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Building Construction Management Vocab

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1. Design-Bid-Build






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






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.






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5. 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.






6. 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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7. 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.






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






9. Use air-entrainment in the concrete mix






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






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






12. 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.






13. 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.






14. 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.






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






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






17. Advantages: High early strength Disadvantages: Very expensive






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






19. 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






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






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






22. 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






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






25. 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






26. Design Development






27. 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






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






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






30. 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.






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. 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






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






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






35. 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.






36. Cost - Schedule - and Quality






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






38. 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.






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






40. 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.






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






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






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






45. 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.






46. 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.






47. Hollow Core Slabs: Precast - prestressed concrete slabs that contain voids in their central region that reduce dead loads by 40-50%. - Planks: Precast concrete slabs that are solid.






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






49. 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.






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