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Building Construction Management Vocab

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






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






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






4. 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.






5. The combination of high-strength steel strands - sleeves - and end anchorages used for post-tensioning concrete.






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






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8. Design-Build






9. 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






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






11. Advantages: High early strength Disadvantages: Very expensive






12. Used where columns are lightly loaded or bear on soils with a high bearing capacity.






13. Laminated Veneer Lumber: Dried wood veneers laminated in layers - all oriented in the same direction - to form a large structural member.






14. 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.






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






16. 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.






17. Two pieces of glass laminated under heat and pressure to a plastic interlayer to form a fused unit.






18. A glass that reflects incoming visible radiation due to a very thin metal oxide coating on one side.






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






20. 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.






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






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






23. Advantages: High early strength Disadvantages: Very expensive






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






25. 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.






26. 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.






27. An L-shaped steel pin that connects to the GFRC skin with a bonding pad and is welded to the supporting light-gauge steel frame.






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






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






30. 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.






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32. 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.






33. 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.






34. 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






35. 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.






36. An L-shaped steel pin that connects to the GFRC skin with a bonding pad and is welded to the supporting light-gauge steel frame.






37. 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.






38. 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.






39. A beam that spans between columns on the exterior face of a frame structure.






40. 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.






41. 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.






42. 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






43. A framing system that mimics wood light frame construction - but the elements are made of cold-formed - galvanized sheet steel.






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45. 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






46. 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.






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






48. Slender - closely spaced - parallel beams in a wood light (or light-gauge steel) frame floor.






49. Schematic Design






50. Design-Bid-Build