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Building Construction Management Vocab

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1. Control Joint: A sawed or tooled joint on the top surface of a concrete slab-on-ground; a continuous vertical joint in a concrete masonry wall. Cold Joint: A nonmovement joint resulting when fresh concrete is placed against previously placed concrete






2. Piles made of interlocking sheet steel driven into the ground to support an excavation. Shoring: Temporary vertical or inclined supports used in concrete formwork or excavation.






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






4. Design Development






5. Draining the soil around the excavations so that the groundwater level falls below the elevation of proposed excavation.






6. Differential: The building's foundation settles at different rates at different points. Uniform: The building's foundation settles at a uniform rate.






7. The ability of a building assembly to endure fire - measured in hours or minutes of time and determined from standardized full-scale tests.






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






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






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






11. Construction Management






12. 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.






13. Shoring placed under concrete to support it while it cures.






14. ...






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






16. A structural frame assembly composed primarily of dimension lumber studs - floor joists - and roof rafters and panels of wood-based sheathing materials. Usually 16' OC.






17. Pre-Construction - Construction - and Post-Construction Phases






18. Parallel-Strand Lumber: Manufactured wood product composed of narrow strands of veneered lumber glued together - all oriented in the same direction to form a member of large cross section.






19. Draining the soil around the excavations so that the groundwater level falls below the elevation of proposed excavation.






20. Design-Bid-Build






21. Snug-tight = hand tightened by a worker. Slip-Critical = hand tightened - then extra tightening to a certain tensile strength. Shear resistance is provided by the friction between the connected surfaces.






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






23. Cost - Schedule - and Quality






24. 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.






25. 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.






26. Soldier Piles are placed into pre-drilled holes that are filled with concrete after the piles are set. Excavation begins - and as the pit is dug deeper - lagging is bolted to the soldier piles to support them.






27. Piles made of interlocking sheet steel driven into the ground to support an excavation. Shoring: Temporary vertical or inclined supports used in concrete formwork or excavation.






28. Advantages: High early strength Disadvantages: Very expensive






29. 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.






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






31. A thin layer of material over a back-up component.






32. Lumber that ranges from 2 in. to 4 in. thick. The actual dimensions are smaller than the nominal dimensions.






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






34. Pre-Construction - Construction - and Post-Construction Phases






35. Concrete: A composite material consisting of portland cement - coarse aggregate (crushed stone) - fine aggregate (sand) - and water.






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






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






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






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






40. Stone panels attached to a backup wall or curtain wall frame.






41. 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






42. A test that measures the workability of fresh concrete by filling a cone-shaped mold with concrete - removing the mold - and measuring the height to which the concrete settles below its original height.






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






44. Stone panels attached to a backup wall or curtain wall frame.






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






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






47. 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






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






49. Schematic Design






50. Contiguous Bored Concrete Piles: Closely spaced - reinforced concrete piles. Often has shock-crete sprayed on the front to make a wall. Secant Piles: Two sets of interlocking contiguous piles.







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