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Building Construction Management Vocab

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1. Construction Document






2. 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






3. Design Development






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






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






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






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






8. 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.






9. A document that describes regulations for the use of land in a particular jurisdiction.






10. 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.






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






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






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






14. Design-Bid-Build






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. 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.






17. 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.






18. 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.






19. 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.






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






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






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






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






24. Cost - Schedule - and Quality






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. 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.






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






28. 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.






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






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






31. Schematic Design






32. Advantages: High early strength Disadvantages: Very expensive






33. 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.






34. 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.






35. 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.






36. ...






37. Design-Build






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






39. Use air-entrainment in the concrete mix






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






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






42. 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






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






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






45. 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.






46. Cost - Schedule - and Quality






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






48. 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.






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






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