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Building Construction Management Vocab

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1. Design-Bid-Build






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






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






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






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






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






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






8. 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.






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






10. 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.






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






12. 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.






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






14. Metal panels consisting of polyurethane foam sandwiched between and bonded to two metal sheets - used in curtain wall applications.






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






16. Cost - Schedule - and Quality






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

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






19. 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.






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






21. Metal panels consisting of polyurethane foam sandwiched between and bonded to two metal sheets - used in curtain wall applications.






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






23. ...






24. 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






25. Design Development






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






27. Design-Build






28. 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






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






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






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






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






33. Advantages: High early strength Disadvantages: Very expensive






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






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






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






37. 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






38. 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.






39. 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.






40. Soldier Piles are placed into pre-drilled holes that are filled with concrete after the piles are set. Excavation begins - and as the pit is dug deeper - lagging is bolted to the soldier piles to support them.






41. 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.






42. 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






43. 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.






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






45. 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.






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






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






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






49. 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.






50. 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