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Building Construction Management Vocab
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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. Fabricated at the manufacture's plant. Reinforced in both directions. Uses a steel stud backup wall.
Floating and Troweling
Concrete - its components - and their function in the mix
curtain walls
Prefabricated brick panel curtainwall
2. A beam that spans between columns on the exterior face of a frame structure.
Precasting vs Site-Casting: Methods & Pros and Cons
curtain walls
Spandrel beam
Prefabricated brick panel curtainwall
3. 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
Floating and Troweling
Pre-tentioning and Post-tentioning
Sump and Well Point Dewatering
Performance vs. Prescriptive Code Provisions
4. 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.
Rebar and Welded Wire Fabric (WWF)
Wood Light Framing
Tinted glass
tempered glass
5. Place where materials are stored on or near the project site.
Tinted glass
Floating and Troweling
Laydown Yard/Staging Area
Mat Foundation
6. 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.
Advantages and Disadvantages of High Strength Concrete
reflective glass
Engineered Lumber
Caisson
7. Metal panels consisting of polyurethane foam sandwiched between and bonded to two metal sheets - used in curtain wall applications.
Rafter
Dewatering
Insulated metal panels
Building Inspector's Process
8. Exterior Sheathing - Water resistant membrane - flashing with weep holes - self-adhering rubberized asphalt membrane - self-furring metal base - scratch coat - brown coat - finish coat.
Dewatering
Zoning Ordinance
LVL
Stucco - its components and layers
9. Pre-Construction - Construction - and Post-Construction Phases
The Three Phases of Construction Management
Slip-critical v. snug-tight connections
Cold Weather Concrete Construction Protection Measures
Rebar and Welded Wire Fabric (WWF)
10. M = Least amount of lime; O = Most lime; N = Second most lime; S = Second least lime
Stone cladding
The role of lime in mortar and mortar types
DB
Shallow vs. Deep Foundations
11. I - C - L - T - Pipes - Tubes - round - Rectangular bars - plates
LVL
Type I-V Concrete - and the Roles for Each
AISC standard structural shapes
Advantages and Disadvantages of High Strength Concrete
12. A fastener that connects an exterior cladding to the supporting frame to resist lateral loads
Re-Shoring
Tie Backs
Rafter
Backup wall
13. Pile: Driven or drilled long - slender foundation element. Pile: a piece of machinery used to drive piles into the ground.
Pile and Pile Driver
Cold Weather Concrete Construction Protection Measures
Glue-Laminated Lumber
Re-Shoring
14. Cost - Schedule - and Quality
Annealed glass
Precasting vs Site-Casting: Methods & Pros and Cons
SD
The Three Parts of Construction Management
15. 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.
Insulated metal panels
Fire Resistance Rating
PSL
Cold Weather Concrete Construction Protection Measures
16. A ceiling hung from the overlying floor or roof structure.
Spandrel beam
Pressure Treated Lumber
Tendons
Suspended ceiling
17. Load=bearing or non-load bearing wall to which exterior cladding is adhered or anchored.
Re-Shoring
OSB
Backup wall
The Three Parts of Construction Management
18. 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
Soldier Piles and Lagging
Sump and Well Point Dewatering
DD
Glue-Laminated Lumber
19. Design-Build
Rebar and Welded Wire Fabric (WWF)
DB
Cee Channel - Runner Channel - Tracks
The Three Phases of Construction Management
20. 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
Flat-Sawn vs. Quarter-Sawn Lumber
Slump Test
Re-Shoring
Performance vs. Prescriptive Code Provisions
21. Exterior wall cladding system suspended from or supported by the structural frame of the building.
curtain walls
DD
Engineered Lumber
Stone cladding
22. I - C - L - T - Pipes - Tubes - round - Rectangular bars - plates
Hollow Core Slabs and Planks
AISC standard structural shapes
Dimensional Lumber - and nominal vs actual dimensions
Permanent Concrete Freeze-Thaw Protection
23. Lumber that ranges from 2 in. to 4 in. thick. The actual dimensions are smaller than the nominal dimensions.
Building Code
Flex anchors
Dimensional Lumber - and nominal vs actual dimensions
Flex anchors
24. Design Development
DD
Wood Light Framing
Advantages and Disadvantages of High Strength Concrete
Cold-Formed Light Gauge Steel Members
25. 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.
