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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.






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






3. 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.






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5. 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.






6. 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.






7. Construction Management






8. 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.






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






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






12. Pre-Construction - Construction - and Post-Construction Phases






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






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






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






16. 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






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






18. 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.






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






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






21. 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.






22. 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






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






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






25. Cost - Schedule - and Quality






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






27. 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.






28. 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.






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






30. 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.






31. Cost - Schedule - and Quality






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






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






35. 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.






36. Construction Document






37. 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.






38. 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.






39. A document that describes regulations for the use of land in a particular jurisdiction.






40. 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.






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






42. 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.






43. A document that describes regulations for the use of land in a particular jurisdiction.






44. 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.






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






46. Sheet steel that is hot-dip galvanized.






47. 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.






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






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






50. Advantages: High early strength Disadvantages: Very expensive







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