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Building Construction Management Vocab

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






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






3. Design-Build






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






5. Construction Management






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






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






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






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10. 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.






11. 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






12. 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.






13. Design-Build






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






15. 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.






16. 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






17. A stuccolike exterior finish that includes a layer of foam insulation - fiberglass reinforcing mesh - and one or two coats of a polymer-based finish - also called synthetic stucco.






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






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






20. Use air-entrainment in the concrete mix






21. 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.






22. 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.






23. They review the plan sets to make sure they meet code requirements - then they will issue building permits if all codes and regulations are met. During the construction process - an inspector will be called to review the construction of specific part

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24. Sheet steel that is hot-dip galvanized.






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






26. Construction Document






27. Construction Document






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






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






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31. 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.






32. 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.






33. 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






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






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






36. 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.






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






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






39. Pre-Construction - Construction - and Post-Construction Phases






40. 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.






41. 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.






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






43. Cost - Schedule - and Quality






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






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






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






47. 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.






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






49. 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.






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