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Building Construction Management Vocab
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1. Differential: The building's foundation settles at different rates at different points. Uniform: The building's foundation settles at a uniform rate.
Sheet Piles and Shoring
Differential/Uniform Foundation Settlement
CD
LVL
2. A manufactured wood product rated for structural applications - such as plywood - oriented strandboard - or laminated veneer lumber.
Rafter
Cold-Formed Light Gauge Steel Members
Engineered Lumber
Insulated metal panels
3. Sheet steel that is hot-dip galvanized.
Mat Foundation
Tendons
EIFS
Cold-Formed Light Gauge Steel Members
4. 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.
Rafter
Dewatering
heat-soaked tempered glass
Prefabricated brick panel curtainwall
5. 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
Veneer
Concrete Control Joints and Cold Joints
Differential/Uniform Foundation Settlement
Zoning Ordinance
6. Draining the soil around the excavations so that the groundwater level falls below the elevation of proposed excavation.
Permanent Concrete Freeze-Thaw Protection
Dewatering
Steps in Forming a Reinforced Concrete Wall
Plasticizers
7. 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.
tempered glass
Wrought iron v. mild steel
Soldier Piles and Lagging
Pressure Treated Lumber
8. Pre-Construction - Construction - and Post-Construction Phases
Hollow Core Slabs and Planks
The Three Phases of Construction Management
Stucco - its components and layers
Soldier Piles and Lagging
9. 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.
Pile and Pile Driver
Advantages and Disadvantages of High Strength Concrete
PSL
Truss - Bottom Chord and Top Chord
10. Lengths of dimension lumber - glued and laminated together to create a structural member of a large cross section.
Fire Safety Exiting Requirements
Glue-Laminated Lumber
Slump Test
Strip Footing
11. A ceiling hung from the overlying floor or roof structure.
Flex anchors
Dimensional Lumber - and nominal vs actual dimensions
Suspended ceiling
Sheathing
12. Design Development
DD
Precasting vs Site-Casting: Methods & Pros and Cons
Rafter
Slip-critical v. snug-tight connections
13. A thin layer of material over a back-up component.
Dewatering
The Three Phases of Construction Management
Hollow Core Slabs and Planks
Veneer
14. Advantages: High early strength Disadvantages: Very expensive
Advantages and Disadvantages of High Strength Concrete
Sheathing
Building Inspector's Process
Flex anchors
15. 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.
tempered glass
The Three Parts of Construction Management
GFRC
Building Inspector's Process
16. Draining the soil around the excavations so that the groundwater level falls below the elevation of proposed excavation.
tempered glass
Sheet Piles and Shoring
Dewatering
Backup wall
17. Floating: The process of smoothing a freshly placed concrete surface after it has been struck (leveled).
Friction vs. End-bearing Pile
Floating and Troweling
Differential/Uniform Foundation Settlement
DD
18. 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
Pressure Treated Lumber
Building Inspector's Process
Slip-critical v. snug-tight connections
Mat Foundation
19. Used commonly for load-bearing wood - masonry - or concrete walls.
Strip Footing
AISC standard structural shapes
Fire Safety Exiting Requirements
Joist
20. Fabricated at the manufacture's plant. Reinforced in both directions. Uses a steel stud backup wall.
Tie Backs
Truss - Bottom Chord and Top Chord
Prefabricated brick panel curtainwall
Tinted glass
21. 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.
Contiguous Bored Concrete Piles and Secant Piles
Engineered Lumber
Plasticizers
Annealed glass
22. 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.
Laminated glass
Flex anchors
Admixture
Zoning Ordinance
23. Shoring placed under concrete to support it while it cures.
Plasticizers
Dewatering
Hollow Core Slabs and Planks
Re-Shoring
24. 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.
Flex anchors
LVL
Admixture
Prefabricated v. site-built masonry cladding
25. 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.
Pre-tentioning and Post-tentioning
Laydown Yard/Staging Area
Slump Test
Fire Resistance Rating
26. ...
