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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. 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.






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






4. 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.






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






6. Design Development






7. 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






8. Use air-entrainment in the concrete mix






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






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






11. Schematic Design






12. 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.






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






14. 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






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






16. Construction Management






17. Design-Build






18. 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






19. 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






20. Two pieces of glass laminated under heat and pressure to a plastic interlayer to form a fused unit.






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






22. 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.






23. 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.






24. Design-Build






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






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






27. Construction Management






28. 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.






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






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






31. 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.






32. Wood into which preservatives have been pressure injected to retard termite infestation and fungal decay. Using a different preservative - the pressure treatment can also be used for increasing the fire resistance of wood.






33. Construction Document






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.






35. Design-Bid-Build






36. Pre-Construction - Construction - and Post-Construction Phases






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






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






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






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






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






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






43. Cost - Schedule - and Quality






44. 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






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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. 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


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






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






50. Cost - Schedule - and Quality