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Civil Engineering Vocab
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1. A record of each person involved in the handling and possession of a sample from the person who collected the sample to the person who analyzed the sample in the laboratory and to the person who witnessed disposal of the sample.
Imported Backfill
Chain of Custody
Grade
Groundwater
2. A downspout or pipe installed to drain a roof gutter to a storm drain or other means of disposal.
Potable Water
Roof Leader
Rubble - Coursed
base plan
3. A sewer that receives wastewater from many tributary branches or sewers and serves a large territory and contributing population.
Chain of Custody
Curb Stop
National Park Service (NPS)
Trunk Sewer
4. A groundwater table that has seasonal changes in depth or elevation.
planned unit development (PUD)
Rubble - Coursed
Sewer
Seasonal Water Table
5. In zoning - a housing or commercial development composed of individual units that are regulated as a whole.
planned unit development (PUD)
drainage
Datum Line
Council of Landscape Architecture Registration Boards (CLARB)
6. A 19th- and 20th-century planned community traditionally featuring careful mixes of housing - open space - commercial activity and recreation. Examples include Reston - Va. - and Columbia - Md. - in the United States - and Harlow and Stevenage in Gre
new town
Compaction Test
Lateral Sewer
reclamation
7. 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.
Permeability
Curb inlet
Forest Service
new town
8. In landscape architecture - the organization of areas of land for specific aesthetic or functional purposes. This can range from creating small backyard patios to huge urban plazas.
conservation plan
Shear Wall
softscape
manipulation of space
9. The lowest point of the channel inside a pipe - conduit - or canal.
Invert
master plan
planning
B T U
10. 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.
Sanitary Sewer
Admixture
Lateral Cleanout
Sedimentation Basin
11. Material used in backfilling of an excavation - selected for desirable compaction or other characteristics.
Balustrade
Select Backfill
landscape architect
Grade
12. Federal agency responsible for producing and managing many federally-funded public service programs - especially those affecting housing and public spaces.
environmental design professions
Housing and Urban Development - Department of (HUD)
Wastewater Facilities
Absorption Capacity
13. A water service shutoff valve located in a water service pipe near the curb and between the water main and the building. This valve is usually operated by a wrench or valve key and is used to start or stop flows in the water service line to a buildin
Main Sewer
Curb Stop
design
parkway
14. The legal grant of right-of-use to an area of designated private property.
Rubble - Coursed
Water Table
Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
easement
15. Precipitation which has been rendered (made) acidic by airborne pollutants.
landscape architecture
Acid Rain
Select Bedding
Storm Sewer
16. A receptacle designed to collect and retain grease and fatty substances usually found in kitchens or from similar wastes. It is installed in the drainage system between the kitchen or other point of production of the waste and the building wastewater
Grease Trap
Two-Way Cleanout
Catch Basin
Supersaturated
17. Any designated use or activity on a piece of land.
Sewer Main
land use
Lateral Sewer
Shear Wall
18. Regulations specifying the type of construction methods and materials that are allowable on a project.
Roof Leader
Manifold
building codes
Capillary Action
19. 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.
Estimated Flow
building codes
National Park Service (NPS)
A S T M
20. The linear or a real dimension over which a higher component transmits load to a lower component
Sewage
Adhesion
Bearing
Oxidation Ditch
21. A device that admits surface waters to the storm water drainage system. Also see CURB INLET and CATCH BASIN.
Cistern
Storm Water Inlet
A S T M
open space
22. 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
Bedding
Invert
Acid Rain
Imported Backfill
23. A groundwater table that is changed by artificial means. Examples of activities that artificially raise the level of a groundwater table include agricultural irrigation - dams and excessive sewer line exfiltration. A groundwater table can be artifici
Liquefaction
Groundwater
Artificial Groundwater Table
Axial Load
24. 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.
