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Civil Engineering Vocab
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1. A multinational organization of landscape architects whose purpose is the promotion of landscape design and planning.
International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA)
Impermeable
base plan
Storm Water Inlet
2. A holding basin in which variations in flow and composition of a liquid are averaged. Such basins are used to provide a flow of reasonably uniform volume and composition to a treatment unit. Also called a balancing reservoir.
Storm Runoff
Equalizing Basin
Imported Backfill
Axial Load
3. A device that admits surface waters to the storm water drainage system. Also see CURB INLET and CATCH BASIN.
Collection System
Bearing Wall
Trunk System
Storm Water Inlet
4. Branch or lateral sewers that collect wastewater from building sewers and service lines.
Bearing
Permeability
Mail Line
Retention
5. Water that does not contain objectionable pollution - contamination - minerals - or infective agents and is considered satisfactory for drinking.
Acidic
multiple use
Potable Water
Acid Rain
6. An agency of the U.S. Department of the Interior charged with the planning and administration of all parks and monuments in the federal park system. The NPS is often referred to as the largest single employer of landscape architects in the United Sta
conservation plan
National Park Service (NPS)
Baffle
view
7. One or a series of oneinch diameter holes through a manhole lid for purposes of venting dangerous gases found in sewers.
Deadend Manhole
ecology
topography
Manhole Vents
8. Material used for backfilling a trench or excavation which was not the original material removed during excavation. This is a common practice where tests on the original material show it to have poor compactability or load capacity. Also called BORRO
Axial Load
designed landscape
Imported Backfill
Interconnector
9. A sewer designed to carry both sanitary wastewaters and storm or surface water runoff.
Gravity Flow
Combined System
Adsorption
Retention
10. The science and art of design - planning - management and stewardship of the land. Landscape architecture involves natural and built elements - cultural and scientific knowledge - and concern for resource conservation to the end that the resulting en
Manifold
American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA)
Angle Post
landscape architecture
11. The formation of separate layers (of temperature - plant - or animal life) in a lake or reservoir. Each layer has similar characteristics such as all water in the layer has the same temperature. Also see THERMAL STRATIFICATION.
Manhole Vents
Surface Runoff
planning
Stratification
12. The precipitation that cannot be absorbed by the soil and flows across the surface by gravity. The water that reaches a stream by traveling over the soil surface or falls directly into the stream channels - including not only the large permanent stre
greenbelt
Surface Runoff
Grade
Sedimentation Basin
13. The creative illustration - planning and specification of space for the greatest possible amount of harmony - utility - value and beauty.
design
drainage
Subsidence
Admixture
14. An agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture - primarily responsible for planning and overseeing the use of national forest lands by private - commercial and government users.
Settlement
natural resources
air rights
Forest Service
15. Post at which the railing terminates at each floor level.
Newel Post
Sewage
Laundering Weir
Curb inlet
16. A line from which heights and depths are calculated or measured. Also called a datum plane or a datum level.
land use
softscape
Datum Line
Sewage
17. In landscape architecture - a study of the potential cost of site purchase - demolition and improvement in comparison to the income or other benefit to be derived from site development.
Rubble - Ordinary
cost-benefit analysis
Lateral Break
Collection System
18. An opening or point of access in a building wastewater pipe system for rodding or snake operation.
new town
national park
Wasteline Cleanout
Imported Backfill
19. A legal form of land-use control and building regulations usually exercised by a municipal authority; usually involves setting aside of distinct land areas for specific purposes - such as commercial - educational or residential development.
Grade
zoning
Seasonal Water Table
Shear Wall
20. Clarifier - Settling Tank. A tank or basin in which wastewater is held for a period of time during which the heavier solids settle to the bottom and the lighter materials float to the water surface.
Storm Water
Sedimentation Basin
planning
Sewage
21. The science and management of land - especially rural - agricultural land.
agronomy
Infiltrated Debris
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Weir
22. The pipe system for collecting and carrying water and watercarried wastes from domestic and industrial sources to a wastewater treatment plant.
Wastewater Collection System
agronomy
softscape
Admixture
23. Material used to provide a bedding or foundation for pipes or other underground structures. This material is of specified quality for desirable bedding or other characteristics and is often imported from a different location.
Select Bedding
Check Valve
Bearing Wall
Weir
24. A rough guess of the amount of flow in a collection system. When greater accuracy is needed - flow could be computed using average or typical flow quantities. Even greater accuracy would result from metering or otherwise measuring the actual flow.
