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Building Construction Management Vocab

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






2. Advantages: High early strength Disadvantages: Very expensive






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






4. A type of glass made by adding a metallic pigment during manufacture.






5. 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.






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






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






8. Schematic Design






9. Type 1: General Use - Type 2: -Type 3: High Early Strength - Type 4: Low Heat of Hydration - Type 5: Sulfate Resistant






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






11. 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.






12. 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.






13. 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.






14. Design Development






15. 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.






16. 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.






17. 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


18. Cost - Schedule - and Quality






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






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






22. 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






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






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






25. 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


26. 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.






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






28. 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.






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






30. 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






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






32. A type of glass made by adding a metallic pigment during manufacture.






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






34. Used commonly for load-bearing wood - masonry - or concrete walls.






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






36. ...






37. 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.






38. Design-Build






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






40. Use air-entrainment in the concrete mix






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






42. 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.






43. 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.






44. Advantages: High early strength Disadvantages: Very expensive






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






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






47. 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.






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






49. 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.






50. 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.