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Building Construction Management Vocab

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1. Schematic Design






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






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






4. A stuccolike exterior finish that includes a layer of foam insulation - fiberglass reinforcing mesh - and one or two coats of a polymer-based finish - also called synthetic stucco.






5. Cost - Schedule - and Quality






6. 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.






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






8. 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.






9. 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






10. 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.






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






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






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






14. Design-Bid-Build






15. 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.






16. A fastener that connects an exterior cladding to the supporting frame to resist lateral loads






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






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






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






20. 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.






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






22. 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.






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






24. 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.






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






26. Construction Document






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






28. 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






29. 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.






30. 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






31. 10' - 15' discontinuous trenches are dug down to bedrock and filled with a bentonite slurry. Concrete is then pumped from the bottom up to create a waterproof wall for excavation pits.






32. Used commonly for load-bearing wood - masonry - or concrete walls.






33. Cost - Schedule - and Quality






34. 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.






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






36. 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.






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






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






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






40. ...






41. Include the width and height of the exit enclosures - fire resistance of materials used therein - and illumination levels in the exit enclosures.






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






43. A fastener that connects an exterior cladding to the supporting frame to resist lateral loads






44. Construction Management






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






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






47. 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.






48. 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.






49. 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






50. 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.