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Building Construction Management Vocab

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






2. 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.






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






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






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






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






7. Construction Document






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






9. 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.






10. Concrete: A composite material consisting of portland cement - coarse aggregate (crushed stone) - fine aggregate (sand) - and water.






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






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






13. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






19. 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.






20. Schematic Design






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






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






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






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






25. Lengths of dimension lumber - glued and laminated together to create a structural member of a large cross section.






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






27. A manufactured wood product rated for structural applications - such as plywood - oriented strandboard - or laminated veneer lumber.






28. 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.






29. 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






30. 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.






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






32. Material added to concrete mix to influence its performance.






33. Pre-Construction - Construction - and Post-Construction Phases






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






35. 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.






36. 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.






37. Load=bearing or non-load bearing wall to which exterior cladding is adhered or anchored.






38. 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.






39. Schematic Design






40. 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






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42. 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






43. 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






44. Sheet steel that is hot-dip galvanized.






45. Use air-entrainment in the concrete mix






46. 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.






47. Design-Build






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






49. A legal document that regulates the design and construction of buildings to ensure that the buildings meet minimum standards of health - safety - and welfare.






50. Cost - Schedule - and Quality