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Building Construction Management Vocab

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1. 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.






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






3. Design Development






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






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






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






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






8. 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






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






10. 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.






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






12. 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






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






14. Advantages: High early strength Disadvantages: Very expensive






15. 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.






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






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






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






19. 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.






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






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






23. 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.






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






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






26. Sheet steel that is hot-dip galvanized.






27. 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.






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






29. 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.






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






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






32. 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.






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






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






35. Construction Management






36. A glass that reflects incoming visible radiation due to a very thin metal oxide coating on one side.






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






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






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






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






42. 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.






43. Design Development






44. 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.






45. 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.






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






48. 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.






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