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Building Construction Management Vocab

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1. Piles made of interlocking sheet steel driven into the ground to support an excavation. Shoring: Temporary vertical or inclined supports used in concrete formwork or excavation.






2. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. 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.






13. 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






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






15. 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.






16. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






24. 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.






25. Piles made of interlocking sheet steel driven into the ground to support an excavation. Shoring: Temporary vertical or inclined supports used in concrete formwork or excavation.






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






27. 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.






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






29. 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






30. 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






31. 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.






32. 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.






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






34. 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.






35. 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.






36. 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.






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






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






39. Cee Channel: Studs and joists - symbolized by S - Runner Channel: bridging channels - symbolized by you - Tracks: you shaped - symbolized by T






40. 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.






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






42. Pre-Construction - Construction - and Post-Construction Phases






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






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






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






47. Design-Build






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






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






50. 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