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Building Construction Management Vocab
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1. A manufactured wood product rated for structural applications - such as plywood - oriented strandboard - or laminated veneer lumber.
Wood Light Framing
Insulated metal panels
Tinted glass
Engineered Lumber
2. Metal panels consisting of polyurethane foam sandwiched between and bonded to two metal sheets - used in curtain wall applications.
Annealed glass
Insulated metal panels
Tie Backs
Building Inspector's Process
3. 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
Prefabricated brick panel curtainwall
One-Way vs. Two-Way Slabs
Flat-Sawn vs. Quarter-Sawn Lumber
DB
4. Load=bearing or non-load bearing wall to which exterior cladding is adhered or anchored.
OSB
Backup wall
DB
Insulated metal panels
5. A document that describes regulations for the use of land in a particular jurisdiction.
Bentonite Slurry Wall
Light-Gauge Steel Framing
Sheathing
Zoning Ordinance
6. Slender - closely spaced - parallel beams in a wood light (or light-gauge steel) frame floor.
Building Inspector's Process
Joist
Flex anchors
GFRC
7. Material added to concrete mix to influence its performance.
OSB
Fire Resistance Rating
Wrought iron v. mild steel
Admixture
8. Cee Channel: Studs and joists - symbolized by S - Runner Channel: bridging channels - symbolized by you - Tracks: you shaped - symbolized by T
Shallow vs. Deep Foundations
Suspended ceiling
Cee Channel - Runner Channel - Tracks
Annealed glass
9. Stone panels attached to a backup wall or curtain wall frame.
Insulated metal panels
Tie Backs
Stone cladding
Floating and Troweling
10. A legal document that regulates the design and construction of buildings to ensure that the buildings meet minimum standards of health - safety - and welfare.
Pressure Treated Lumber
Prefabricated brick panel curtainwall
Building Code
Light-Gauge Steel Framing
11. Exterior wall cladding system suspended from or supported by the structural frame of the building.
low-e coating
Cold Weather Concrete Construction Protection Measures
curtain walls
Pressure Treated Lumber
12. A beam that spans between columns on the exterior face of a frame structure.
Flex anchors
Spandrel beam
Admixture
DBB
13. A thin layer of material over a back-up component.
CD
Zoning Ordinance
Veneer
Concrete Control Joints and Cold Joints
14. A thin layer of material over a back-up component.
Veneer
reflective glass
Prefabricated v. site-built masonry cladding
Column Footing
15. Unreinforced precast concrete panels that have glass fibers reinforcing the concrete. Consists of the GFRC skin - light-gauge steel backup frame - and anchors connecting the two together.
Cold Weather Concrete Construction Protection Measures
GFRC
Tendons
Re-Shoring
16. 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
Fire Resistance Rating
Wood Light Framing
Rafter
Mat Foundation
17. Floating: The process of smoothing a freshly placed concrete surface after it has been struck (leveled).
Floating and Troweling
One-Way vs. Two-Way Slabs
Advantages and Disadvantages of High Strength Concrete
Bentonite Slurry Wall
18. Friction Pile: Bears the load by using friction between it and the ground around it by having a tapered form. End-Bearing Piles: Most of the load is transferred to the bottom of the pile.
Cold-Formed Light Gauge Steel Members
Backup wall
Sump and Well Point Dewatering
Friction vs. End-bearing Pile
19. Two pieces of glass laminated under heat and pressure to a plastic interlayer to form a fused unit.
Backup wall
Stone cladding
Joist
Laminated glass
20. Design-Bid-Build
DBB
Fire Safety Exiting Requirements
Stone cladding
Glue-Laminated Lumber
21. Design Development
Rebar and Welded Wire Fabric (WWF)
Slump Test
DD
Tie Backs
22. Cee Channel: Studs and joists - symbolized by S - Runner Channel: bridging channels - symbolized by you - Tracks: you shaped - symbolized by T
Wood Light Framing
Differential/Uniform Foundation Settlement
DB
Cee Channel - Runner Channel - Tracks
23. Cost - Schedule - and Quality
Mat Foundation
The Three Parts of Construction Management
The Three Phases of Construction Management
Stone cladding
24. ...
LVL
Prefabricated v. site-built masonry cladding
Precasting vs Site-Casting: Methods & Pros and Cons
Plasticizers
25. The combination of high-strength steel strands - sleeves - and end anchorages used for post-tensioning concrete.
PSL
Engineered Lumber
The Three Phases of Construction Management
Tendons
26. A framing system that mimics wood light frame construction - but the elements are made of cold-formed - galvanized sheet steel.
