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Building Construction Management Vocab

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1. 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.






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






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






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






5. The ability of a building assembly to endure fire - measured in hours or minutes of time and determined from standardized full-scale tests.






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






7. Sheet steel that is hot-dip galvanized.






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.






9. Use air-entrainment in the concrete mix






10. 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.






11. Schematic Design






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






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






14. 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.






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






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






17. 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.






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






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






20. 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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21. Pre-Construction - Construction - and Post-Construction Phases






22. 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.






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






24. 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.






25. A type of glass made by adding a metallic pigment during manufacture.






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






27. The ability of a building assembly to endure fire - measured in hours or minutes of time and determined from standardized full-scale tests.






28. 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.






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






30. 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.






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






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






33. Sheet steel that is hot-dip galvanized.






34. 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.






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






36. A rafter is one of a series of sloped structural members that extends from the ridge or the hip down to the downslope perimeter of the eave - designed to support the roof deck and its loads.






37. 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.






38. Pre-Construction - Construction - and Post-Construction Phases






39. 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.






40. 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.






41. 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.






42. A glass obtained by heating annealed glass to a high temperature and then suddenly cooling it - Which makes it four times stronger than annealed glass; used as safety glass because it breaks into pieces that are small and blunt enough not to cause in






43. 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






44. A type of glass made by adding a metallic pigment during manufacture.






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






46. 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






47. 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






48. 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.






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






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