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Building Construction Management Vocab

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






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






3. 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






4. Design-Bid-Build






5. 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.






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






7. 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.






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






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






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.






11. 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.






12. 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.






13. 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.






14. 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.






15. Design Development






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






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






18. Use air-entrainment in the concrete mix






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






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






21. Fabricated at the manufacture's plant. Reinforced in both directions. Uses a steel stud backup wall.






22. 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.






23. 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.






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






25. 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.






26. 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.






27. A framing system that mimics wood light frame construction - but the elements are made of cold-formed - galvanized sheet steel.






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






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






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






31. 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.






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






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






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






35. 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.






36. Wood into which preservatives have been pressure injected to retard termite infestation and fungal decay. Using a different preservative - the pressure treatment can also be used for increasing the fire resistance of wood.






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






38. Sheet steel that is hot-dip galvanized.






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






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






41. A framing system that mimics wood light frame construction - but the elements are made of cold-formed - galvanized sheet steel.






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






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






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






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






46. Design-Build






47. 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.






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






49. 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.






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