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Building Construction Management Vocab
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1. 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.
Steps in Forming a Reinforced Concrete Wall
LVL
The role of lime in mortar and mortar types
Caisson
2. A structural frame assembly composed primarily of dimension lumber studs - floor joists - and roof rafters and panels of wood-based sheathing materials. Usually 16' OC.
Wood Light Framing
Column Footing
Annealed glass
Flex anchors
3. 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.
Cee Channel - Runner Channel - Tracks
Contiguous Bored Concrete Piles and Secant Piles
Sump and Well Point Dewatering
low-e coating
4. Pile: Driven or drilled long - slender foundation element. Pile: a piece of machinery used to drive piles into the ground.
Joist
Cold-Formed Light Gauge Steel Members
Cold Weather Concrete Construction Protection Measures
Pile and Pile Driver
5. Truss: a structural member with triangulated - linear elements - typically used for large spans. Bottom Chord:
Prefabricated brick panel curtainwall
Truss - Bottom Chord and Top Chord
Stucco - its components and layers
Tinted glass
6. A manufactured wood product rated for structural applications - such as plywood - oriented strandboard - or laminated veneer lumber.
Sump and Well Point Dewatering
Tinted glass
Annealed glass
Engineered Lumber
7. 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.
Cold-Formed Light Gauge Steel Members
Flat-Sawn vs. Quarter-Sawn Lumber
SD
OSB
8. Used where columns are lightly loaded or bear on soils with a high bearing capacity.
Bentonite Slurry Wall
Column Footing
Joist
Performance vs. Prescriptive Code Provisions
9. Metal panels consisting of polyurethane foam sandwiched between and bonded to two metal sheets - used in curtain wall applications.
Wrought iron v. mild steel
Zoning Ordinance
Insulated metal panels
Engineered Lumber
10. Using concrete slab blankets or putting hot water in the concrete mix.
Shallow vs. Deep Foundations
Cold Weather Concrete Construction Protection Measures
Annealed glass
Concrete - its components - and their function in the mix
11. Place where materials are stored on or near the project site.
DD
Stone cladding
Wrought iron v. mild steel
Laydown Yard/Staging Area
12. 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.
Flex anchors
Caisson
heat-soaked tempered glass
Building Inspector's Process
13. Used commonly for load-bearing wood - masonry - or concrete walls.
Steps in Forming a Reinforced Concrete Wall
Strip Footing
LVL
Concrete - its components - and their function in the mix
14. Chemical compounds that are used in concrete mixes to increase the workability of the mix without reducing the slump.
Wood Light Framing
Hollow Core Slabs and Planks
Rafter
Plasticizers
15. Cee Channel: Studs and joists - symbolized by S - Runner Channel: bridging channels - symbolized by you - Tracks: you shaped - symbolized by T
Cee Channel - Runner Channel - Tracks
CD
Building Inspector's Process
Plasticizers
16. Lengths of dimension lumber - glued and laminated together to create a structural member of a large cross section.
The Three Parts of Construction Management
Glue-Laminated Lumber
Annealed glass
Backup wall
17. 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.
Cee Channel - Runner Channel - Tracks
Cold-Formed Light Gauge Steel Members
Annealed glass
The Three Phases of Construction Management
18. Schematic Design
Fire Resistance Rating
SD
Glue-Laminated Lumber
Concrete - its components - and their function in the mix
19. A manufactured wood product rated for structural applications - such as plywood - oriented strandboard - or laminated veneer lumber.
Wrought iron v. mild steel
Engineered Lumber
Dewatering
Precasting vs Site-Casting: Methods & Pros and Cons
20. 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.
Shallow vs. Deep Foundations
Veneer
Laminated glass
Caisson
21. 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.
