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Building Construction Management Vocab
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1. Construction Document
DBB
Cold-Formed Light Gauge Steel Members
Pressure Treated Lumber
CD
2. 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.
Tinted glass
Sump and Well Point Dewatering
Hollow Core Slabs and Planks
The role of lime in mortar and mortar types
3. Used where columns are lightly loaded or bear on soils with a high bearing capacity.
Stone cladding
Column Footing
Fire Safety Exiting Requirements
Cold Weather Concrete Construction Protection Measures
4. Wood into which preservatives have been pressure injected to retard termite infestation and fungal decay. Using a different preservative - the pressure treatment can also be used for increasing the fire resistance of wood.
DBB
Contiguous Bored Concrete Piles and Secant Piles
Wrought iron v. mild steel
Pressure Treated Lumber
5. 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.
Flex anchors
Engineered Lumber
SD
Caisson
6. 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.
Shallow vs. Deep Foundations
Slip-critical v. snug-tight connections
Fire Resistance Rating
EIFS
7. Lumber that ranges from 2 in. to 4 in. thick. The actual dimensions are smaller than the nominal dimensions.
Tie Backs
Steps in Forming a Reinforced Concrete Wall
Rebar and Welded Wire Fabric (WWF)
Dimensional Lumber - and nominal vs actual dimensions
8. Include the width and height of the exit enclosures - fire resistance of materials used therein - and illumination levels in the exit enclosures.
Pile and Pile Driver
Suspended ceiling
Fire Safety Exiting Requirements
Sheathing
9. I - C - L - T - Pipes - Tubes - round - Rectangular bars - plates
AISC standard structural shapes
Wood Light Framing
Backup wall
reflective glass
10. A thin layer of material over a back-up component.
Veneer
The Three Parts of Construction Management
Caisson
The Three Phases of Construction Management
11. A ceiling hung from the overlying floor or roof structure.
Slump Test
Rebar and Welded Wire Fabric (WWF)
Cold Weather Concrete Construction Protection Measures
Suspended ceiling
12. 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.
Cold-Formed Light Gauge Steel Members
Soldier Piles and Lagging
Truss - Bottom Chord and Top Chord
Annealed glass
13. Chemical compounds that are used in concrete mixes to increase the workability of the mix without reducing the slump.
Spandrel beam
Column Footing
Plasticizers
AISC standard structural shapes
14. Differential: The building's foundation settles at different rates at different points. Uniform: The building's foundation settles at a uniform rate.
Admixture
Differential/Uniform Foundation Settlement
heat-soaked tempered glass
Column Footing
15. I - C - L - T - Pipes - Tubes - round - Rectangular bars - plates
Stone cladding
Rafter
Steps in Forming a Reinforced Concrete Wall
AISC standard structural shapes
16. 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.
Wood Light Framing
Bentonite Slurry Wall
Fire Resistance Rating
Mat Foundation
17. A ceiling hung from the overlying floor or roof structure.
Tinted glass
Suspended ceiling
Wood Light Framing
One-Way vs. Two-Way Slabs
18. Design-Build
Engineered Lumber
DB
Dimensional Lumber - and nominal vs actual dimensions
reflective glass
19. 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.
Sheathing
Joist
Pressure Treated Lumber
Fire Resistance Rating
20. A type of glass made by adding a metallic pigment during manufacture.
Friction vs. End-bearing Pile
Hollow Core Slabs and Planks
Tie Backs
Tinted glass
21. 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
Caisson
CD
Light-Gauge Steel Framing
Flat-Sawn vs. Quarter-Sawn Lumber
22. Shoring placed under concrete to support it while it cures.
Tinted glass
Re-Shoring
heat-soaked tempered glass
Soldier Piles and Lagging
23. 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.
Concrete Control Joints and Cold Joints
Shallow vs. Deep Foundations
Mat Foundation
The role of lime in mortar and mortar types
24. Load=bearing or non-load bearing wall to which exterior cladding is adhered or anchored.
Tie Backs
Performance vs. Prescriptive Code Provisions
CM
Backup wall
25. Pre-Construction - Construction - and Post-Construction Phases
The Three Phases of Construction Management
The role of lime in mortar and mortar types
Zoning Ordinance
Prefabricated brick panel curtainwall
26. A fastener that connects an exterior cladding to the supporting frame to resist lateral loads
Dimensional Lumber - and nominal vs actual dimensions
Flex anchors
Laydown Yard/Staging Area
Tie Backs
27. Exterior wall cladding system suspended from or supported by the structural frame of the building.
Slump Test
curtain walls
Suspended ceiling
Sump and Well Point Dewatering
28. Lengths of dimension lumber - glued and laminated together to create a structural member of a large cross section.
Type I-V Concrete - and the Roles for Each
Glue-Laminated Lumber
EIFS
Veneer
29. Place where materials are stored on or near the project site.
Stucco - its components and layers
Zoning Ordinance
Truss - Bottom Chord and Top Chord
Laydown Yard/Staging Area
30. 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.
