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Building Construction Management Vocab

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1. Construction Document






2. 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.






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






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






6. 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.






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






8. Advantages: High early strength Disadvantages: Very expensive






9. 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.






10. 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.






11. Sheet steel that is hot-dip galvanized.






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






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






14. 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.






15. 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






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






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






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






19. Design-Bid-Build






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






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






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






23. 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.






24. Use air-entrainment in the concrete mix






25. Advantages: High early strength Disadvantages: Very expensive






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






27. Lengths of dimension lumber - glued and laminated together to create a structural member of a large cross section.






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






29. Design-Build






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






31. Design-Build






32. 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.






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






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






35. Differential: The building's foundation settles at different rates at different points. Uniform: The building's foundation settles at a uniform rate.






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






37. Design Development






38. 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.






39. 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






40. 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.






41. Hollow Core Slabs: Precast - prestressed concrete slabs that contain voids in their central region that reduce dead loads by 40-50%. - Planks: Precast concrete slabs that are solid.






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






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






44. 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.






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






46. Differential: The building's foundation settles at different rates at different points. Uniform: The building's foundation settles at a uniform rate.






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






48. Construction Management






49. Pre-Construction - Construction - and Post-Construction Phases






50. 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.