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Building Construction Management Vocab

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1. 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.






2. 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.






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






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






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






6. 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






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






8. 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






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






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






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






12. 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.






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






14. Advantages: High early strength Disadvantages: Very expensive






15. 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






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






17. 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.






18. Advantages: High early strength Disadvantages: Very expensive






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






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






21. 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.






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






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






24. 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.






25. 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






26. Design-Build






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






28. Cost - Schedule - and Quality






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






30. 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.






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






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






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






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






35. 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.






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






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






38. 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.






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






40. 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






41. Construction Management






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






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






44. 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.






45. ...






46. 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.






47. Design Development






48. 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






49. 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






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