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Building Construction Management Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. 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.
Advantages and Disadvantages of High Strength Concrete
GFRC
Pre-tentioning and Post-tentioning
Re-Shoring
2. A surface coating that reflects most of the long-wave radiation.
Tie Backs
Shallow vs. Deep Foundations
Concrete - its components - and their function in the mix
low-e coating
3. 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.
heat-soaked tempered glass
Slip-critical v. snug-tight connections
Flex anchors
Stone cladding
4. 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.
Sheet Piles and Shoring
Contiguous Bored Concrete Piles and Secant Piles
Concrete - its components - and their function in the mix
Soldier Piles and Lagging
5. Sheet steel that is hot-dip galvanized.
Wood Light Framing
Cold-Formed Light Gauge Steel Members
DBB
Laydown Yard/Staging Area
6. Used commonly for load-bearing wood - masonry - or concrete walls.
Permanent Concrete Freeze-Thaw Protection
Strip Footing
Spandrel beam
Laminated glass
7. 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.
Fire Resistance Rating
Rafter
Rebar and Welded Wire Fabric (WWF)
Pressure Treated Lumber
8. A ceiling hung from the overlying floor or roof structure.
DB
Suspended ceiling
Laminated glass
Re-Shoring
9. Metal panels consisting of polyurethane foam sandwiched between and bonded to two metal sheets - used in curtain wall applications.
Insulated metal panels
Backup wall
Joist
Annealed glass
10. Concrete: A composite material consisting of portland cement - coarse aggregate (crushed stone) - fine aggregate (sand) - and water.
CD
Permanent Concrete Freeze-Thaw Protection
SD
Concrete - its components - and their function in the mix
11. 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.
Slip-critical v. snug-tight connections
Concrete - its components - and their function in the mix
Precasting vs Site-Casting: Methods & Pros and Cons
Type I-V Concrete - and the Roles for Each
12. Shoring placed under concrete to support it while it cures.
DBB
Advantages and Disadvantages of High Strength Concrete
Re-Shoring
Plasticizers
13. I - C - L - T - Pipes - Tubes - round - Rectangular bars - plates
Slump Test
Caisson
AISC standard structural shapes
Concrete - its components - and their function in the mix
14. Construction Document
CD
Building Inspector's Process
Sheathing
Sheathing
15. A beam that spans between columns on the exterior face of a frame structure.
Spandrel beam
tempered glass
Stucco - its components and layers
reflective glass
16. 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.
Sheathing
Rebar and Welded Wire Fabric (WWF)
The Three Phases of Construction Management
DB
17. ...
PSL
Precasting vs Site-Casting: Methods & Pros and Cons
Fire Safety Exiting Requirements
curtain walls
18. Place where materials are stored on or near the project site.
Zoning Ordinance
Mat Foundation
Stucco - its components and layers
Laydown Yard/Staging Area
19. Lengths of dimension lumber - glued and laminated together to create a structural member of a large cross section.
Glue-Laminated Lumber
Wrought iron v. mild steel
tempered glass
One-Way vs. Two-Way Slabs
20. Laminated Veneer Lumber: Dried wood veneers laminated in layers - all oriented in the same direction - to form a large structural member.
Performance vs. Prescriptive Code Provisions
Re-Shoring
LVL
Zoning Ordinance
21. Load=bearing or non-load bearing wall to which exterior cladding is adhered or anchored.
Backup wall
Column Footing
Veneer
Building Inspector's Process
22. 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.
Slip-critical v. snug-tight connections
Dimensional Lumber - and nominal vs actual dimensions
Cold-Formed Light Gauge Steel Members
Dimensional Lumber - and nominal vs actual dimensions
23. 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.
Wood Light Framing
Sheathing
Backup wall
Soldier Piles and Lagging
24. 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
reflective glass
Caisson
Concrete Control Joints and Cold Joints
Advantages and Disadvantages of High Strength Concrete
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
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Truss - Bottom Chord and Top Chord
Bentonite Slurry Wall
Steps in Forming a Reinforced Concrete Wall
PSL
27. 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.