Septic Tank
Deadend Manhole
Curb Stop
zoning
25. Downstream opening or discharge end of a pipe - culvert - or canal.
Wasteline Cleanout
Outlet
Soil Displacement
Permeability
26. A dimensioned drawing indicating the form of an existing area and the physical objects existing in it and those to be built or installed upon it.
ecology
site plan
landscape architecture
environmental design professions
27. The force that resists the separation of two bodies in contact.
Adhesion
Baffle
design
Absorption Capacity
28. A coordinating agency formed in 1961 for state boards that administer licensing exams and maintain records for landscape architects to practice.
environmental inventory
International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA)
Elevation
Council of Landscape Architecture Registration Boards (CLARB)
29. 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.
Sedimentation
Select Bedding
Rubble - Coursed
Aquifer
30. Water that does not contain objectionable pollution - contamination - minerals - or infective agents and is considered satisfactory for drinking.
Potable Water
Sedimentation
International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA)
environmental inventory
31. A system used where wastewater collection systems and treatment plants are not available. The system is a settling tank in which settled sludge is in intimate contact with the wastewater flowing through the tank and the organic solids are decomposed
Septic Tank
Rubble - Coursed
ecology
Combined System
32. Landscape architecture - (civil) engineering - urban planning and architecture. Agronomy is also often included in this group.
Combined System
Manifold
building (construction) permit
environmental design professions
33. One or a series of oneinch diameter holes through a manhole lid for purposes of venting dangerous gases found in sewers.
natural resources
Cross Braces
Lift Station
Manhole Vents
34. A network of pipes - manholes - cleanouts - traps - siphons - lift stations and other structures used to collect all wastewater and wastewatercarried wastes of an area and transport them to a treatment plant or disposal system. The collection system
Soil Pipe
open space
Collection System
Sediment
35. A chamber or well used with storm or combined sewers as a means of removing grit which might otherwise enter and be deposited in sewers. Also see STORM WATER INLET and CURB INLET.
B T U
Wasteline Vent
Manhole
Catch Basin
36. 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.
Day Tank
view
Select Backfill
Earth Shift
37. 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.'
Storm Runoff
planned unit development (PUD)
Sedimentation Basin
landscape
38. OE The pressure at a specific elevation exerted by a body of water at rest - or _ In the case of groundwater - the pressure at a specific elevation due to the weight of water at higher levels in the same zone of saturation.
contour
Collection System
Hydrostatic Pressure
multiple use
39. An arrangement of pipes - equipment - devices - tanks and structures for treating wastewater and industrial wastes. A water pollution control plant.
Wastewater Treatment Plant
master plan
Trunk Sewer
ground water
40. In landscape architecture - an essential sheet showing site boundaries and significant site features - used as a basis for subsequent plan development.
Manhole Vents
Gravity Flow
base plan
conservation
41. A preliminary plan showing proposed ultimate site development. Master plans often comprise site work that must be executed in phases over a long time and are thus subject to drastic modification.
Sewer
Splash Pad
master plan
land use
42. A septic tank or other holding tank which serves as a temporary wastewater storage reservoir for a Septic Tank Effluent Pump (STEP) system. See SEPTIC TANK.
Invert
Interceptor
Weir
Sedimentation
43. The angle between a horizontal line andthe slope or surface of unsupported material such as gravel - sand -or loose soil. Also called the 'natural slope.'
scenic easement
land use
Angle of Repose
Shear Wall
44. This landscape architecture specialization has evolved to encompass maintenance of a site in its present condition; conservation of a site as part of a larger area of historic importance; restoration of a site to a given date or quality; renovation o
historic preservation
Rubble - Random
Backfill
Walers
45. The pipeline extending from the water main to the building served or to the consumer's system.
Combined Sewer
Interceptor
Service Pipe
Lift Station
46. 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
planned unit development (PUD)
Absorption Capacity
Storm Sewer
Surcharge
47. A structure made of concrete or other durable material to protect bare soil from erosion by splashing or falling water.
Absorption
Admixture
Combined System
Splash Pad
48. Vertical member supporting the railing.
softscape
Baluster
Clear Well
Roof Leader
49. A small tank (usually covered) or a storage facility used to store water for a home or farm. Often used to store rainwater.
land use
Sewer Main
Cistern
Laundering Weir
50. A conservation group that maintains a revolving fund for quickly buying land that is in danger of being developed inappropriately or without regard to proper environmental considerations.
Collection Main
Outlet
land trust
Absorption Capacity