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Building Construction Management Vocab
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1. 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.
Dimensional Lumber - and nominal vs actual dimensions
Wrought iron v. mild steel
Sheet Piles and Shoring
Cee Channel - Runner Channel - Tracks
2. A document that describes regulations for the use of land in a particular jurisdiction.
Dimensional Lumber - and nominal vs actual dimensions
Zoning Ordinance
Stucco - its components and layers
curtain walls
3. 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.
Soldier Piles and Lagging
Joist
Performance vs. Prescriptive Code Provisions
Advantages and Disadvantages of High Strength Concrete
4. 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.
Slip-critical v. snug-tight connections
Veneer
Dewatering
Dimensional Lumber - and nominal vs actual dimensions
5. Stone panels attached to a backup wall or curtain wall frame.
Laydown Yard/Staging Area
Stone cladding
The role of lime in mortar and mortar types
Stucco - its components and layers
6. Shoring placed under concrete to support it while it cures.
Re-Shoring
low-e coating
CD
Suspended ceiling
7. 10' - 15' discontinuous trenches are dug down to bedrock and filled with a bentonite slurry. Concrete is then pumped from the bottom up to create a waterproof wall for excavation pits.
DB
Prefabricated v. site-built masonry cladding
Soldier Piles and Lagging
Bentonite Slurry Wall
8. Fabricated at the manufacture's plant. Reinforced in both directions. Uses a steel stud backup wall.
Laydown Yard/Staging Area
Light-Gauge Steel Framing
Prefabricated brick panel curtainwall
Backup wall
9. Use air-entrainment in the concrete mix
Sump and Well Point Dewatering
low-e coating
Stucco - its components and layers
Permanent Concrete Freeze-Thaw Protection
10. 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.
Glue-Laminated Lumber
Caisson
Plasticizers
Sheathing
11. Concrete: A composite material consisting of portland cement - coarse aggregate (crushed stone) - fine aggregate (sand) - and water.
The Three Phases of Construction Management
EIFS
Column Footing
Concrete - its components - and their function in the mix
12. 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.
Rafter
reflective glass
Hollow Core Slabs and Planks
EIFS
13. A surface coating that reflects most of the long-wave radiation.
Spandrel beam
low-e coating
One-Way vs. Two-Way Slabs
DBB
14. Include the width and height of the exit enclosures - fire resistance of materials used therein - and illumination levels in the exit enclosures.
Flex anchors
EIFS
Column Footing
Fire Safety Exiting Requirements
15. 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.
Friction vs. End-bearing Pile
Joist
Rafter
Slump Test
16. ...
Re-Shoring
LVL
Prefabricated v. site-built masonry cladding
low-e coating
17. Exterior wall cladding system suspended from or supported by the structural frame of the building.
Differential/Uniform Foundation Settlement
Cold Weather Concrete Construction Protection Measures
curtain walls
Cold-Formed Light Gauge Steel Members
18. Using concrete slab blankets or putting hot water in the concrete mix.
Cold Weather Concrete Construction Protection Measures
Veneer
Contiguous Bored Concrete Piles and Secant Piles
DBB
19. Sheet steel that is hot-dip galvanized.
Zoning Ordinance
low-e coating
Cold-Formed Light Gauge Steel Members
Advantages and Disadvantages of High Strength Concrete
20. Pre-Construction - Construction - and Post-Construction Phases
Annealed glass
The Three Phases of Construction Management
Light-Gauge Steel Framing
CD
21. The ability of a building assembly to endure fire - measured in hours or minutes of time and determined from standardized full-scale tests.
Fire Resistance Rating
Concrete - its components - and their function in the mix
Pile and Pile Driver
Re-Shoring
22. 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
Concrete Control Joints and Cold Joints
Tie Backs
The Three Parts of Construction Management
Contiguous Bored Concrete Piles and Secant Piles
23. Sheet steel that is hot-dip galvanized.
Sheet Piles and Shoring
Zoning Ordinance
Cold-Formed Light Gauge Steel Members
Joist
24. Differential: The building's foundation settles at different rates at different points. Uniform: The building's foundation settles at a uniform rate.
reflective glass
CM
Advantages and Disadvantages of High Strength Concrete
Differential/Uniform Foundation Settlement
25. A ceiling hung from the overlying floor or roof structure.
Advantages and Disadvantages of High Strength Concrete
Dimensional Lumber - and nominal vs actual dimensions
Suspended ceiling
OSB
26. 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.
