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






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






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






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






6. 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






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






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






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






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






11. 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.






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.






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






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






15. 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.






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






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






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






20. Pre-Construction - Construction - and Post-Construction Phases






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






22. Construction Management






23. Cost - Schedule - and Quality






24. Design-Build






25. 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






26. Pre-Construction - Construction - and Post-Construction Phases






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.






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. Chemical compounds that are used in concrete mixes to increase the workability of the mix without reducing the slump.






30. Use air-entrainment in the concrete mix






31. Use air-entrainment in the concrete mix






32. 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.






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






34. 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.






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






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






37. 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






38. 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.






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






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






42. 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.






43. 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.






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






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






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






47. 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.






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.






49. 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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50. 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.