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Building Construction Management Vocab

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1. Sheet steel that is hot-dip galvanized.






2. 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.






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






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






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






6. 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.






7. 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.






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






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






12. 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






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






14. 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.






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






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






17. 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.






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






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






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21. 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.






22. 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.






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






24. 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.






25. Cost - Schedule - and Quality






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






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






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






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






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






32. 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.






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






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






36. 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.






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






38. Advantages: High early strength Disadvantages: Very expensive






39. 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.






40. 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.






41. 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






42. 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.






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






44. Construction Document






45. 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.






46. 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






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






48. 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






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






50. Material added to concrete mix to influence its performance.