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Building Construction Management Vocab
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1. Exterior wall cladding system suspended from or supported by the structural frame of the building.
Sump and Well Point Dewatering
curtain walls
Sheet Piles and Shoring
Mat Foundation
2. Design-Bid-Build
Floating and Troweling
DBB
Cold-Formed Light Gauge Steel Members
Friction vs. End-bearing Pile
3. Stone panels attached to a backup wall or curtain wall frame.
Insulated metal panels
Pressure Treated Lumber
Stone cladding
heat-soaked tempered glass
4. 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
Steps in Forming a Reinforced Concrete Wall
heat-soaked tempered glass
Column Footing
Flat-Sawn vs. Quarter-Sawn Lumber
5. Lengths of dimension lumber - glued and laminated together to create a structural member of a large cross section.
Glue-Laminated Lumber
EIFS
Joist
OSB
6. Schematic Design
Sheathing
Light-Gauge Steel Framing
SD
Pre-tentioning and Post-tentioning
7. Construction Management
DBB
Pile and Pile Driver
CM
DD
8. A glass that reflects incoming visible radiation due to a very thin metal oxide coating on one side.
heat-soaked tempered glass
Insulated metal panels
Engineered Lumber
reflective glass
9. A thin layer of material over a back-up component.
Sump and Well Point Dewatering
Truss - Bottom Chord and Top Chord
Floating and Troweling
Veneer
10. 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.
OSB
Floating and Troweling
Strip Footing
Type I-V Concrete - and the Roles for Each
11. 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.
Wood Light Framing
Fire Resistance Rating
Caisson
Friction vs. End-bearing Pile
12. 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.
SD
Building Inspector's Process
Strip Footing
Sheathing
13. ...
CD
Cold-Formed Light Gauge Steel Members
The Three Phases of Construction Management
Steps in Forming a Reinforced Concrete Wall
14. 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.
The Three Phases of Construction Management
Cee Channel - Runner Channel - Tracks
PSL
Precasting vs Site-Casting: Methods & Pros and Cons
15. Design-Bid-Build
Insulated metal panels
Wood Light Framing
DBB
PSL
16. 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.
Rafter
low-e coating
Laydown Yard/Staging Area
Soldier Piles and Lagging
17. Pre-Construction - Construction - and Post-Construction Phases
The Three Phases of Construction Management
Prefabricated brick panel curtainwall
Friction vs. End-bearing Pile
Backup wall
18. Laminated Veneer Lumber: Dried wood veneers laminated in layers - all oriented in the same direction - to form a large structural member.
LVL
Tie Backs
EIFS
Veneer
19. Use air-entrainment in the concrete mix
Strip Footing
Permanent Concrete Freeze-Thaw Protection
Cee Channel - Runner Channel - Tracks
Annealed glass
20. Floating: The process of smoothing a freshly placed concrete surface after it has been struck (leveled).
Flat-Sawn vs. Quarter-Sawn Lumber
Friction vs. End-bearing Pile
Bentonite Slurry Wall
Floating and Troweling
21. A legal document that regulates the design and construction of buildings to ensure that the buildings meet minimum standards of health - safety - and welfare.
Building Code
Pile and Pile Driver
Building Inspector's Process
Shallow vs. Deep Foundations
22. Design Development
Sheet Piles and Shoring
DD
Suspended ceiling
EIFS
23. Design-Build
Wood Light Framing
The Three Parts of Construction Management
Floating and Troweling
DB
24. Construction Document
Hollow Core Slabs and Planks
Dewatering
CD
Admixture
25. A manufactured wood product rated for structural applications - such as plywood - oriented strandboard - or laminated veneer lumber.
The Three Parts of Construction Management
Sheathing
Pre-tentioning and Post-tentioning
Engineered Lumber
26. ...
Dimensional Lumber - and nominal vs actual dimensions
Slip-critical v. snug-tight connections
Precasting vs Site-Casting: Methods & Pros and Cons
Steps in Forming a Reinforced Concrete Wall
27. 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.
Cold Weather Concrete Construction Protection Measures
Flat-Sawn vs. Quarter-Sawn Lumber
Soldier Piles and Lagging
Concrete - its components - and their function in the mix
28. 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.
Rebar and Welded Wire Fabric (WWF)
GFRC
Annealed glass
AISC standard structural shapes
29. 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.