Stone cladding
Steps in Forming a Reinforced Concrete Wall
Slump Test
Light-Gauge Steel Framing
27. The ability of a building assembly to endure fire - measured in hours or minutes of time and determined from standardized full-scale tests.
Fire Resistance Rating
Type I-V Concrete - and the Roles for Each
Prefabricated brick panel curtainwall
Bentonite Slurry Wall
28. Place where materials are stored on or near the project site.
Veneer
Laydown Yard/Staging Area
low-e coating
Joist
29. A fastener that connects an exterior cladding to the supporting frame to resist lateral loads
Tie Backs
Zoning Ordinance
Performance vs. Prescriptive Code Provisions
Precasting vs Site-Casting: Methods & Pros and Cons
30. A ceiling hung from the overlying floor or roof structure.
Wood Light Framing
Strip Footing
Building Code
Suspended ceiling
31. 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.
Soldier Piles and Lagging
reflective glass
Truss - Bottom Chord and Top Chord
EIFS
32. Unreinforced precast concrete panels that have glass fibers reinforcing the concrete. Consists of the GFRC skin - light-gauge steel backup frame - and anchors connecting the two together.
GFRC
Pre-tentioning and Post-tentioning
Rebar and Welded Wire Fabric (WWF)
Wood Light Framing
33. Truss: a structural member with triangulated - linear elements - typically used for large spans. Bottom Chord:
low-e coating
OSB
Advantages and Disadvantages of High Strength Concrete
Truss - Bottom Chord and Top Chord
34. Design-Build
DBB
Re-Shoring
DB
Type I-V Concrete - and the Roles for Each
35. Material added to concrete mix to influence its performance.
Truss - Bottom Chord and Top Chord
Fire Safety Exiting Requirements
Prefabricated v. site-built masonry cladding
Admixture
36. A type of glass made by adding a metallic pigment during manufacture.
Slip-critical v. snug-tight connections
CD
Re-Shoring
Tinted glass
37. Fabricated at the manufacture's plant. Reinforced in both directions. Uses a steel stud backup wall.
Tendons
Veneer
SD
Prefabricated brick panel curtainwall
38. A large-diameter - deep reinforced-concrete foundation element made by drilling a hole into the ground and filling it with concrete; an enclosure that permits excavation work to be carried out under water.
LVL
Steps in Forming a Reinforced Concrete Wall
Caisson
Pressure Treated Lumber
39. Using concrete slab blankets or putting hot water in the concrete mix.
Truss - Bottom Chord and Top Chord
Flat-Sawn vs. Quarter-Sawn Lumber
heat-soaked tempered glass
Cold Weather Concrete Construction Protection Measures
40. ...
heat-soaked tempered glass
Steps in Forming a Reinforced Concrete Wall
Dimensional Lumber - and nominal vs actual dimensions
Fire Resistance Rating
41. Load=bearing or non-load bearing wall to which exterior cladding is adhered or anchored.
Building Inspector's Process
AISC standard structural shapes
Backup wall
Spandrel beam
42. 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.
Floating and Troweling
Rebar and Welded Wire Fabric (WWF)
OSB
Annealed glass
43. Chemical compounds that are used in concrete mixes to increase the workability of the mix without reducing the slump.
Plasticizers
Wrought iron v. mild steel
Pile and Pile Driver
Friction vs. End-bearing Pile
44. 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
Mat Foundation
Zoning Ordinance
Tinted glass
Flat-Sawn vs. Quarter-Sawn Lumber
45. Truss: a structural member with triangulated - linear elements - typically used for large spans. Bottom Chord:
Veneer
Truss - Bottom Chord and Top Chord
GFRC
Light-Gauge Steel Framing
46. Draining the soil around the excavations so that the groundwater level falls below the elevation of proposed excavation.
Dewatering
Wood Light Framing
heat-soaked tempered glass
Permanent Concrete Freeze-Thaw Protection
47. ...
Soldier Piles and Lagging
Joist
Truss - Bottom Chord and Top Chord
Prefabricated v. site-built masonry cladding
48. 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.
Permanent Concrete Freeze-Thaw Protection
Wrought iron v. mild steel
OSB
The Three Phases of Construction Management
49. Wrought iron is corrosive resistant - time consuming to make - and contains about .02% carbon. VS. Mild Steel contains .1-2.5% carbon and is much stronger and easier to make.
Glue-Laminated Lumber
Wrought iron v. mild steel
Tendons
reflective glass
50. Concrete: A composite material consisting of portland cement - coarse aggregate (crushed stone) - fine aggregate (sand) - and water.
Prefabricated brick panel curtainwall
Column Footing
Concrete - its components - and their function in the mix
Re-Shoring
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