Sheet Piles and Shoring
Precasting vs Site-Casting: Methods & Pros and Cons
Slump Test
Prefabricated brick panel curtainwall
27. A fastener that connects an exterior cladding to the supporting frame to resist lateral loads
PSL
Slip-critical v. snug-tight connections
One-Way vs. Two-Way Slabs
Tie Backs
28. 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.
Wrought iron v. mild steel
Light-Gauge Steel Framing
Performance vs. Prescriptive Code Provisions
AISC standard structural shapes
29. Pile: Driven or drilled long - slender foundation element. Pile: a piece of machinery used to drive piles into the ground.
Bentonite Slurry Wall
Pile and Pile Driver
Shallow vs. Deep Foundations
Backup wall
30. 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.
Caisson
tempered glass
CM
Permanent Concrete Freeze-Thaw Protection
31. 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.
GFRC
Wood Light Framing
The Three Phases of Construction Management
Re-Shoring
32. Design-Build
DB
SD
Pressure Treated Lumber
Laminated glass
33. 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
Mat Foundation
Suspended ceiling
Steps in Forming a Reinforced Concrete Wall
Building Code
34. Construction Management
Permanent Concrete Freeze-Thaw Protection
Column Footing
Admixture
CM
35. Used commonly for load-bearing wood - masonry - or concrete walls.
GFRC
Pre-tentioning and Post-tentioning
Rafter
Strip Footing
36. 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.
Performance vs. Prescriptive Code Provisions
Contiguous Bored Concrete Piles and Secant Piles
Spandrel beam
Tendons
37. 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.
Soldier Piles and Lagging
Veneer
Hollow Core Slabs and Planks
Friction vs. End-bearing Pile
38. Advantages: High early strength Disadvantages: Very expensive
Dimensional Lumber - and nominal vs actual dimensions
Shallow vs. Deep Foundations
The Three Parts of Construction Management
Advantages and Disadvantages of High Strength Concrete
39. Place where materials are stored on or near the project site.
Laydown Yard/Staging Area
Mat Foundation
GFRC
Prefabricated v. site-built masonry cladding
40. Shoring placed under concrete to support it while it cures.
EIFS
Re-Shoring
Tinted glass
Cee Channel - Runner Channel - Tracks
41. 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.
Type I-V Concrete - and the Roles for Each
One-Way vs. Two-Way Slabs
Annealed glass
Soldier Piles and Lagging
42. Design-Build
Prefabricated v. site-built masonry cladding
Concrete Control Joints and Cold Joints
Soldier Piles and Lagging
DB
43. Material added to concrete mix to influence its performance.
Mat Foundation
Sheet Piles and Shoring
The Three Parts of Construction Management
Admixture
44. A surface coating that reflects most of the long-wave radiation.
Joist
Pressure Treated Lumber
Engineered Lumber
low-e coating
45. Truss: a structural member with triangulated - linear elements - typically used for large spans. Bottom Chord:
Sheet Piles and Shoring
Dimensional Lumber - and nominal vs actual dimensions
Permanent Concrete Freeze-Thaw Protection
Truss - Bottom Chord and Top Chord
46. Stone panels attached to a backup wall or curtain wall frame.
Pile and Pile Driver
Insulated metal panels
Friction vs. End-bearing Pile
Stone cladding
47. Exterior Sheathing - Water resistant membrane - flashing with weep holes - self-adhering rubberized asphalt membrane - self-furring metal base - scratch coat - brown coat - finish coat.
Stucco - its components and layers
heat-soaked tempered glass
Caisson
Concrete - its components - and their function in the mix
48. A surface coating that reflects most of the long-wave radiation.
low-e coating
Hollow Core Slabs and Planks
Spandrel beam
Advantages and Disadvantages of High Strength Concrete
49. Load=bearing or non-load bearing wall to which exterior cladding is adhered or anchored.
Backup wall
Truss - Bottom Chord and Top Chord
CD
Rebar and Welded Wire Fabric (WWF)
50. Use air-entrainment in the concrete mix
One-Way vs. Two-Way Slabs
OSB
Permanent Concrete Freeze-Thaw Protection
Pre-tentioning and Post-tentioning