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Building Construction Management Vocab
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1. 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.
Pressure Treated Lumber
Contiguous Bored Concrete Piles and Secant Piles
Tinted glass
OSB
2. Used where columns are lightly loaded or bear on soils with a high bearing capacity.
Column Footing
Friction vs. End-bearing Pile
Flex anchors
Stucco - its components and layers
3. ...
Prefabricated v. site-built masonry cladding
Tinted glass
Hollow Core Slabs and Planks
Precasting vs Site-Casting: Methods & Pros and Cons
4. 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.
Rebar and Welded Wire Fabric (WWF)
Friction vs. End-bearing Pile
tempered glass
CD
5. Type 1: General Use - Type 2: -Type 3: High Early Strength - Type 4: Low Heat of Hydration - Type 5: Sulfate Resistant
Shallow vs. Deep Foundations
Pressure Treated Lumber
Admixture
Type I-V Concrete - and the Roles for Each
6. Concrete: A composite material consisting of portland cement - coarse aggregate (crushed stone) - fine aggregate (sand) - and water.
Slump Test
Differential/Uniform Foundation Settlement
Flat-Sawn vs. Quarter-Sawn Lumber
Concrete - its components - and their function in the mix
7. 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
The role of lime in mortar and mortar types
tempered glass
Shallow vs. Deep Foundations
Annealed glass
8. Draining the soil around the excavations so that the groundwater level falls below the elevation of proposed excavation.
Advantages and Disadvantages of High Strength Concrete
Fire Resistance Rating
Dewatering
Tie Backs
9. 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.
Sheathing
low-e coating
PSL
Hollow Core Slabs and Planks
10. Metal panels consisting of polyurethane foam sandwiched between and bonded to two metal sheets - used in curtain wall applications.
Insulated metal panels
DBB
DBB
Cee Channel - Runner Channel - Tracks
11. Place where materials are stored on or near the project site.
CM
Laydown Yard/Staging Area
Shallow vs. Deep Foundations
Flex anchors
12. A glass that reflects incoming visible radiation due to a very thin metal oxide coating on one side.
Fire Resistance Rating
Laminated glass
reflective glass
Flat-Sawn vs. Quarter-Sawn Lumber
13. 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.
Performance vs. Prescriptive Code Provisions
Fire Safety Exiting Requirements
Tinted glass
Concrete - its components - and their function in the mix
14. Used commonly for load-bearing wood - masonry - or concrete walls.
reflective glass
Engineered Lumber
Strip Footing
Friction vs. End-bearing Pile
15. 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.
tempered glass
Column Footing
Tendons
Hollow Core Slabs and Planks
16. A legal document that regulates the design and construction of buildings to ensure that the buildings meet minimum standards of health - safety - and welfare.
Prefabricated brick panel curtainwall
Building Code
heat-soaked tempered glass
EIFS
17. Using concrete slab blankets or putting hot water in the concrete mix.
Zoning Ordinance
Tinted glass
Differential/Uniform Foundation Settlement
Cold Weather Concrete Construction Protection Measures
18. Sheet steel that is hot-dip galvanized.
Building Inspector's Process
PSL
Cold-Formed Light Gauge Steel Members
CM
19. Sheet steel that is hot-dip galvanized.
Cold-Formed Light Gauge Steel Members
Zoning Ordinance
Joist
Stucco - its components and layers
20. A ceiling hung from the overlying floor or roof structure.
Sheathing
Suspended ceiling
SD
reflective glass
21. Construction Management
Spandrel beam
Glue-Laminated Lumber
CM
LVL
22. Design-Bid-Build
DBB
Veneer
Suspended ceiling
Rebar and Welded Wire Fabric (WWF)
23. 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.
Flat-Sawn vs. Quarter-Sawn Lumber
CD
Slip-critical v. snug-tight connections
Cold Weather Concrete Construction Protection Measures
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.
