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Building Construction Management Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Sheet steel that is hot-dip galvanized.
Steps in Forming a Reinforced Concrete Wall
Cold-Formed Light Gauge Steel Members
Soldier Piles and Lagging
Friction vs. End-bearing Pile
2. Laminated Veneer Lumber: Dried wood veneers laminated in layers - all oriented in the same direction - to form a large structural member.
Pile and Pile Driver
Veneer
LVL
CM
3. 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.
EIFS
Insulated metal panels
Differential/Uniform Foundation Settlement
Mat Foundation
4. Construction Management
Joist
Stucco - its components and layers
Fire Safety Exiting Requirements
CM
5. Material added to concrete mix to influence its performance.
Floating and Troweling
Admixture
low-e coating
Soldier Piles and Lagging
6. ...
Admixture
Steps in Forming a Reinforced Concrete Wall
curtain walls
Re-Shoring
7. ...
Sheet Piles and Shoring
Precasting vs Site-Casting: Methods & Pros and Cons
curtain walls
Steps in Forming a Reinforced Concrete Wall
8. Type 1: General Use - Type 2: -Type 3: High Early Strength - Type 4: Low Heat of Hydration - Type 5: Sulfate Resistant
LVL
Laminated glass
Suspended ceiling
Type I-V Concrete - and the Roles for Each
9. Concrete: A composite material consisting of portland cement - coarse aggregate (crushed stone) - fine aggregate (sand) - and water.
Concrete - its components - and their function in the mix
Performance vs. Prescriptive Code Provisions
Soldier Piles and Lagging
Floating and Troweling
10. A fastener that connects an exterior cladding to the supporting frame to resist lateral loads
Re-Shoring
Pre-tentioning and Post-tentioning
Tie Backs
Differential/Uniform Foundation Settlement
11. 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.
Caisson
Fire Safety Exiting Requirements
Contiguous Bored Concrete Piles and Secant Piles
tempered glass
12. Used commonly for load-bearing wood - masonry - or concrete walls.
Wood Light Framing
Engineered Lumber
Advantages and Disadvantages of High Strength Concrete
Strip Footing
13. 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
GFRC
Steps in Forming a Reinforced Concrete Wall
Light-Gauge Steel Framing
One-Way vs. Two-Way Slabs
14. Material added to concrete mix to influence its performance.
Shallow vs. Deep Foundations
LVL
Pile and Pile Driver
Admixture
15. The combination of high-strength steel strands - sleeves - and end anchorages used for post-tensioning concrete.
Admixture
The Three Phases of Construction Management
Tendons
Truss - Bottom Chord and Top Chord
16. Draining the soil around the excavations so that the groundwater level falls below the elevation of proposed excavation.
LVL
Prefabricated v. site-built masonry cladding
Dewatering
Spandrel beam
17. 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
tempered glass
Spandrel beam
Insulated metal panels
Slump Test
18. 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.
Performance vs. Prescriptive Code Provisions
Friction vs. End-bearing Pile
Flex anchors
Sheet Piles and Shoring
19. A document that describes regulations for the use of land in a particular jurisdiction.
Sheet Piles and Shoring
low-e coating
Zoning Ordinance
Truss - Bottom Chord and Top Chord
20. Schematic Design
Truss - Bottom Chord and Top Chord
Dimensional Lumber - and nominal vs actual dimensions
Rebar and Welded Wire Fabric (WWF)
SD
21. Include the width and height of the exit enclosures - fire resistance of materials used therein - and illumination levels in the exit enclosures.
Floating and Troweling
Cee Channel - Runner Channel - Tracks
Fire Safety Exiting Requirements
Tie Backs
22. A ceiling hung from the overlying floor or roof structure.
Suspended ceiling
Strip Footing
Plasticizers
Light-Gauge Steel Framing
23. Stone panels attached to a backup wall or curtain wall frame.
Stone cladding
Soldier Piles and Lagging
Friction vs. End-bearing Pile
Light-Gauge Steel Framing
24. 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.
Rafter
Light-Gauge Steel Framing
PSL
Backup wall
25. The combination of high-strength steel strands - sleeves - and end anchorages used for post-tensioning concrete.
Hollow Core Slabs and Planks
Backup wall
Tendons
Slump Test
26. ...