Precasting vs Site-Casting: Methods & Pros and Cons
Rebar and Welded Wire Fabric (WWF)
Re-Shoring
Wrought iron v. mild steel
30. ...
Pressure Treated Lumber
Pressure Treated Lumber
Prefabricated v. site-built masonry cladding
Cold Weather Concrete Construction Protection Measures
31. Construction Document
CD
Stucco - its components and layers
heat-soaked tempered glass
Prefabricated v. site-built masonry cladding
32. Differential: The building's foundation settles at different rates at different points. Uniform: The building's foundation settles at a uniform rate.
Sump and Well Point Dewatering
Differential/Uniform Foundation Settlement
Light-Gauge Steel Framing
Pile and Pile Driver
33. 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
The Three Phases of Construction Management
Laydown Yard/Staging Area
Sump and Well Point Dewatering
The Three Parts of Construction Management
34. Cee Channel: Studs and joists - symbolized by S - Runner Channel: bridging channels - symbolized by you - Tracks: you shaped - symbolized by T
Concrete Control Joints and Cold Joints
Zoning Ordinance
Cee Channel - Runner Channel - Tracks
Sump and Well Point Dewatering
35. Type 1: General Use - Type 2: -Type 3: High Early Strength - Type 4: Low Heat of Hydration - Type 5: Sulfate Resistant
Truss - Bottom Chord and Top Chord
Dimensional Lumber - and nominal vs actual dimensions
Type I-V Concrete - and the Roles for Each
Concrete - its components - and their function in the mix
36. 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.
EIFS
Sheet Piles and Shoring
Concrete Control Joints and Cold Joints
Performance vs. Prescriptive Code Provisions
37. Chemical compounds that are used in concrete mixes to increase the workability of the mix without reducing the slump.
Light-Gauge Steel Framing
The role of lime in mortar and mortar types
Cold-Formed Light Gauge Steel Members
Plasticizers
38. Exterior Sheathing - Water resistant membrane - flashing with weep holes - self-adhering rubberized asphalt membrane - self-furring metal base - scratch coat - brown coat - finish coat.
Stucco - its components and layers
Admixture
Building Code
Backup wall
39. 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
Concrete Control Joints and Cold Joints
Rafter
GFRC
Building Code
40. 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.
Laydown Yard/Staging Area
Bentonite Slurry Wall
Glue-Laminated Lumber
tempered glass
41. A document that describes regulations for the use of land in a particular jurisdiction.
Steps in Forming a Reinforced Concrete Wall
AISC standard structural shapes
Sump and Well Point Dewatering
Zoning Ordinance
42. Schematic Design
SD
DD
low-e coating
Precasting vs Site-Casting: Methods & Pros and Cons
43. Prescriptive codes give a clear - defined method for meeting a requirement. Performance codes allow the designer to decide how to meet the end requirement that must be met.
Laminated glass
Performance vs. Prescriptive Code Provisions
Precasting vs Site-Casting: Methods & Pros and Cons
AISC standard structural shapes
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.
Slip-critical v. snug-tight connections
Tie Backs
SD
Wood Light Framing
45. A ceiling hung from the overlying floor or roof structure.
Suspended ceiling
Stucco - its components and layers
Permanent Concrete Freeze-Thaw Protection
Bentonite Slurry Wall
46. The combination of high-strength steel strands - sleeves - and end anchorages used for post-tensioning concrete.
Backup wall
Tendons
Glue-Laminated Lumber
Contiguous Bored Concrete Piles and Secant Piles
47. Contiguous Bored Concrete Piles: Closely spaced - reinforced concrete piles. Often has shock-crete sprayed on the front to make a wall. Secant Piles: Two sets of interlocking contiguous piles.
Column Footing
Contiguous Bored Concrete Piles and Secant Piles
The Three Parts of Construction Management
Soldier Piles and Lagging
48. 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.
CD
Cold-Formed Light Gauge Steel Members
Annealed glass
Concrete - its components - and their function in the mix
49. A glass that reflects incoming visible radiation due to a very thin metal oxide coating on one side.
Floating and Troweling
reflective glass
Dimensional Lumber - and nominal vs actual dimensions
Column Footing
50. 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.
The Three Phases of Construction Management
The role of lime in mortar and mortar types
Bentonite Slurry Wall
Friction vs. End-bearing Pile
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