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Civil Engineering Vocab
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1. A relatively clear or forested area left untouched in or near a city. It may be active open space - such as a baseball field - or passive open space - such as an area of natural woodland.
designed landscape
open space
Bedding
Equalizing Basin
2. The process of adding air to water. Air can be added to water by either passing air through water or passing water through air. In wastewater treatment - air is added to freshen wastewater and to keep solids in suspension. With mixtures of wastewater
base plan
Aeration
multiple use
Curb inlet
3. Shoring members placed across a trench to hold other horizontal and vertical shoring members in place.
City Beautiful Movement
Cross Braces
Manhole Vents
International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA)
4. The amount of liquid which a solid material can absorb. Sand - as an example - can hold approximately onethird of its volume in water - or three cubic feet of dry sand can contain one cubic foot of water. A denser soil - such as clay - can hold much
Surcharge
Settlement
environmental impact
Absorption Capacity
5. Broken stones - boulders - or other materials placed compactly or irregularly on levees or dikes for the protection of earth surfaces against the erosive action of waves.
Shear Wall
Admixture
ground water
Riprap
6. Installation of pumps to lift wastewater to a higher elevation in places where flat land would require excessively deep sewer trenches. Also used to raise wastewater from areas too low to drain into available collection lines. These stations may be e
Trunk Sewer
Baluster
Pump Station
B T U
7. 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.
Gravity Flow
Compaction
ecology
Sedimentation Basin
8. 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.
Axial Load
Select Bedding
Artificial Groundwater Table
site plan
9. 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
Runoff
Imported Backfill
Soil Pipe
Main Sewer
10. 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.
Saturated Soil
Adhesion
Catch Basin
zoning
11. 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
landscape contractor
Day Tank
Surface Runoff
Outlet
12. Masonry composed of roughly shaped stones - well bonded and brought at irregular intervals vertically to discontinuous but approximately level beds or courses.
Artificial Groundwater Table
Rubble - Random
Surface Runoff
Clear Well
13. 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
Secondary Treatment
Artificial Groundwater Table
Bearing
Equalizing Basin
14. Masonry composed of irregularly shaped stones laid without regularity of coursing - but well bonded.
Rubble - Ordinary
Day Tank
multiple use
Subsidence
15. Load applied along or parallel to and concentric with the primary axis
Storm Water Inlet
Trunk Sewer
Walers
Axial Load
16. A railing composed of balusters capped by a handrail.
Surcharge Manhole
Collection System
Wastewater Treatment Plant
Balustrade
17. A legal means of protecting beautiful views and associated aesthetic quality along a site by restricting change in existing features without government approval.
hardscape
natural resources
Laundering Weir
scenic easement
18. The movement of water through very small spaces due to molecular forces.
Surcharge Manhole
Capillary Action
new town
Balustrade
19. The illustration and description of problem-statements and large-scale design solutions that affect extensive areas of land; the anticipation of problems that will be encountered as human use and development of land continues.
Storm Sewer
Infiltrated Debris
Sewer Main
planning
20. Masonry composed of roughly shaped stones fitting approximately on level beds - well bonded and brought at vertical intervals to continuous level beds of courses.
air rights
Rubble - Coursed
design
Sanitary Sewer
21. The upper surface of the zone of saturation of groundwater in an unconfined aquifer.
Chain of Custody
Council of Landscape Architecture Registration Boards (CLARB)
Water Table
designed landscape
22. 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
Oxidation Ditch
Curb Stop
Collection Main
ecology
23. That part of rain or other precipitation that runs off the surface of a drainage area and does not enter the soil or the sewer system as inflow.
grade
agronomy
CADD
Runoff
24. A line from which heights and depths are calculated or measured. Also called a datum plane or a datum level.
Storm Water
Activated Sludge Process
Datum Line
Lateral Sewer
25. 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
Forest Service
Weir
environmental impact
Wasteline Cleanout
26. Harmonious use of the land for more than one purpose; not necessarily the combination of uses that will yield the highest economic return - e.g. - a mix of residential and commercial developments in the same area.
