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Building Construction Management Vocab

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






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






3. 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.






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. 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






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






7. 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.






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






9. 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.






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






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






12. Advantages: High early strength Disadvantages: Very expensive






13. 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.






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






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






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






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






18. 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






19. 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.






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






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






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






23. Cost - Schedule - and Quality






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






25. Used where columns are lightly loaded or bear on soils with a high bearing capacity.






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






27. 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






28. Advantages: High early strength Disadvantages: Very expensive






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






30. 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.






31. 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.






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






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






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






35. 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.






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






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






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






39. 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






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






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






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






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






44. 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






45. 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.






46. Shoring placed under concrete to support it while it cures.






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






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






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






50. 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.







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