Dewatering
Bentonite Slurry Wall
Pressure Treated Lumber
Steps in Forming a Reinforced Concrete Wall
25. Cost - Schedule - and Quality
Admixture
reflective glass
The Three Parts of Construction Management
Cee Channel - Runner Channel - Tracks
26. 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.
Flex anchors
The role of lime in mortar and mortar types
Building Inspector's Process
Pressure Treated Lumber
27. A glass that reflects incoming visible radiation due to a very thin metal oxide coating on one side.
Hollow Core Slabs and Planks
Backup wall
reflective glass
Zoning Ordinance
28. The ability of a building assembly to endure fire - measured in hours or minutes of time and determined from standardized full-scale tests.
Fire Resistance Rating
Flat-Sawn vs. Quarter-Sawn Lumber
The role of lime in mortar and mortar types
Veneer
29. Pre-Construction - Construction - and Post-Construction Phases
Building Code
SD
The Three Phases of Construction Management
OSB
30. 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
Stone cladding
Flat-Sawn vs. Quarter-Sawn Lumber
Stucco - its components and layers
Building Code
31. 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.
Bentonite Slurry Wall
Tie Backs
Caisson
Dewatering
32. Slender - closely spaced - parallel beams in a wood light (or light-gauge steel) frame floor.
Joist
Hollow Core Slabs and Planks
Laydown Yard/Staging Area
EIFS
33. 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
Re-Shoring
DB
Soldier Piles and Lagging
tempered glass
34. 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.
Pre-tentioning and Post-tentioning
Admixture
Strip Footing
Tinted glass
35. 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
The Three Phases of Construction Management
Concrete - its components - and their function in the mix
LVL
One-Way vs. Two-Way Slabs
36. Include the width and height of the exit enclosures - fire resistance of materials used therein - and illumination levels in the exit enclosures.
Pile and Pile Driver
Fire Safety Exiting Requirements
Backup wall
Wood Light Framing
37. 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.
Steps in Forming a Reinforced Concrete Wall
The role of lime in mortar and mortar types
EIFS
Sheet Piles and Shoring
38. 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.
Dewatering
Cee Channel - Runner Channel - Tracks
heat-soaked tempered glass
Backup wall
39. A manufactured wood product rated for structural applications - such as plywood - oriented strandboard - or laminated veneer lumber.
Prefabricated brick panel curtainwall
Performance vs. Prescriptive Code Provisions
Engineered Lumber
curtain walls
40. 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.
Rebar and Welded Wire Fabric (WWF)
Plasticizers
PSL
Strip Footing
41. 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.
Prefabricated v. site-built masonry cladding
EIFS
Annealed glass
Engineered Lumber
42. 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.
Sheathing
Prefabricated v. site-built masonry cladding
DB
Strip Footing
43. ...
Differential/Uniform Foundation Settlement
Pre-tentioning and Post-tentioning
Prefabricated v. site-built masonry cladding
Pressure Treated Lumber
44. Design Development
One-Way vs. Two-Way Slabs
DD
Sheet Piles and Shoring
Cold-Formed Light Gauge Steel Members
45. Used where columns are lightly loaded or bear on soils with a high bearing capacity.
SD
Zoning Ordinance
heat-soaked tempered glass
Column Footing
46. Construction Document
DB
Shallow vs. Deep Foundations
CD
GFRC
47. 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.
Cold Weather Concrete Construction Protection Measures
Building Code
Annealed glass
Rebar and Welded Wire Fabric (WWF)
48. A legal document that regulates the design and construction of buildings to ensure that the buildings meet minimum standards of health - safety - and welfare.
Shallow vs. Deep Foundations
GFRC
Building Code
Joist
49. ...
Light-Gauge Steel Framing
Precasting vs Site-Casting: Methods & Pros and Cons
Engineered Lumber
Backup wall
50. 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
Sheet Piles and Shoring
Annealed glass
Tendons
Sump and Well Point Dewatering
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