Wastewater
Rubble - Random
multiple use
Cross Braces
27. A manhole located at the upstream end of a sewer and having no inlet pipe. Also called a TERMINAL MANHOLE.
Service Pipe
Combined Sewer
designed landscape
Deadend Manhole
28. 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.
manipulation of space
Cistern
Shear Wall
designed landscape
29. Rain and snow water accumulated in the earth's porous rock.
Sedimentation Basin
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
landscape contractor
ground water
30. A structure or chamber which is usually sunk or lowered by digging from the inside. Used to gain access to the bottom of a stream or other body of water.
Elevation
Caisson
Outlet
Soil Displacement
31. The change to an area's natural resources - including animal and plant life - resulting from use by man. Some projects may require conducting of an 'environmental impact study' before development can proceed.
City Beautiful Movement
environmental impact
Wastewater
Newel Post
32. Material used in backfilling of an excavation - selected for desirable compaction or other characteristics.
B T U
Select Backfill
Capillary Action
land trust
33. One or a series of oneinch diameter holes through a manhole lid for purposes of venting dangerous gases found in sewers.
Admixture
Main Sewer
easement
Manhole Vents
34. An arrangement of pipes - equipment - devices - tanks and structures for treating wastewater and industrial wastes. A water pollution control plant.
zoning
Bearing Wall
Wastewater Treatment Plant
building codes
35. Branch or lateral sewers that collect wastewater from building sewers and service lines.
Select Bedding
land trust
Mail Line
Combined Wastewater
36. A manhole located at the upstream end of a sewer and having no inlet pipe. Also called a DEADEND MANHOLE.
Saturated Soil
hardscape
Terminal Manhole
Wasteline Cleanout
37. A coordinating agency formed in 1961 for state boards that administer licensing exams and maintain records for landscape architects to practice.
Rubble - Ordinary
scenic easement
Lateral Sewer
Council of Landscape Architecture Registration Boards (CLARB)
38. An unstable condition of a solution (water) in which the solution contains a substance at a concentration greater than the saturation concentration for the substance.
Baluster
Main Sewer
Supersaturated
parkway
39. A small box-like structure that contains valves used to regulate flows.
parkway
Caisson
Artesian
Vault
40. In landscape architecture - an essential sheet showing site boundaries and significant site features - used as a basis for subsequent plan development.
Rubble - Coursed
base plan
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
hardscape
41. British thermal units; the quantity of thermal energy required to raise one pound of water at its maximum density - 1 degree F. One BTU is equivalent to .293 watt hours - or 252 calories. One kilowatt hour is equivalent to 3412 BTU Back Pressure (wat
Saturated Soil
National Park Service (NPS)
B T U
cost-benefit analysis
42. Water that does not contain objectionable pollution - contamination - minerals - or infective agents and is considered satisfactory for drinking.
Council of Landscape Architecture Registration Boards (CLARB)
Artesian
Potable Water
Mail Line
43. A branch of biology dealing with the relationship between living things and their environment.
ecology
reclamation
Day Tank
Storm Sewer
44. A natural underground layer of porous - waterbearing materials (sand - gravel) usually capable of yielding a large amount or supply of water.
Aquifer
manipulation of space
Combined Sewer
open space
45. Downward movement of the soil or of a structure which it supports
Settlement
Nonpotable
Permeability
Wasteline Vent
46. A sewer designed to carry both sanitary wastewaters and storm or surface water runoff.
Roof Leader
Combined Sewer
Wasteline Vent
national park
47. The pipeline extending from the water main to the building served or to the consumer's system.
Compaction Test
Service Pipe
Storm Sewer
air rights
48. 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.
Impermeable
Nonpotable
Trunk System
Aquifer
49. A type of easement granting permission to a constructor or developer to build over a street or structure.
reclamation
Estimated Flow
Chain of Custody
air rights
50. An opening or point of access in a building wastewater pipe system for rodding or snake operation.
multiple use
design
Angle of Repose
Wasteline Cleanout