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Building Construction Management Vocab

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1. 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.






2. Sheet steel that is hot-dip galvanized.






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






5. Advantages: High early strength Disadvantages: Very expensive






6. Pre-Construction - Construction - and Post-Construction Phases






7. Schematic Design






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






9. 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.






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






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






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






14. Use air-entrainment in the concrete mix






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






16. 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






17. 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.






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






19. 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






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






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






22. 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.






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






24. 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.






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






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






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






28. 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.






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






30. A surface coating that reflects most of the long-wave radiation.






31. 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






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.






33. Construction Management






34. A legal document that regulates the design and construction of buildings to ensure that the buildings meet minimum standards of health - safety - and welfare.






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






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






37. Construction Management






38. A surface coating that reflects most of the long-wave radiation.






39. 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.






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






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






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






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






44. 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.






45. Construction Document






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. Design-Build






48. Design Development






49. 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.






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