parallel to the wide face to perpendicular. vs. A method of sawing lumber where the log is cut radially into four quarters and then sawed along radia






47. Exterior wall cladding system suspended from or supported by the structural frame of the building.






48. A document that describes regulations for the use of land in a particular jurisdiction.






49. Chemical compounds that are used in concrete mixes to increase the workability of the mix without reducing the slump.






50. One-Way Slab: An elevated reinforced concrete slab where most of the load on the slab is carried to the supporting beams in one direction; a four-sided - supported rectangular slab whose length is greater than or equal to twice its width. Two Way Sla