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Building Construction Management Vocab

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1. 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.






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






3. 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.






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






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






6. 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.






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






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






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






10. 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.






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






12. A thin layer of material over a back-up component.






13. 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.






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






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






17. 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.






18. Control Joint: A sawed or tooled joint on the top surface of a concrete slab-on-ground; a continuous vertical joint in a concrete masonry wall. Cold Joint: A nonmovement joint resulting when fresh concrete is placed against previously placed concrete






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






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






21. 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.






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






23. 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.






24. Advantages: High early strength Disadvantages: Very expensive






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. Construction Document






27. 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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28. 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.






29. 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.






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






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






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






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






35. Use air-entrainment in the concrete mix






36. 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.






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






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






39. 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.






40. Cost - Schedule - and Quality






41. 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.






42. Pre-Construction - Construction - and Post-Construction Phases






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






44. Design-Bid-Build






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46. 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.






47. Design Development






48. Advantages: High early strength Disadvantages: Very expensive






49. 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.






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