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Civil Engineering Architecture
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1. Concrete that is poured in its final location
Municipality
Cast in Place Concrete
Ingress
AIA (The American Institute of Architects)
2. A horizontal beam that supports other beams; a very large beam - especially one that is built up from other sections
Unity
Poorly Graded
Girder
Nonpotable Water
3. A wedge-shaped stone placed in the crown of an arch
Sewer
Keystone
Shallow Foundation
Sanitary Sewer
4. Legal requirements designed to protect the public by providing guidelines for structural - electrical - plumbing - and mechanical areas of a structure
Emphasis
Open Web Steel Joist
Lintel
Building Code
5. A tar-impregnated paper used for water protection under roofing and siding materials
Stability
Sheathing
Felt
Plastic Limit
6. The pipe from the water main or other supply to the water-distributing pipes
Differential Leveling
Water Service
Design Storm
Foundation
7. Material - such as boards or shingles - used for surfacing the outside walls of a frame building
Water Meter
Siding
Seismic Load
Solar Orientation
8. The state of a body such that the sum of all the external forces acting on the body equals zero and the sum of all external moments acting on the body equals zero
Ingress
Elevation
Contrast
Equilibrium
9. Water free from impurities present in amounts sufficient to cause disease or harmful physiological effects and conforming to the regulations of the public health authority having jurisdiction
Potable Water
Statically Determinate Beam
Angle of Repose
Lintel
10. The various conductors - connections - and devices found along the path of electric flow from the source through the components and back to the source
Sustainability
Circuit
Equilibrium
Sill
11. A city - town - etc. having its own incorporated government for local affairs
Munincipality
Pattern
Precast Concrete
Differential Leveling
12. The vertical distance from a datum to a point or object
Stability
Elevation
Potable Water
Safety Factor
13. A city - town - etc. having its own incorporated government for local affairs
Elevated Floor
Fenestration
Solar Orientation
Municipality
14. Piping within a building that conveys sewage - rainwater - or other liquid wastes to a point of disposal
Drainage System
Circuit
Deflection
Closure Error
15. The exterior face of a building
Fa
Unity
Shear Force
Decking
16. Energy radiated or transmitted as rays or waves - in the form of particles`
Radiant Heat
Construction Documents
Cleanout
Valve
17. Direction from which the wind most frequently blows in a given area of the country
Tensile Strength
Drain
Prevailing Winds
Construction Type
18. An electrical connection to the earth
Simple Beam
Municipality
Precast Concrete
Ground
19. Concrete cast and cured in a position other than its final position in the structure
Precast Concrete
Structural Engineer
Fixed Support
Non-Load Bearing Wall
20. A diagram used to isolate a body from its environment - showing all external constraints and forces acting upon it and all geometric measurements necessary to model the body
Free-body Diagram
Building Envelope
Construction Type
Potable Water
21. The difference between a measured or calculated elevation and the true or established elevation
Building Code
AIA (The American Institute of Architects)
Serviceability
Closure Error
22. A device that is connected to the water distribution system and demands a supply of water; discharges wastewater - liquid-borne waste material - or sewage to the drainage system; or requires both a water supply connection and a discharge to the drain
Static Head
Element of Design
Plumbing Fixture
ASD (Allowable Strength Design)
23. The maximum stress a material subjected to a stretching load can withstand without tearing
Stack
Shore
Riser
Tensile Strength
24. A number that indicates the portion of rainwater that will be discharged by a particular surface
Runoff Coefficent
Texture
Sustainability
Voussoir
25. The structural floor joined to the joists that support the finish flooring
Field Notes
Repetition
Subfloor
Circuit
26. The internal force - usually in a beam - which acts in the plane of the cross-section of the beam
Shear Force
Safety Factor
Distribution Panel
Drainage Fixture Unit
27. Two horizontal cross wires that are equidistant from the center crosshair in the sight
Stadia
Deciduous
Foresight
Zoning Ordinance
28. A device used to measure the amount of water that goes through the water service
Ballast
Circuit Breaker
Water Meter
Datum
29. Law that specifies how and for what purpose each parcel of private real estate may be used. Also called zoning code
Zoning Ordinance
Felt
Fascia
Solar Orientation
30. Entrances or a means to enter
Ingress
Plumbing Fixture
Liquid Limit
Floor Joists
31. A floor that is above the level of the ground
Statically Indeterminate Beam
Nominal Strength
Drain
Elevated Floor
32. Culturally and climatically relevant architecture using locally available materials and traditional building techniques
Load
Vernacular Architecture
Non-Load Bearing Wall
Valve
33. That portion of the means-of-egress system that leads from any occupied portion in a building or structure to an exit
Pile
Exit Access
Liquid Limit
Moment Arm
34. An assembly of structural members joined to form a rigid framework - usually connected to form triangles
Watt
Pressure Head
Decking
Truss
35. The distance a beam or structure deforms under loading - typically due to bending in a beam
Civil Engineer
Deflection
Topographic Survey
Trap
36. The lower part of a building - which transfers structural loads from the building to the soil
Foundation
Allowable Strength
Line
Egress
37. Exits or a way out
Egress
Potable Water
Live Load
Subfloor
38. A method of designing structural elements such that the allowable strength is greater than or equal to the strength necessary to support the required load combinations
Duration
Ingress
Exit Access
ASD (Allowable Strength Design)
39. A unit designed to produce forced air or hot water for heating and cooling
Runoff Coefficent
Heat Pump
Nominal Strength
Strength
40. A system for disposal of domestic sewage by means of a septic tank cesspool mechanical treatment to serve a single establishment or building
Individual Sewage Disposal System
Construction Documents
Beam
Plasticity Index
41. The width of floor or roof along the length of a beam - measured perpendicular to the beam - representing the portion of surface from which an applied uniform load is assumed to transfer to that beam
Tributary Width
Sewer
Pile
Pitched Roof
42. A single concrete footing that is essentially equal in area to the area of ground covered by the supported structure
Water Closet
Mat (Raft) Foundation
Design Principles
Deflection
43. Movement characterized by a patterned repetition or alteration of formal elements or motifs in the same or a modified form
Rhythm
Watt
Movement
Single-ply Membrane
44. Nominal strength divided by the safety factor
EPDM
Allowable Strength
Light Gauge Steel
Topographic Survey
45. Meeting the needs of society in ways that can continue indefinitely into the future without damaging or depleting natural resources
Column
Pitched Roof
Thermal Convection
Sustainability
46. The moving of soil to affect the elevation of land at a construction site`
Grading
Shore
Berm
Deep Foundation
47. A complete record of all measurements made during the survey with sketches and narration - where necessary - to clarify the notes
Field Notes
Tilt-up Construction
Construction Documents
Foundation
48. A fixture that is designed for washing hands and face - usually found in a bathroom
R-value
Lavatory
Geodetic Survey
Sustainability
49. An agent that causes stress in an object
Force
Civil Engineer
U-factor
Dome
50. A support condition in which translation of a structural member is restricted in two perpendicular directions and rotation is restricted. A fixed support provides two perpendicular reaction forces and a reaction moment when the member is loaded
Fixed Support
Runoff Coefficent
Balance
Heat Loss
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