Walers
Grease Trap
Estimated Flow
Manhole Bedding
25. The linear or a real dimension over which a higher component transmits load to a lower component
A S T M
Potable Water
Datum Line
Bearing
26. Vertical member supporting the railing.
Hydrostatic Pressure
drainage
design
Baluster
27. A trained builder or installer of landscapes - retained to implement the plans of landscape architects.
Lateral Cleanout
Weir
Curb Stop
landscape contractor
28. A tank used to store a chemical solution of known concentration for feed to a chemical feeder. A day tank usually stores sufficient chemical solution to properly treat the water being treated for at least one day. Also called an AGE TANK.
Infiltrated Debris
Runoff
Admixture
Day Tank
29. A U.S. government agency responsible for developing and enforcing regulations that guide the use of land and natural resources.
Clear Well
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Curb Stop
land trust
30. A mixture of storm or surface runoff and other wastewater such as domestic or industrial wastewater.
Select Backfill
Combined Wastewater
landscape
Water Table
31. Any designated use or activity on a piece of land.
land use
environmental design professions
reclamation
environmental impact
32. A U.S. government agency charged with administering vast areas of public land.
American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA)
building (construction) permit
Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
Storm Runoff
33. Not easily penetrated. The property of a material or soil that does not allow - or allows only with great difficulty - the movement or passage of water.
Supersaturated
Easement
Impermeable
A S T M
34. Sewers are surcharged when the supply of water to be carried is greater than the capacity of the pipes to carry the flow. The surface of the wastewater in manholes rises above the top of the sewer pipe - and the sewer is under pressure or a head - ra
Curb inlet
Mail Line
Vault
Surcharge
35. Railing support at landings or other breaks in the stairs. If an angle post projects beyond the bottom of the strings - the ornamental detail formed at the bottom of the post is called the drop.
air rights
Angle Post
Nonpotable
Forest Service
36. Narrowly defined - an extended view or prospect from a site which - many times - is as important as or more important than the site itself.
view
Groundwater
planning
zoning
37. A community's used water and water carried solids (including used water from industrial processes) that flow to a treatment plant. Storm water - surface water - and groundwater infiltration also may be included in the wastewater that enters a wastewa
Nonpotable
Wastewater
conservation
Chain of Custody
38. Any method of determining the weight a compacted material is able to support without damage or displacement. Usually stated in pounds per square foot.
Adsorption
Mail Line
Compaction Test
Wastewater Collection System
39. Masonry composed of roughly shaped stones - well bonded and brought at irregular intervals vertically to discontinuous but approximately level beds or courses.
Rubble - Random
Retention
Gravity Flow
Stratification
40. A separate pipe - conduit or open channel (sewer) that carries runoff from storms - surface drainage - and street wash - but does not include domestic and industrial wastes. Storm sewers are often the recipients of hazardous or toxic substances due t
Storm Sewer
landscape
Elevation
Collection Main
41. The force that resists the separation of two bodies in contact.
Adhesion
Chain of Custody
B T U
Lift Station
42. An arrangement of pipes - equipment - devices - tanks and structures for treating wastewater and industrial wastes. A water pollution control plant.
Manhole Bedding
topography
historic preservation
Wastewater Treatment Plant
43. Acronym for 'Computer Aided (i.e. - Assisted) Design and Drafting -' a digital design process in which landscape architects use computers to help produce precise drawings and details for the construction of a project.
CADD
Sedimentation
Invert
Backfill
44. The dropping or lowering of the ground surface as a result of removing excess water (overdraft or overpumping) from an aquifer. After excess water has been removed - the soil will settle - become compacted and the ground surface will drop and can cau
Day Tank
American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA)
historic preservation
Subsidence
45. A large pipe to which a series of smaller pipes are connected. Also called a HEADER.
Roof Leader
Manifold
Council of Landscape Architecture Registration Boards (CLARB)
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
46. A device made of pipe fittings used to prevent sewer gases escaping from the branch or lateral sewer from entering a building sewer.
Trunk Sewer
Supersaturated
Handhole Trap
Rubble - Coursed
47. The amount of runoff that reaches the point of measurement within a relatively short period of time after the occurrence of a storm or other form of precipitation. Also called 'direct runoff.'
environmental inventory
Storm Runoff
landscape
conservation
48. A wall or plate placed in an open channel and used to measure the flow of water. The depth of the flow over the weir can be used to calculate the flow rate - or a chart or conversion table may be used to convert depth to flow. A wall or obstruction u
Sediment
Cistern
Weir
hardscape
49. A coordinating agency formed in 1961 for state boards that administer licensing exams and maintain records for landscape architects to practice.
landscape
Absorption
Council of Landscape Architecture Registration Boards (CLARB)
ecology
50. In the United States - a certification of individuals entitled to use the term 'landscape architect' or to practice landscape architecture or both - by means of examination and required degree and experience criteria.
conservation
Equalizing Basin
Curb Stop
landscape architecture registration