Prefabricated brick panel curtainwall
heat-soaked tempered glass
DD
DB
31. Fabricated at the manufacture's plant. Reinforced in both directions. Uses a steel stud backup wall.
Prefabricated brick panel curtainwall
Type I-V Concrete - and the Roles for Each
Permanent Concrete Freeze-Thaw Protection
Rebar and Welded Wire Fabric (WWF)
32. ...
Hollow Core Slabs and Planks
Precasting vs Site-Casting: Methods & Pros and Cons
Plasticizers
Wrought iron v. mild steel
33. Schematic Design
Plasticizers
Shallow vs. Deep Foundations
Floating and Troweling
SD
34. A framing system that mimics wood light frame construction - but the elements are made of cold-formed - galvanized sheet steel.
Light-Gauge Steel Framing
Backup wall
Rafter
Differential/Uniform Foundation Settlement
35. Exterior wall cladding system suspended from or supported by the structural frame of the building.
Dimensional Lumber - and nominal vs actual dimensions
Admixture
One-Way vs. Two-Way Slabs
curtain walls
36. Metal panels consisting of polyurethane foam sandwiched between and bonded to two metal sheets - used in curtain wall applications.
CD
Caisson
Insulated metal panels
DD
37. A beam that spans between columns on the exterior face of a frame structure.
Soldier Piles and Lagging
Spandrel beam
Concrete - its components - and their function in the mix
Shallow vs. Deep Foundations
38. 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
Concrete Control Joints and Cold Joints
Rebar and Welded Wire Fabric (WWF)
Glue-Laminated Lumber
Caisson
39. Slender - closely spaced - parallel beams in a wood light (or light-gauge steel) frame floor.
Joist
heat-soaked tempered glass
Pile and Pile Driver
Sheet Piles and Shoring
40. Material added to concrete mix to influence its performance.
Friction vs. End-bearing Pile
Caisson
Admixture
The Three Parts of Construction Management
41. Cee Channel: Studs and joists - symbolized by S - Runner Channel: bridging channels - symbolized by you - Tracks: you shaped - symbolized by T
Cee Channel - Runner Channel - Tracks
Annealed glass
Advantages and Disadvantages of High Strength Concrete
Admixture
42. 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.
Steps in Forming a Reinforced Concrete Wall
Bentonite Slurry Wall
Engineered Lumber
Plasticizers
43. A type of glass made by adding a metallic pigment during manufacture.
Concrete Control Joints and Cold Joints
Sheet Piles and Shoring
Tinted glass
SD
44. 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.
low-e coating
PSL
Flex anchors
Annealed glass
45. 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.
Concrete - its components - and their function in the mix
Prefabricated brick panel curtainwall
OSB
Fire Resistance Rating
46. Exterior Sheathing - Water resistant membrane - flashing with weep holes - self-adhering rubberized asphalt membrane - self-furring metal base - scratch coat - brown coat - finish coat.
Glue-Laminated Lumber
DBB
Prefabricated v. site-built masonry cladding
Stucco - its components and layers
47. They review the plan sets to make sure they meet code requirements - then they will issue building permits if all codes and regulations are met. During the construction process - an inspector will be called to review the construction of specific part
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48. Fabricated at the manufacture's plant. Reinforced in both directions. Uses a steel stud backup wall.
PSL
Cold-Formed Light Gauge Steel Members
Prefabricated brick panel curtainwall
Fire Resistance Rating
49. ...
Steps in Forming a Reinforced Concrete Wall
Re-Shoring
Hollow Core Slabs and Planks
Backup wall
50. Place where materials are stored on or near the project site.
Slip-critical v. snug-tight connections
Shallow vs. Deep Foundations
Laydown Yard/Staging Area
Bentonite Slurry Wall