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Building Construction Management Vocab

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






3. 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.






4. 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.






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






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






7. 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.






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






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






10. 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.






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






12. 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.






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






14. 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.






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






16. Cost - Schedule - and Quality






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






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






19. 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.






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






22. 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.






23. 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






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






25. 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






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






27. 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.






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






29. 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.






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






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






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






33. 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.






34. Advantages: High early strength Disadvantages: Very expensive






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






36. 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.






37. Type 1: General Use - Type 2: -Type 3: High Early Strength - Type 4: Low Heat of Hydration - Type 5: Sulfate Resistant






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






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






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






41. 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.






42. 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.






43. Design-Bid-Build






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






45. 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.






46. 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






47. A surface coating that reflects most of the long-wave radiation.






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






49. 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.






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