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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.
landscape architecture
topography
Seasonal Water Table
International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA)
2. A pipe or conduit (sewer) intended to carry wastewater or waterborne wastes from homes - businesses - and industries to the POTW (Publicly Owned Treatment Works). Storm water runoff or unpolluted water should be collected and transported in a separat
built environment
Sanitary Sewer
Curb Stop
Main Sewer
3. 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
greenbelt
landscape
historic preservation
Oxidation Ditch
4. Tamping or rolling of a material to achieve a surface or density that is able to support predicted loads.
planning
Compaction
Sedimentation Basin
Balustrade
5. 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.
conservation plan
multiple use
American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA)
air rights
6. Precipitation which has been rendered (made) acidic by airborne pollutants.
Storm Runoff
Acid Rain
open space
Trunk Sewer
7. Regulations specifying the type of construction methods and materials that are allowable on a project.
Lateral Cleanout
building codes
Surcharge
Weir
8. The upper surface of the zone of saturation of groundwater in an unconfined aquifer.
environmental inventory
Main Sewer
Water Table
Interconnector
9. 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
Weir
Handhole Trap
Easement
environmental inventory
10. The used household water and watercarried solids that flow in sewers to a wastewater treatment plant. The preferred term is WASTEWATER.
contour
Sewage
Secondary Treatment
ecology
11. 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
Interconnector
Equalizing Basin
site plan
new town
12. Masonry composed of irregularly shaped stones laid without regularity of coursing - but well bonded.
Rubble - Ordinary
Housing and Urban Development - Department of (HUD)
Forest Service
International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA)
13. A large - public park - often highly scenic and isolated belonging to and operated by the federal government.
Storm Water Inlet
Imported Backfill
American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA)
national park
14. A branch of biology dealing with the relationship between living things and their environment.
Sedimentation Basin
Manhole Bedding
ecology
Wasteline Vent
15. A small tank (usually covered) or a storage facility used to store water for a home or farm. Often used to store rainwater.
Absorption
softscape
Cistern
Selector
16. 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.
cost-benefit analysis
Select Bedding
Runoff
landscape
17. The lowest point of the channel inside a pipe - conduit - or canal.
Cross Braces
Soil Pipe
Bearing
Invert
18. An opening or point of access in a building wastewater pipe system for rodding or snake operation.
land trust
Runoff
Wasteline Cleanout
Storm Sewer
19. 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
conservation plan
Angle of Repose
Admixture
Secondary Treatment
20. A large pipe to which a series of smaller pipes are connected. Also called a HEADER.
Sedimentation Basin
cost-benefit analysis
Grade
Manifold
21. A device that admits surface waters to the storm water drainage system. Also see CURB INLET and CATCH BASIN.
Collection System
Main Sewer
Storm Water Inlet
Water Table
22. 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.
Sewer Main
planning
land use
Elevation
23. A layer - usually of concrete or mortar - for providing continuous support to such items as bricks - slabs - pipes.
Selector
Bedding
Hydrostatic Pressure
Nonpotable
24. 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.
Riprap
conservation
ground water
Catch Basin
25. A professional society that represents landscape architects in the United States and Canada and seeks to better the practice and understanding of landscape architecture through education - research - state registration and other programs.
Bearing Wall
Soil Displacement
Hydrostatic Pressure
American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA)
26. 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.
Infiltrated Debris
open space
National Park Service (NPS)
Manhole Vents
27. 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
designed landscape
A S T M
ecology
28. 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.
landscape architecture registration
Impermeable
Housing and Urban Development - Department of (HUD)
environmental inventory
29. 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
hardscape
Storm Sewer
master plan
Axial Load
30. 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
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Curb Stop
Balustrade
Elevation
31. 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.
Weir
Angle Post
Caisson
environmental inventory
32. 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
Angle of Repose
Acid Rain
City Beautiful Movement
33. 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
design
Soil Displacement
National Park Service (NPS)
greenbelt
34. The lay of the land - particularly its slope and drainage patterns; the science of drawing maps and charts or otherwise representing the surface features of a region or site - including its natural and man-made features.
softscape
Combined Sewer
environmental impact
topography
35. A material - other than aggregate - cementitious material or water - added in small quantities to the mix in order to produce some (desired) modifications - either to the properties of the mix or of the hardened product.
Interconnector
Supersaturated
view
Admixture
36. A U.S. government agency responsible for developing and enforcing regulations that guide the use of land and natural resources.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Wasteline Cleanout
planned unit development (PUD)
Backfill
37. 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
Soil Displacement
environmental impact
National Park Service (NPS)
Grease Trap
38. The taking in or soaking up of one substance into the body of another by molecular or chemical action (as tree roots absorb dissolved nutrients in the soil).
Pump Station
Absorption
Vault
Equalizing Basin
39. A sewer designed to carry both sanitary wastewaters and storm or surface water runoff.
Combined System
Handhole Trap
Aeration
scenic easement
40. The condition of water or soil which contains a sufficient amount of acid substances to lower the pH below 7.0.
Acidic
Shear Wall
Outlet
Combined Sewer
41. The protection - improvement and use of natural resources according to principles that will assure the highest economic or social benefits for people and the environment now and in the future.
Lateral Break
conservation
Imported Backfill
Lateral Sewer
42. Federal agency responsible for producing and managing many federally-funded public service programs - especially those affecting housing and public spaces.
Housing and Urban Development - Department of (HUD)
easement
Roof Leader
Pump Station
43. A site that might appear to be natural but has elements and features that were planned and specified by a landscape architect. Designed landscapes include Central Park in New York to the siting of buildings.
designed landscape
drainage
Wastewater
reclamation
44. A sewer installed to connect two separate sewers. If one sewer becomes blocked - wastewater can back up and flow through the interconnector to the other sewer.
Interconnector
Wastewater Collection System
Subsidence
Main Sewer
45. American Society for Testing and Materials
Rubble - Ordinary
A S T M
Equalizing Basin
Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
46. 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
Grease Trap
Surcharge
Select Bedding
Forest Service
47. The science and management of land - especially rural - agricultural land.
Curb inlet
new town
agronomy
Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
48. The legal grant of right-of-use to an area of designated private property.
Angle of Repose
parkway
easement
Deadend Manhole
49. Downward movement of the soil or of a structure which it supports
land use
Wastewater
Settlement
environmental impact
50. A manhole located at the upstream end of a sewer and having no inlet pipe. Also called a DEADEND MANHOLE.
Absorption Capacity
Soil Displacement
Secondary Treatment
Terminal Manhole