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Building Construction Management Vocab

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1. Design-Bid-Build






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






3. 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.






4. 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.






5. Construction Document






6. 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.






7. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






13. Advantages: High early strength Disadvantages: Very expensive






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






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






16. 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.






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18. 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.






19. 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.






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






21. Design-Bid-Build






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






23. Sheet steel that is hot-dip galvanized.






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






25. 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.






26. Wood into which preservatives have been pressure injected to retard termite infestation and fungal decay. Using a different preservative - the pressure treatment can also be used for increasing the fire resistance of wood.






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






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






29. 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






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






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






32. Schematic Design






33. 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.






34. 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.






35. 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.






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






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






38. 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.






39. 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.






40. Pre-Construction - Construction - and Post-Construction Phases






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






42. 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.






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






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






45. 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.






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






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






48. Construction Document






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






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