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Civil Engineering Vocab
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1. Material used to fill in a trench or excavation
Interconnector
Artesian
Supersaturated
Backfill
2. Masonry composed of roughly shaped stones - well bonded and brought at irregular intervals vertically to discontinuous but approximately level beds or courses.
Rubble - Random
Interconnector
design
Potable Water
3. A small box-like structure that contains valves used to regulate flows.
drainage
Vault
environmental inventory
Selector
4. 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
ground water
historic preservation
Bearing
Lateral Cleanout
5. The pipe system for collecting and carrying water and watercarried wastes from domestic and industrial sources to a wastewater treatment plant.
Wastewater Collection System
Balustrade
Compaction
Laundering Weir
6. A system of gutters - catch basins - yard drains - culverts and pipes for the purpose of conducting storm waters from an area - but intended to exclude domestic and industrial wastes.
Walers
planning
Storm Collection System
greenbelt
7. An authorization issued by a government agency allowing construction of a project according to approved plans and specifications.
Bearing Wall
Rubble - Ordinary
building (construction) permit
Earth Shift
8. Any method of determining the weight a compacted material is able to support without damage or displacement. Usually stated in pounds per square foot.
Compaction Test
Potable Water
Deadend Manhole
Sewer Main
9. The conversion of large solid particles of sludge into very fine particles which either dissolve or remain suspended in wastewater.
Subsidence
Liquefaction
Mail Line
design
10. A wastewater treatment process used to convert dissolved or suspended materials into a form more readily separated from the water being treated. Usually the process follows primary treatment by sedimentation. The process commonly is a type of biologi
Main Sewer
Secondary Treatment
Two-Way Cleanout
Sedimentation Basin
11. Solid material settled from suspension in a liquid.
Aquifer
Sediment
Interconnector
Storm Water
12. Material used in backfilling of an excavation - selected for desirable compaction or other characteristics.
Curb Stop
Imported Backfill
Select Backfill
manipulation of space
13. 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.
building (construction) permit
Runoff
national park
Roof Leader
14. A coordinating agency formed in 1961 for state boards that administer licensing exams and maintain records for landscape architects to practice.
Council of Landscape Architecture Registration Boards (CLARB)
Balustrade
greenbelt
landscape
15. A wall that resist horizontal forces applied in the plane of the wall.
Bearing
Weir
International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA)
Shear Wall
16. 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.
Caisson
Select Bedding
design
Equalizing Basin
17. 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
Terminal Manhole
Septic Tank
Storm Sewer
Impermeable
18. Load applied along or parallel to and concentric with the primary axis
multiple use
Axial Load
Imported Backfill
Forest Service
19. 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
Saturated Soil
Storm Sewer
Datum Line
Baffle
20. 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
City Beautiful Movement
Infiltrated Debris
21. Legal right to use the property of others for a specific purpose. For example - a utility company may have a fivefoot easement along the property line of a home. This gives the utility the legal right to install and maintain a sewer line within the e
Baffle
planned unit development (PUD)
Easement
Bearing
22. 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.
master plan
Vault
Stratification
Forest Service
23. The linear or a real dimension over which a higher component transmits load to a lower component
Bearing
Chain of Custody
Equalizing Basin
A S T M
24. A flat board or plate - deflector - guide or similar device constructed or placed in flowing water or slurry systems to cause more uniform flow velocities - to absorb energy - and to divert - guide - or agitate liquids (water - chemical solutions - s
Wastewater Treatment Plant
Equalizing Basin
Baffle
Cross Braces
25. 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.
Secondary Treatment
manipulation of space
Deadend Manhole
Aeration
26. A water treatment process in which solid particles settle out of the water being treated in a large clarifier or sedimentation basin.
Runoff
Axial Load
Sedimentation
landscape
27. The movement or dislocation of underground soil or structure. Earth shift is usually caused by external forces such as surface loads - slides - stresses or nearby construction - water movements or seismic forces.
Sewage
Earth Shift
Secondary Treatment
Caisson
28. The oxidation ditch is a modified form of the activated sludge process. The ditch consists of two channels placed side by side and connected at the ends to produce one continuous loop of wastewater flow and a brush rotator assembly placed across the
landscape architecture
Manifold
Saturated Soil
Oxidation Ditch
29. The height to which something is elevated - such as the height above sea level.
Laundering Weir
Surface Runoff
new town
Elevation
30. 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.
Wasteline Vent
site plan
Wastewater
Check Valve
31. A capped opening in a building lateral -usually located on the property line - through which the pipelines can be cleaned.
Lateral Cleanout
Combined System
Aquifer
Impermeable
32. A break in a lateral pipe somewhere between the sewer main and the building connection.
Select Backfill
Wastewater
Lateral Break
Estimated Flow
33. A manhole in which the rate of the water entering is greater than the capacity of the outlet under gravity flow conditions. When the water in the manhole rises above the top of the outlet pipe - the manhole is said to be 'surcharged.'
Surcharge Manhole
building (construction) permit
Aeration
City Beautiful Movement
34. 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.
CADD
base plan
Storm Water Inlet
Select Bedding
35. 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.'
Sediment
Angle of Repose
landscape contractor
Storm Sewer
36. A biological wastewater treatment process which speeds up the decomposition of wastes in the wastewater being treated. Activated sludge is added to wastewater and the mixture (mixed liquor) is aerated and agitated. After some time in the aeration tan
Wastewater Treatment Plant
Two-Way Cleanout
land trust
Activated Sludge Process
37. Soil that cannot absorb any more liquid. The interstices or void spaces in the soil are filled with water to the point at which runoff occurs.
land use
Saturated Soil
Service Pipe
cost-benefit analysis
38. Any designated use or activity on a piece of land.
land use
Catch Basin
Wastewater Treatment Plant
Lateral Cleanout
39. 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.
Sediment
Interceptor
Angle of Repose
Main Sewer
40. 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.
designed landscape
Walers
Roof Leader
Chain of Custody
41. A sewer pipe to which building laterals are connected. Also called a COLLECTION MAIN.
Curb Stop
Sewer Main
Terminal Manhole
Council of Landscape Architecture Registration Boards (CLARB)
42. 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.
built environment
Adhesion
Admixture
Estimated Flow
43. 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
Groundwater
Bedding
B T U
Walers
44. The prepared and compacted base on which a manhole is constructed.
landscape architecture
Absorption Capacity
Angle of Repose
Manhole Bedding
45. 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.
Forest Service
softscape
Outlet
Cistern
46. 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.
Angle Post
American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA)
Potable Water
Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
47. Federal agency responsible for producing and managing many federally-funded public service programs - especially those affecting housing and public spaces.
landscape architect
Housing and Urban Development - Department of (HUD)
Capillary Action
Nonpotable
48. Rain and snow water accumulated in the earth's porous rock.
Wastewater Treatment Plant
Laundering Weir
Wastewater Collection System
ground water
49. 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
Pump Station
agronomy
Lateral Sewer
Sediment
50. 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.
Estimated Flow
topography
zoning
Manifold