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Building Construction Management Vocab

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






4. 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.






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






6. 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.






7. Sheet steel that is hot-dip galvanized.






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






9. 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.






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






11. 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.






12. 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.






13. 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






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






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






16. Cost - Schedule - and Quality






17. Design-Build






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






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






20. 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.






21. 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.






22. Sheet steel that is hot-dip galvanized.






23. Construction Management






24. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






34. 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.






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






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






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






38. 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.






39. Design-Build






40. Advantages: High early strength Disadvantages: Very expensive






41. 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.






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






43. Friction Pile: Bears the load by using friction between it and the ground around it by having a tapered form. End-Bearing Piles: Most of the load is transferred to the bottom of the pile.






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






45. Schematic Design






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






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






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






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






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