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Building Construction Management Vocab
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1. 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
CD
Flat-Sawn vs. Quarter-Sawn Lumber
Suspended ceiling
Light-Gauge Steel Framing
2. 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.
Friction vs. End-bearing Pile
Laminated glass
EIFS
Hollow Core Slabs and Planks
3. 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.
Friction vs. End-bearing Pile
Advantages and Disadvantages of High Strength Concrete
Floating and Troweling
Dewatering
4. Type 1: General Use - Type 2: -Type 3: High Early Strength - Type 4: Low Heat of Hydration - Type 5: Sulfate Resistant
Sump and Well Point Dewatering
OSB
Pre-tentioning and Post-tentioning
Type I-V Concrete - and the Roles for Each
5. 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.
Pile and Pile Driver
EIFS
Sheet Piles and Shoring
Laminated glass
6. 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.
Building Inspector's Process
Laminated glass
Bentonite Slurry Wall
Admixture
7. Construction Management
CM
Flat-Sawn vs. Quarter-Sawn Lumber
Zoning Ordinance
Wrought iron v. mild steel
8. A document that describes regulations for the use of land in a particular jurisdiction.
Rebar and Welded Wire Fabric (WWF)
Sheathing
Zoning Ordinance
Wrought iron v. mild steel
9. 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.
Pile and Pile Driver
One-Way vs. Two-Way Slabs
Tinted glass
Shallow vs. Deep Foundations
10. 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.
Laydown Yard/Staging Area
Building Inspector's Process
Pre-tentioning and Post-tentioning
Fire Safety Exiting Requirements
11. Laminated Veneer Lumber: Dried wood veneers laminated in layers - all oriented in the same direction - to form a large structural member.
LVL
Re-Shoring
Concrete Control Joints and Cold Joints
DB
12. ...
Annealed glass
Precasting vs Site-Casting: Methods & Pros and Cons
Sheathing
Slump Test
13. 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.
CD
Column Footing
Contiguous Bored Concrete Piles and Secant Piles
Light-Gauge Steel Framing
14. 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
Engineered Lumber
CD
PSL
Mat Foundation
15. Use air-entrainment in the concrete mix
One-Way vs. Two-Way Slabs
PSL
Joist
Permanent Concrete Freeze-Thaw Protection
16. Lengths of dimension lumber - glued and laminated together to create a structural member of a large cross section.
Glue-Laminated Lumber
Tinted glass
Column Footing
Sheathing
17. Cost - Schedule - and Quality
The Three Parts of Construction Management
Sump and Well Point Dewatering
Flat-Sawn vs. Quarter-Sawn Lumber
DBB
18. Design-Bid-Build
Soldier Piles and Lagging
Dimensional Lumber - and nominal vs actual dimensions
Annealed glass
DBB
19. 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.
Annealed glass
PSL
CM
Concrete Control Joints and Cold Joints
20. 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.
LVL
Column Footing
Slump Test
Pre-tentioning and Post-tentioning
21. Cee Channel: Studs and joists - symbolized by S - Runner Channel: bridging channels - symbolized by you - Tracks: you shaped - symbolized by T
Flat-Sawn vs. Quarter-Sawn Lumber
Cee Channel - Runner Channel - Tracks
Friction vs. End-bearing Pile
Light-Gauge Steel Framing
22. Design-Bid-Build
DBB
AISC standard structural shapes
Caisson
heat-soaked tempered glass
23. ...
Prefabricated v. site-built masonry cladding
reflective glass
Cee Channel - Runner Channel - Tracks
Insulated metal panels
24. Material added to concrete mix to influence its performance.
Sheathing
Rebar and Welded Wire Fabric (WWF)
Admixture
Stone cladding
25. 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.
DB
Pressure Treated Lumber
Engineered Lumber
DBB
26. 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.
