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Building Construction Management Vocab

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






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






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






4. 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.






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






6. 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.






7. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






14. 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.






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






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






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






18. 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.






19. 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.






20. Use air-entrainment in the concrete mix






21. Construction Document






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






23. 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.






24. 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






25. 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.






26. 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.






27. Design-Build






28. 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






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






30. 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.






31. Cost - Schedule - and Quality






32. 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






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






34. 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






35. Pre-Construction - Construction - and Post-Construction Phases






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






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






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






40. 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.






41. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






47. 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.






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






49. 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.






50. 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.