One-Way vs. Two-Way Slabs
Annealed glass
Cold Weather Concrete Construction Protection Measures
AISC standard structural shapes
28. Slender - closely spaced - parallel beams in a wood light (or light-gauge steel) frame floor.
Soldier Piles and Lagging
Light-Gauge Steel Framing
Tie Backs
Joist
29. Cee Channel: Studs and joists - symbolized by S - Runner Channel: bridging channels - symbolized by you - Tracks: you shaped - symbolized by T
CM
Precasting vs Site-Casting: Methods & Pros and Cons
low-e coating
Cee Channel - Runner Channel - Tracks
30. Include the width and height of the exit enclosures - fire resistance of materials used therein - and illumination levels in the exit enclosures.
Cold-Formed Light Gauge Steel Members
Re-Shoring
Fire Safety Exiting Requirements
Building Inspector's Process
31. 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.
Flex anchors
Stucco - its components and layers
Cold-Formed Light Gauge Steel Members
Rebar and Welded Wire Fabric (WWF)
32. Used where columns are lightly loaded or bear on soils with a high bearing capacity.
Performance vs. Prescriptive Code Provisions
Column Footing
Sheathing
Rebar and Welded Wire Fabric (WWF)
33. Schematic Design
Cold Weather Concrete Construction Protection Measures
Concrete - its components - and their function in the mix
The Three Parts of Construction Management
SD
34. Lumber that ranges from 2 in. to 4 in. thick. The actual dimensions are smaller than the nominal dimensions.
Wood Light Framing
Dimensional Lumber - and nominal vs actual dimensions
CM
Cold-Formed Light Gauge Steel Members
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.
Slump Test
Tendons
OSB
PSL
36. Two pieces of glass laminated under heat and pressure to a plastic interlayer to form a fused unit.
Dimensional Lumber - and nominal vs actual dimensions
Laminated glass
One-Way vs. Two-Way Slabs
Friction vs. End-bearing Pile
37. Concrete: A composite material consisting of portland cement - coarse aggregate (crushed stone) - fine aggregate (sand) - and water.
Concrete - its components - and their function in the mix
Truss - Bottom Chord and Top Chord
Slip-critical v. snug-tight connections
Contiguous Bored Concrete Piles and Secant Piles
38. A test that measures the workability of fresh concrete by filling a cone-shaped mold with concrete - removing the mold - and measuring the height to which the concrete settles below its original height.
Tendons
Slump Test
DD
DB
39. ...
Steps in Forming a Reinforced Concrete Wall
Prefabricated v. site-built masonry cladding
Caisson
Sheathing
40. 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.
Slump Test
Cold Weather Concrete Construction Protection Measures
Sheathing
Stucco - its components and layers
41. Chemical compounds that are used in concrete mixes to increase the workability of the mix without reducing the slump.
The Three Phases of Construction Management
Concrete Control Joints and Cold Joints
tempered glass
Plasticizers
42. Cee Channel: Studs and joists - symbolized by S - Runner Channel: bridging channels - symbolized by you - Tracks: you shaped - symbolized by T
Advantages and Disadvantages of High Strength Concrete
Spandrel beam
Caisson
Cee Channel - Runner Channel - Tracks
43. The ability of a building assembly to endure fire - measured in hours or minutes of time and determined from standardized full-scale tests.
Wrought iron v. mild steel
Fire Resistance Rating
Cold-Formed Light Gauge Steel Members
Rafter
44. Unreinforced precast concrete panels that have glass fibers reinforcing the concrete. Consists of the GFRC skin - light-gauge steel backup frame - and anchors connecting the two together.
Sump and Well Point Dewatering
GFRC
The Three Parts of Construction Management
Plasticizers
45. Type 1: General Use - Type 2: -Type 3: High Early Strength - Type 4: Low Heat of Hydration - Type 5: Sulfate Resistant
Type I-V Concrete - and the Roles for Each
low-e coating
Slump Test
Flat-Sawn vs. Quarter-Sawn Lumber
46. 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.
reflective glass
Pre-tentioning and Post-tentioning
Performance vs. Prescriptive Code Provisions
Mat Foundation
47. 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.
Floating and Troweling
AISC standard structural shapes
EIFS
Plasticizers
48. Design-Bid-Build
CM
Performance vs. Prescriptive Code Provisions
Type I-V Concrete - and the Roles for Each
DBB
49. 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.
Contiguous Bored Concrete Piles and Secant Piles
Cee Channel - Runner Channel - Tracks
Wrought iron v. mild steel
curtain walls
50. 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
Concrete Control Joints and Cold Joints
Rafter
Flat-Sawn vs. Quarter-Sawn Lumber
Building Code