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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. 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






3. 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.






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






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






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






7. Construction Management






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






9. Pre-Construction - Construction - and Post-Construction Phases






10. A fastener that connects an exterior cladding to the supporting frame to resist lateral loads






11. 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.






12. 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.






13. 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.






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






15. 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.






16. Advantages: High early strength Disadvantages: Very expensive






17. 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






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






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






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






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






22. Sheet steel that is hot-dip galvanized.






23. Sheet steel that is hot-dip galvanized.






24. Design-Build






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






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






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28. Use air-entrainment in the concrete mix






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






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






31. A legal document that regulates the design and construction of buildings to ensure that the buildings meet minimum standards of health - safety - and welfare.






32. 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.






33. 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






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






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






36. 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.






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






38. Design Development






39. 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.






40. 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.






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






42. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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