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Building Construction Management Vocab

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






2. 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






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






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






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






6. Use air-entrainment in the concrete mix






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






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






9. 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.






10. Exterior Sheathing - Water resistant membrane - flashing with weep holes - self-adhering rubberized asphalt membrane - self-furring metal base - scratch coat - brown coat - finish coat.






11. 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






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






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






15. Cost - Schedule - and Quality






16. 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.






17. 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.






18. 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.






19. 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






20. 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.






21. 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.






22. 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.






23. 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.






24. 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.






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






26. Advantages: High early strength Disadvantages: Very expensive






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






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






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






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






31. 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






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






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






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






35. 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.






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






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






38. 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.






39. 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.






40. 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.






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






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






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






44. 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.






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






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47. 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.






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






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






50. Design-Bid-Build