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Building Construction Management Vocab

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






2. Use air-entrainment in the concrete mix






3. 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.






4. Type 1: General Use - Type 2: -Type 3: High Early Strength - Type 4: Low Heat of Hydration - Type 5: Sulfate Resistant






5. 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.






6. 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






7. 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.






8. 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.






9. 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






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11. Use air-entrainment in the concrete mix






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






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






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






15. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






22. 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






23. Sheet steel that is hot-dip galvanized.






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






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






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






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. Construction Document






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






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






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






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






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






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






35. 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.






36. Design-Build






37. 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


38. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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45. 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.






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






47. 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






48. 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.






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






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