Prefabricated v. site-built masonry cladding
Steps in Forming a Reinforced Concrete Wall
Stucco - its components and layers
PSL
27. Slender - closely spaced - parallel beams in a wood light (or light-gauge steel) frame floor.
Soldier Piles and Lagging
Prefabricated brick panel curtainwall
Dewatering
Joist
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.
Advantages and Disadvantages of High Strength Concrete
Friction vs. End-bearing Pile
reflective glass
Pressure Treated Lumber
29. 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.
GFRC
Admixture
Cold-Formed Light Gauge Steel Members
Pre-tentioning and Post-tentioning
30. 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.
Permanent Concrete Freeze-Thaw Protection
Annealed glass
Insulated metal panels
The Three Parts of Construction Management
31. Schematic Design
Building Code
Annealed glass
SD
Advantages and Disadvantages of High Strength Concrete
32. Used where columns are lightly loaded or bear on soils with a high bearing capacity.
LVL
Stucco - its components and layers
Laydown Yard/Staging Area
Column Footing
33. A surface coating that reflects most of the long-wave radiation.
Strip Footing
Sheet Piles and Shoring
low-e coating
Truss - Bottom Chord and Top Chord
34. Truss: a structural member with triangulated - linear elements - typically used for large spans. Bottom Chord:
AISC standard structural shapes
Truss - Bottom Chord and Top Chord
Hollow Core Slabs and Planks
Pre-tentioning and Post-tentioning
35. Design-Build
DB
Prefabricated v. site-built masonry cladding
The role of lime in mortar and mortar types
Permanent Concrete Freeze-Thaw Protection
36. I - C - L - T - Pipes - Tubes - round - Rectangular bars - plates
AISC standard structural shapes
Concrete Control Joints and Cold Joints
Backup wall
Prefabricated v. site-built masonry cladding
37. 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.
Suspended ceiling
Veneer
Rafter
Performance vs. Prescriptive Code Provisions
38. A beam that spans between columns on the exterior face of a frame structure.
Stone cladding
Bentonite Slurry Wall
Prefabricated v. site-built masonry cladding
Spandrel beam
39. A glass that reflects incoming visible radiation due to a very thin metal oxide coating on one side.
Concrete Control Joints and Cold Joints
Rafter
reflective glass
Spandrel beam
40. Lengths of dimension lumber - glued and laminated together to create a structural member of a large cross section.
tempered glass
Glue-Laminated Lumber
Cold-Formed Light Gauge Steel Members
Engineered Lumber
41. A framing system that mimics wood light frame construction - but the elements are made of cold-formed - galvanized sheet steel.
Prefabricated v. site-built masonry cladding
Laminated glass
Light-Gauge Steel Framing
Engineered Lumber
42. Load=bearing or non-load bearing wall to which exterior cladding is adhered or anchored.
Sheathing
Flex anchors
Advantages and Disadvantages of High Strength Concrete
Backup wall
43. M = Least amount of lime; O = Most lime; N = Second most lime; S = Second least lime
The Three Parts of Construction Management
DD
The role of lime in mortar and mortar types
EIFS
44. M = Least amount of lime; O = Most lime; N = Second most lime; S = Second least lime
Dimensional Lumber - and nominal vs actual dimensions
LVL
The role of lime in mortar and mortar types
SD
45. The ability of a building assembly to endure fire - measured in hours or minutes of time and determined from standardized full-scale tests.
Fire Resistance Rating
Contiguous Bored Concrete Piles and Secant Piles
DB
Pre-tentioning and Post-tentioning
46. Advantages: High early strength Disadvantages: Very expensive
low-e coating
Advantages and Disadvantages of High Strength Concrete
The Three Phases of Construction Management
Annealed glass
47. Design-Bid-Build
Joist
Floating and Troweling
Stone cladding
DBB
48. 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.
Performance vs. Prescriptive Code Provisions
heat-soaked tempered glass
Shallow vs. Deep Foundations
OSB
49. Lengths of dimension lumber - glued and laminated together to create a structural member of a large cross section.
Slip-critical v. snug-tight connections
Glue-Laminated Lumber
Precasting vs Site-Casting: Methods & Pros and Cons
Contiguous Bored Concrete Piles and Secant Piles
50. 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.
Pile and Pile Driver
Fire Resistance Rating
Advantages and Disadvantages of High Strength Concrete
Slip-critical v. snug-tight connections