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Civil Engineering Vocab
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1. A device made of pipe fittings used to prevent sewer gases escaping from the branch or lateral sewer from entering a building sewer.
environmental impact
Artesian
manipulation of space
Handhole Trap
2. A manhole located at the upstream end of a sewer and having no inlet pipe. Also called a DEADEND MANHOLE.
B T U
Terminal Manhole
easement
contour
3. A manhole which fills and allows raw wastewater to flow out onto the street or ground.
Overflow Manhole
Wastewater
Baffle
base plan
4. 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.
Interceptor
Lateral Break
Water Table
Handhole Trap
5. A capped opening in a building lateral -usually located on the property line - through which the pipelines can be cleaned.
Bearing
Lateral Cleanout
Capillary Action
Combined Wastewater
6. The elevation of the invert (or bottom) of a pipeline - canal - culvert - or similar conduit. _ The inclination or slope of a pipeline - conduit - stream channel - or natural ground surface; usually expressed in terms of the ratio or percentage of nu
Grade
Terminal Manhole
Handhole Trap
new town
7. A small box-like structure that contains valves used to regulate flows.
Settlement
greenbelt
Main Sewer
Vault
8. A type of easement granting permission to a constructor or developer to build over a street or structure.
cost-benefit analysis
Rubble - Ordinary
Wasteline Cleanout
air rights
9. The property of a material or soil that permits considerable movement of water through it when it is saturated.
Manhole Vents
Permeability
Combined System
ecology
10. A pipe or conduit that carries wastewater or drainage water. The term 'collection line' is often used also.
Sewer
Caisson
Admixture
built environment
11. 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.
landscape architecture
Select Bedding
Selector
planned unit development (PUD)
12. 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
Select Backfill
Easement
Sewer
Storm Water
13. A coordinating agency formed in 1961 for state boards that administer licensing exams and maintain records for landscape architects to practice.
Cistern
master plan
Council of Landscape Architecture Registration Boards (CLARB)
Sewage
14. 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.
reclamation
Handhole Trap
multiple use
Surface Runoff
15. 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
Permeability
land use
Curb Stop
national park
16. A groundwater table that has seasonal changes in depth or elevation.
historic preservation
Seasonal Water Table
Manhole
Select Bedding
17. A multinational organization of landscape architects whose purpose is the promotion of landscape design and planning.
International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA)
Cistern
Main Sewer
environmental design professions
18. Sand - silt - gravel and rocks carried or washed into a collection system by infiltration water flows.
Soil Displacement
Bedding
Rubble - Coursed
Infiltrated Debris
19. A sewer designed to carry both sanitary wastewaters and storm or surface water runoff.
multiple use
Combined System
Roof Leader
Lateral Cleanout
20. The force that resists the separation of two bodies in contact.
Adhesion
Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
Admixture
designed landscape
21. Any method of determining the weight a compacted material is able to support without damage or displacement. Usually stated in pounds per square foot.
Sewage
Storm Water Inlet
Bearing Wall
Compaction Test
22. 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.
Two-Way Cleanout
base plan
Admixture
built environment
23. Horizontal shoring members - usually square - rough cut timber - that are used to hold solid sheeting - braces or vertical shoring members in place. Also called STRINGERS.
Walers
Baluster
Rubble - Ordinary
Catch Basin
24. 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
Surface Runoff
Acidic
Manhole
25. 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
greenbelt
environmental design professions
Activated Sludge Process
Laundering Weir
26. 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
Secondary Treatment
Angle of Repose
Absorption Capacity
Angle Post
27. Narrowly defined - the amount of countryside and/or city that can be taken in at a glance. Also - an area of land or water taken in the aggregate.
environmental impact
landscape
environmental inventory
environmental design professions
28. 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
Lateral Sewer
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
B T U
Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
29. An authorization issued by a government agency allowing construction of a project according to approved plans and specifications.
zoning
American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA)
Manhole Bedding
building (construction) permit
30. 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.
Adsorption
Catch Basin
Permeability
Lateral Sewer
31. Any designated use or activity on a piece of land.
land use
historic preservation
Wastewater
design
32. 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.
greenbelt
designed landscape
planning
Cross Braces
33. A popular social concern of the late nineteenth and early 20th centuries aimed at improving the appearance of urban areas through better planning and the addition of formal - romanticized public spaces and gardens.
City Beautiful Movement
Sanitary Sewer
Saturated Soil
Seasonal Water Table
34. A wall that resist horizontal forces applied in the plane of the wall.
conservation plan
Trunk System
Shear Wall
Septic Tank
35. 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.
historic preservation
Storm Runoff
Day Tank
Aquifer
36. The conversion of large solid particles of sludge into very fine particles which either dissolve or remain suspended in wastewater.
Cross Braces
conservation plan
Subsidence
Liquefaction
37. A layer - usually of concrete or mortar - for providing continuous support to such items as bricks - slabs - pipes.
Combined System
Bedding
Angle of Repose
Caisson
38. Narrowly defined - an extended view or prospect from a site which - many times - is as important as or more important than the site itself.
Sedimentation
Retention
view
Cross Braces
39. The lowest point of the channel inside a pipe - conduit - or canal.
Stratification
Collection Main
zoning
Invert
40. Branch or lateral sewers that collect wastewater from building sewers and service lines.
Mail Line
greenbelt
Vault
Rubble - Random
41. The natural elements with which landscape architects work - such as plant materials and the soil itself.
CADD
softscape
Manifold
Select Backfill
42. A U.S. government agency charged with administering vast areas of public land.
Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
Sewer
Service Pipe
Laundering Weir
43. A U.S. government agency responsible for developing and enforcing regulations that guide the use of land and natural resources.
Aeration
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Soil Pipe
Curb inlet
44. A professional who designs - plans - and manages outdoor spaces ranging from entire ecosystems to residential sites and whose media include natural and built elements; also referred to as a designer - planner - consultant. Not to be confused with lan
landscape architect
planned unit development (PUD)
Mail Line
Grade
45. A wall that supports any vertical load in addition to its own weight.
Balustrade
landscape
Bearing Wall
Stratification
46. The gathering of a gas - liquid - or dissolved substance on the surface or interface zone of another material. Advanced Waste Treatment (water) n Any process of water renovation that upgrades treated wastewater to meet specific reuse requirements. Ma
Selector
Day Tank
Adsorption
Caisson
47. A large pipe to which a series of smaller pipes are connected. Also called a HEADER.
Manifold
Surface Runoff
National Park Service (NPS)
view
48. A sewer that discharges into a branch or other sewer and has no other common sewer tributary to it. Sometimes called a 'street sewer' because it collects wastewater from individual homes.
Lateral Sewer
Hydrostatic Pressure
Catch Basin
Acid Rain
49. A wastewater pumping station that lifts the wastewater to a higher elevation when continuing the sewer at reasonable slopes would involve excessive depths of trench. Also - an installation of pumps that raise wastewater from areas too low to drain in
cost-benefit analysis
Service Pipe
Lift Station
Supersaturated
50. Masonry composed of roughly shaped stones - well bonded and brought at irregular intervals vertically to discontinuous but approximately level beds or courses.
Angle of Repose
landscape architecture
Select Bedding
Rubble - Random