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Building Construction Management Vocab

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






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






3. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. 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.






16. 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






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






18. 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.






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






20. Design-Bid-Build






21. Design Development






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






23. Cost - Schedule - and Quality






24. ...






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






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






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






28. Place where materials are stored on or near the project site.






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






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






31. 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.






32. 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.






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






34. Design-Build






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






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






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






38. 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.






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






40. ...






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






42. 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.






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






44. 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






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






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






47. ...






48. 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.






49. 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.






50. Concrete: A composite material consisting of portland cement - coarse aggregate (crushed stone) - fine aggregate (sand) - and water.







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