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Building Construction Management Vocab

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1. 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.






2. 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.






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






4. 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.






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






6. A manufactured wood product rated for structural applications - such as plywood - oriented strandboard - or laminated veneer lumber.






7. 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.






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9. Construction Management






10. 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.






11. 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.






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






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






15. 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






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






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






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






20. 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.






21. A surface coating that reflects most of the long-wave radiation.






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






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






24. 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.






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






26. Sheet steel that is hot-dip galvanized.






27. Flat glass obtained by heating and then gradually cooling it to relieve internal stresses that develop during the early stage of its manufacturing process. Annealed glass is the basic form of flat glass.






28. A manufactured wood product rated for structural applications - such as plywood - oriented strandboard - or laminated veneer lumber.






29. 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.






30. 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.






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






32. Pre-Construction - Construction - and Post-Construction Phases






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






34. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






41. 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.






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






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






44. 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






45. 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.






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






47. 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






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






49. Flat glass obtained by heating and then gradually cooling it to relieve internal stresses that develop during the early stage of its manufacturing process. Annealed glass is the basic form of flat glass.






50. Cost - Schedule - and Quality