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Building Construction Management Vocab

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1. Advantages: High early strength Disadvantages: Very expensive






2. Design-Build






3. 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.






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






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






7. 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.






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






9. 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.






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






11. 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.






12. 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






13. 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.






14. 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.






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






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17. Use air-entrainment in the concrete mix






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






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






20. A test that measures the workability of fresh concrete by filling a cone-shaped mold with concrete - removing the mold - and measuring the height to which the concrete settles below its original height.






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






22. Design-Build






23. Cost - Schedule - and Quality






24. 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






25. ...






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






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






28. Construction Management






29. Design Development






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






31. A test that measures the workability of fresh concrete by filling a cone-shaped mold with concrete - removing the mold - and measuring the height to which the concrete settles below its original height.






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






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






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






35. 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






36. 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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37. 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.






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






39. 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.






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






41. Sheet steel that is hot-dip galvanized.






42. Design-Bid-Build






43. Pre-Construction - Construction - and Post-Construction Phases






44. 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.






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






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 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.






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






49. 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






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







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