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Building Construction Management Vocab

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






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






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






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






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






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






7. 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






8. Pre-Construction - Construction - and Post-Construction Phases






9. 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.






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






12. 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.






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






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






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






16. Design-Bid-Build






17. Cost - Schedule - and Quality






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






19. Two pieces of glass laminated under heat and pressure to a plastic interlayer to form a fused unit.






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






21. 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.






22. Use air-entrainment in the concrete mix






23. 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






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






25. A test that measures the workability of fresh concrete by filling a cone-shaped mold with concrete - removing the mold - and measuring the height to which the concrete settles below its original height.






26. 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.






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






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. Design Development






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






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






32. Slender - closely spaced - parallel beams in a wood light (or light-gauge steel) frame floor.






33. Advantages: High early strength Disadvantages: Very expensive






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






36. Construction Management






37. Laminated Veneer Lumber: Dried wood veneers laminated in layers - all oriented in the same direction - to form a large structural member.






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






39. 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.






40. 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.






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






42. Design-Bid-Build






43. 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.






44. Two pieces of glass laminated under heat and pressure to a plastic interlayer to form a fused unit.






45. 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.






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






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






49. 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.






50. 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