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Building Construction Management Vocab

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






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






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






4. 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






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






6. 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.






7. Use air-entrainment in the concrete mix






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






9. ...






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






12. 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.






13. Schematic Design






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






15. Construction Management






16. Use air-entrainment in the concrete mix






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






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






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






20. 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.






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






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






23. Construction Document






24. 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






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






26. ...






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






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






30. 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.






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






32. 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.






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






34. Design-Bid-Build






35. 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.






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






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






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






39. 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.






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






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






42. 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.






43. 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.






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






45. 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.






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






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






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






49. Design Development






50. Advantages: High early strength Disadvantages: Very expensive






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