PSL
Dewatering
Pre-tentioning and Post-tentioning
Shallow vs. Deep Foundations
27. Construction Management
CM
Slump Test
The Three Parts of Construction Management
Fire Safety Exiting Requirements
28. 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.
Wood Light Framing
Pile and Pile Driver
Tendons
heat-soaked tempered glass
29. 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.
Flex anchors
Insulated metal panels
Stucco - its components and layers
Wood Light Framing
30. Use air-entrainment in the concrete mix
OSB
Permanent Concrete Freeze-Thaw Protection
Joist
SD
31. Place where materials are stored on or near the project site.
Slump Test
The role of lime in mortar and mortar types
Laydown Yard/Staging Area
Sheet Piles and Shoring
32. ...
Suspended ceiling
Joist
Precasting vs Site-Casting: Methods & Pros and Cons
OSB
33. A fastener that connects an exterior cladding to the supporting frame to resist lateral loads
Backup wall
Cee Channel - Runner Channel - Tracks
Engineered Lumber
Tie Backs
34. Include the width and height of the exit enclosures - fire resistance of materials used therein - and illumination levels in the exit enclosures.
Permanent Concrete Freeze-Thaw Protection
Admixture
Fire Safety Exiting Requirements
Dimensional Lumber - and nominal vs actual dimensions
35. Schematic Design
Slump Test
SD
Pressure Treated Lumber
Floating and Troweling
36. 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.
Fire Safety Exiting Requirements
Friction vs. End-bearing Pile
tempered glass
Pressure Treated Lumber
37. 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
reflective glass
low-e coating
Mat Foundation
Engineered Lumber
38. Cost - Schedule - and Quality
Building Code
The Three Parts of Construction Management
Precasting vs Site-Casting: Methods & Pros and Cons
EIFS
39. A type of glass made by adding a metallic pigment during manufacture.
Performance vs. Prescriptive Code Provisions
Tinted glass
Cold-Formed Light Gauge Steel Members
Glue-Laminated Lumber
40. 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.
Friction vs. End-bearing Pile
PSL
Precasting vs Site-Casting: Methods & Pros and Cons
Wrought iron v. mild steel
41. 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.
Shallow vs. Deep Foundations
LVL
Tendons
Pre-tentioning and Post-tentioning
42. Draining the soil around the excavations so that the groundwater level falls below the elevation of proposed excavation.
Shallow vs. Deep Foundations
Slump Test
DB
Dewatering
43. 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.
Friction vs. End-bearing Pile
Dimensional Lumber - and nominal vs actual dimensions
Hollow Core Slabs and Planks
Column Footing
44. Load=bearing or non-load bearing wall to which exterior cladding is adhered or anchored.
Backup wall
SD
Strip Footing
Dewatering
45. A fastener that connects an exterior cladding to the supporting frame to resist lateral loads
Friction vs. End-bearing Pile
The Three Phases of Construction Management
Joist
Tie Backs
46. Load=bearing or non-load bearing wall to which exterior cladding is adhered or anchored.
Pile and Pile Driver
Slump Test
Annealed glass
Backup wall
47. Material added to concrete mix to influence its performance.
Admixture
Precasting vs Site-Casting: Methods & Pros and Cons
Plasticizers
Dewatering
48. 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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49. M = Least amount of lime; O = Most lime; N = Second most lime; S = Second least lime
SD
The Three Parts of Construction Management
Contiguous Bored Concrete Piles and Secant Piles
The role of lime in mortar and mortar types
50. Design Development
Cold Weather Concrete Construction Protection Measures
DD
Laydown Yard/Staging Area
Slip-critical v. snug-tight connections
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