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Building Construction Management Vocab

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1. A type of concrete foundation where one large - combined footing is used for several columns and load-bearing walls - often for the entire building. A concrete slab-on-ground used as foundation for light frame buildings is the simplest type of mat fo






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






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






5. Construction Management






6. 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.






7. A ceiling hung from the overlying floor or roof structure.






8. 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.






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






10. 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.






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






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






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






14. Sheet steel that is hot-dip galvanized.






15. 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






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






17. 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.






18. 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.






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






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






21. Advantages: High early strength Disadvantages: Very expensive






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






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






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






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






26. 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.






27. Design-Bid-Build






28. Design Development






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






30. A ceiling hung from the overlying floor or roof structure.






31. 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






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






33. 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.






34. 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






35. Use air-entrainment in the concrete mix






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






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






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






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






40. Contiguous Bored Concrete Piles: Closely spaced - reinforced concrete piles. Often has shock-crete sprayed on the front to make a wall. Secant Piles: Two sets of interlocking contiguous piles.






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






42. 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






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






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






47. 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.






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






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






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