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Building Construction Management Vocab

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






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






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






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






5. Design Development






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






7. 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.






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






9. 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.






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.






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






13. Design-Build






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






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






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






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






19. Draining the soil around the excavations so that the groundwater level falls below the elevation of proposed excavation.






20. Schematic Design






21. 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.






22. 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.






23. 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.






24. 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.






25. 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






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






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






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






29. A large-diameter - deep reinforced-concrete foundation element made by drilling a hole into the ground and filling it with concrete; an enclosure that permits excavation work to be carried out under water.






30. 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.






31. Used commonly for load-bearing wood - masonry - or concrete walls.






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






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.






35. 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






36. A structural frame assembly composed primarily of dimension lumber studs - floor joists - and roof rafters and panels of wood-based sheathing materials. Usually 16' OC.






37. Design-Bid-Build






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






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






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






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






42. Sheet steel that is hot-dip galvanized.






43. 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






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






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






46. 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.






47. 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.






48. Use air-entrainment in the concrete mix






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






50. 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.