Wrought iron v. mild steel
EIFS
Slip-critical v. snug-tight connections
Re-Shoring
27. Stone panels attached to a backup wall or curtain wall frame.
low-e coating
DB
Stone cladding
Sheet Piles and Shoring
28. 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.
Laminated glass
CD
Strip Footing
Contiguous Bored Concrete Piles and Secant Piles
29. 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
Cee Channel - Runner Channel - Tracks
Sump and Well Point Dewatering
Prefabricated brick panel curtainwall
Admixture
30. Exterior wall cladding system suspended from or supported by the structural frame of the building.
Annealed glass
Cold Weather Concrete Construction Protection Measures
CD
curtain walls
31. Two pieces of glass laminated under heat and pressure to a plastic interlayer to form a fused unit.
Tendons
Laminated glass
Caisson
Admixture
32. A beam that spans between columns on the exterior face of a frame structure.
Spandrel beam
Differential/Uniform Foundation Settlement
Tie Backs
Differential/Uniform Foundation Settlement
33. 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.
PSL
Hollow Core Slabs and Planks
EIFS
DB
34. 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.
Contiguous Bored Concrete Piles and Secant Piles
PSL
DB
GFRC
35. Differential: The building's foundation settles at different rates at different points. Uniform: The building's foundation settles at a uniform rate.
Differential/Uniform Foundation Settlement
Dewatering
Flex anchors
heat-soaked tempered glass
36. Lumber that ranges from 2 in. to 4 in. thick. The actual dimensions are smaller than the nominal dimensions.
Dimensional Lumber - and nominal vs actual dimensions
Fire Safety Exiting Requirements
SD
Dewatering
37. I - C - L - T - Pipes - Tubes - round - Rectangular bars - plates
Contiguous Bored Concrete Piles and Secant Piles
AISC standard structural shapes
Backup wall
Pre-tentioning and Post-tentioning
38. A beam that spans between columns on the exterior face of a frame structure.
Concrete - its components - and their function in the mix
Permanent Concrete Freeze-Thaw Protection
Tie Backs
Spandrel beam
39. A type of glass made by adding a metallic pigment during manufacture.
Veneer
Annealed glass
Precasting vs Site-Casting: Methods & Pros and Cons
Tinted glass
40. A surface coating that reflects most of the long-wave radiation.
Truss - Bottom Chord and Top Chord
low-e coating
CD
tempered glass
41. A thin layer of material over a back-up component.
tempered glass
Fire Resistance Rating
Veneer
Fire Safety Exiting Requirements
42. I - C - L - T - Pipes - Tubes - round - Rectangular bars - plates
Floating and Troweling
Fire Safety Exiting Requirements
AISC standard structural shapes
Concrete - its components - and their function in the mix
43. A manufactured wood product rated for structural applications - such as plywood - oriented strandboard - or laminated veneer lumber.
Floating and Troweling
Fire Safety Exiting Requirements
EIFS
Engineered Lumber
44. 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.
OSB
Pressure Treated Lumber
Truss - Bottom Chord and Top Chord
Rafter
45. Type 1: General Use - Type 2: -Type 3: High Early Strength - Type 4: Low Heat of Hydration - Type 5: Sulfate Resistant
Prefabricated v. site-built masonry cladding
Building Inspector's Process
Rafter
Type I-V Concrete - and the Roles for Each
46. Design-Build
SD
DB
curtain walls
Insulated metal panels
47. Lumber that ranges from 2 in. to 4 in. thick. The actual dimensions are smaller than the nominal dimensions.
Annealed glass
Tendons
Dimensional Lumber - and nominal vs actual dimensions
Fire Resistance Rating
48. 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.
CM
Wrought iron v. mild steel
AISC standard structural shapes
Suspended ceiling
49. 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
Sheathing
Slump Test
Flat-Sawn vs. Quarter-Sawn Lumber
Flex anchors
50. Construction Document
Concrete Control Joints and Cold Joints
Tie Backs
CD
Rebar and Welded Wire Fabric (WWF)
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