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Building Construction Management Vocab

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1. 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






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






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






4. 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






5. 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.






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






7. Using concrete slab blankets or putting hot water in the concrete mix.






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






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10. 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.






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12. 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.






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






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






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






16. 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.






17. Cee Channel: Studs and joists - symbolized by S - Runner Channel: bridging channels - symbolized by you - Tracks: you shaped - symbolized by T






18. 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






19. Cost - Schedule - and Quality






20. 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.






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






22. 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.






23. 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.






24. 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.






25. 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.






26. 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.






27. 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.






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






29. Stone panels attached to a backup wall or curtain wall frame.






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






31. 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






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






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






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






35. Construction Document






36. 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.






37. Construction Document






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






39. Schematic Design






40. Design-Bid-Build






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






42. Design-Build






43. 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.






44. Use air-entrainment in the concrete mix






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






46. 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.






47. 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.






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






49. Use air-entrainment in the concrete mix






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