Dewatering
DB
DB
Sheet Piles and Shoring
22. Material added to concrete mix to influence its performance.
Admixture
The Three Parts of Construction Management
Slip-critical v. snug-tight connections
Floating and Troweling
23. 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
Sump and Well Point Dewatering
Bentonite Slurry Wall
Flat-Sawn vs. Quarter-Sawn Lumber
Pile and Pile Driver
24. Shoring placed under concrete to support it while it cures.
curtain walls
Caisson
Re-Shoring
GFRC
25. Design Development
Sheet Piles and Shoring
DD
Strip Footing
DBB
26. I - C - L - T - Pipes - Tubes - round - Rectangular bars - plates
AISC standard structural shapes
Building Code
Tendons
Prefabricated brick panel curtainwall
27. A legal document that regulates the design and construction of buildings to ensure that the buildings meet minimum standards of health - safety - and welfare.
One-Way vs. Two-Way Slabs
Concrete - its components - and their function in the mix
Building Code
Wood Light Framing
28. 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
CD
The Three Parts of Construction Management
Spandrel beam
Concrete Control Joints and Cold Joints
29. 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.
Plasticizers
Veneer
Caisson
Prefabricated v. site-built masonry cladding
30. Cost - Schedule - and Quality
The Three Parts of Construction Management
Floating and Troweling
Zoning Ordinance
Re-Shoring
31. Two pieces of glass laminated under heat and pressure to a plastic interlayer to form a fused unit.
curtain walls
Laminated glass
Spandrel beam
Zoning Ordinance
32. Truss: a structural member with triangulated - linear elements - typically used for large spans. Bottom Chord:
Caisson
Sheet Piles and Shoring
Truss - Bottom Chord and Top Chord
LVL
33. 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.
Tie Backs
AISC standard structural shapes
Prefabricated v. site-built masonry cladding
EIFS
34. 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.
Slump Test
Tendons
Mat Foundation
Bentonite Slurry Wall
35. 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.
Soldier Piles and Lagging
Building Inspector's Process
Cee Channel - Runner Channel - Tracks
Re-Shoring
36. A surface coating that reflects most of the long-wave radiation.
PSL
low-e coating
GFRC
Column Footing
37. One-Way Slab: An elevated reinforced concrete slab where most of the load on the slab is carried to the supporting beams in one direction; a four-sided - supported rectangular slab whose length is greater than or equal to twice its width. Two Way Sla
Wood Light Framing
CM
GFRC
One-Way vs. Two-Way Slabs
38. The ability of a building assembly to endure fire - measured in hours or minutes of time and determined from standardized full-scale tests.
Veneer
Insulated metal panels
Spandrel beam
Fire Resistance Rating
39. Place where materials are stored on or near the project site.
reflective glass
Laydown Yard/Staging Area
Pile and Pile Driver
The role of lime in mortar and mortar types
40. 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.
Performance vs. Prescriptive Code Provisions
CM
Pile and Pile Driver
Contiguous Bored Concrete Piles and Secant Piles
41. 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.
OSB
Strip Footing
low-e coating
Mat Foundation
42. 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.
Cold Weather Concrete Construction Protection Measures
Soldier Piles and Lagging
Concrete Control Joints and Cold Joints
Flex anchors
43. Material added to concrete mix to influence its performance.
DB
Strip Footing
Admixture
The Three Parts of Construction Management
44. Construction Management
Light-Gauge Steel Framing
heat-soaked tempered glass
GFRC
CM
45. The ability of a building assembly to endure fire - measured in hours or minutes of time and determined from standardized full-scale tests.
Fire Resistance Rating
Hollow Core Slabs and Planks
Wrought iron v. mild steel
Stone cladding
46. Fabricated at the manufacture's plant. Reinforced in both directions. Uses a steel stud backup wall.
Prefabricated brick panel curtainwall
Dewatering
Building Code
Laydown Yard/Staging Area
47. ...
tempered glass
Joist
Prefabricated v. site-built masonry cladding
Building Inspector's Process
48. 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.
Plasticizers
Performance vs. Prescriptive Code Provisions
Rebar and Welded Wire Fabric (WWF)
The role of lime in mortar and mortar types
49. 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
Sheathing
Cold-Formed Light Gauge Steel Members
Mat Foundation
Pile and Pile Driver
50. Schematic Design
SD
DD
Floating and Troweling
CD