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Building Construction Management Vocab

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1. 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






2. 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






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






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






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. Use air-entrainment in the concrete mix






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






8. A surface coating that reflects most of the long-wave radiation.






9. 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.






10. Advantages: High early strength Disadvantages: Very expensive






11. Cost - Schedule - and Quality






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






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






14. 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.






15. 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.






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. Construction Document






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






19. Sheet steel that is hot-dip galvanized.






20. Concrete: A composite material consisting of portland cement - coarse aggregate (crushed stone) - fine aggregate (sand) - and water.






21. Cost - Schedule - and Quality






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






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






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






25. ...






26. Design Development






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






28. 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.






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






30. 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






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






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






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






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






35. 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.






36. 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.






37. A thin layer of material over a back-up component.






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






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






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.






41. 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.






42. Construction Document






43. 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.






44. 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.






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






46. 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






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






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






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






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