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Building Construction Management Vocab

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1. Construction Management






2. 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.






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4. Advantages: High early strength Disadvantages: Very expensive






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






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






8. Flat glass obtained by heating and then gradually cooling it to relieve internal stresses that develop during the early stage of its manufacturing process. Annealed glass is the basic form of flat glass.






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






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






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






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






13. Construction Management






14. 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.






15. 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






16. Use air-entrainment in the concrete mix






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






18. Sheet steel that is hot-dip galvanized.






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






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






21. Cost - Schedule - and Quality






22. 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.






23. Sheet steel that is hot-dip galvanized.






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






25. Design-Bid-Build






26. Pre-Construction - Construction - and Post-Construction Phases






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






28. 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.






29. 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.






30. A ceiling hung from the overlying floor or roof structure.






31. 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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32. 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.






33. A ceiling hung from the overlying floor or roof structure.






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






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






36. 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






37. Schematic Design






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






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






40. Design-Build






41. Use air-entrainment in the concrete mix






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






43. 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






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






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






46. 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






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






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






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






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