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Building Construction Management Vocab

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






2. 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.






3. The combination of high-strength steel strands - sleeves - and end anchorages used for post-tensioning concrete.






4. 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






5. Construction Document






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






7. Schematic Design






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9. 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.






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






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






12. Metal panels consisting of polyurethane foam sandwiched between and bonded to two metal sheets - used in curtain wall applications.






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






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15. Cost - Schedule - and Quality






16. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






23. 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.






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






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






26. A fastener that connects an exterior cladding to the supporting frame to resist lateral loads






27. 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.






28. 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.






29. 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.






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






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






32. Use air-entrainment in the concrete mix






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






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






35. 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.






36. 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.






37. 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.






38. A legal document that regulates the design and construction of buildings to ensure that the buildings meet minimum standards of health - safety - and welfare.






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






40. Metal panels consisting of polyurethane foam sandwiched between and bonded to two metal sheets - used in curtain wall applications.






41. 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.






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






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






44. Sheet steel that is hot-dip galvanized.






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






46. 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.






47. The ability of a building assembly to endure fire - measured in hours or minutes of time and determined from standardized full-scale tests.






48. 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.






49. 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.






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