GFRC
Stucco - its components and layers
Permanent Concrete Freeze-Thaw Protection
Wrought iron v. mild steel
26. 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.
Differential/Uniform Foundation Settlement
Contiguous Bored Concrete Piles and Secant Piles
Sheathing
Bentonite Slurry Wall
27. 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
Sheet Piles and Shoring
Pre-tentioning and Post-tentioning
Laydown Yard/Staging Area
Concrete Control Joints and Cold Joints
28. 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.
Flex anchors
heat-soaked tempered glass
Sheet Piles and Shoring
Pre-tentioning and Post-tentioning
29. 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.
DBB
Fire Resistance Rating
Differential/Uniform Foundation Settlement
heat-soaked tempered glass
30. Design-Bid-Build
Plasticizers
DBB
Rafter
Bentonite Slurry Wall
31. Using concrete slab blankets or putting hot water in the concrete mix.
Suspended ceiling
Rafter
Hollow Core Slabs and Planks
Cold Weather Concrete Construction Protection Measures
32. Used commonly for load-bearing wood - masonry - or concrete walls.
Joist
Spandrel beam
Strip Footing
Plasticizers
33. 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.
heat-soaked tempered glass
Slump Test
Performance vs. Prescriptive Code Provisions
Type I-V Concrete - and the Roles for Each
34. Lengths of dimension lumber - glued and laminated together to create a structural member of a large cross section.
CM
Suspended ceiling
Fire Safety Exiting Requirements
Glue-Laminated Lumber
35. Construction Management
Stucco - its components and layers
Type I-V Concrete - and the Roles for Each
CM
Glue-Laminated Lumber
36. 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
Steps in Forming a Reinforced Concrete Wall
Stucco - its components and layers
tempered glass
Stone cladding
37. 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
Pile and Pile Driver
Rafter
tempered glass
Annealed glass
38. A ceiling hung from the overlying floor or roof structure.
Veneer
Fire Safety Exiting Requirements
low-e coating
Suspended ceiling
39. 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.
Caisson
Bentonite Slurry Wall
Dewatering
Tie Backs
40. 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.
Prefabricated v. site-built masonry cladding
Sheathing
Tendons
Column Footing
41. 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
Mat Foundation
Cold Weather Concrete Construction Protection Measures
Building Inspector's Process
Admixture
42. A type of glass made by adding a metallic pigment during manufacture.
reflective glass
LVL
PSL
Tinted glass
43. A manufactured wood product rated for structural applications - such as plywood - oriented strandboard - or laminated veneer lumber.
Friction vs. End-bearing Pile
Wrought iron v. mild steel
Wrought iron v. mild steel
Engineered Lumber
44. ...
Truss - Bottom Chord and Top Chord
Building Code
Steps in Forming a Reinforced Concrete Wall
Flat-Sawn vs. Quarter-Sawn Lumber
45. Cee Channel: Studs and joists - symbolized by S - Runner Channel: bridging channels - symbolized by you - Tracks: you shaped - symbolized by T
Cee Channel - Runner Channel - Tracks
Advantages and Disadvantages of High Strength Concrete
Laydown Yard/Staging Area
Prefabricated v. site-built masonry cladding
46. 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.
Laminated glass
Rebar and Welded Wire Fabric (WWF)
Slump Test
curtain walls
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.
Caisson
Caisson
Pre-tentioning and Post-tentioning
Friction vs. End-bearing Pile
48. Draining the soil around the excavations so that the groundwater level falls below the elevation of proposed excavation.
Rafter
Tie Backs
Cold Weather Concrete Construction Protection Measures
Dewatering
49. 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.
CM
heat-soaked tempered glass
Column Footing
Veneer
50. 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.
Engineered Lumber
Cold Weather Concrete Construction Protection Measures
Bentonite Slurry Wall
Annealed glass