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Civil Engineering Vocab

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1. The science and art of design - planning - management and stewardship of the land. Landscape architecture involves natural and built elements - cultural and scientific knowledge - and concern for resource conservation to the end that the resulting en






2. 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.






3. 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






4. 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






5. 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.






6. Shoring members placed across a trench to hold other horizontal and vertical shoring members in place.






7. 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.






8. A collection pipe to which building laterals are connected.






9. A device that admits surface waters to the storm water drainage system. Also see CURB INLET and CATCH BASIN.






10. The height to which something is elevated - such as the height above sea level.






11. Any designated use or activity on a piece of land.






12. 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.






13. The prepared and compacted base on which a manhole is constructed.






14. 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.






15. 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






16. A type of easement granting permission to a constructor or developer to build over a street or structure.






17. A groundwater table that has seasonal changes in depth or elevation.






18. 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.






19. Rain and snow water accumulated in the earth's porous rock.






20. In landscape architecture - a study of the potential cost of site purchase - demolition and improvement in comparison to the income or other benefit to be derived from site development.






21. 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.






22. A capped opening in a building lateral -usually located on the property line - through which the pipelines can be cleaned.






23. In landscape architecture - an essential sheet showing site boundaries and significant site features - used as a basis for subsequent plan development.






24. Pertaining to groundwater - a well - or underground basin where the water is under a pressure greater than atmospheric and will rise above the level of its upper confining surface if given an opportunity to do so.






25. Federal agency responsible for producing and managing many federally-funded public service programs - especially those affecting housing and public spaces.






26. A legal means of protecting beautiful views and associated aesthetic quality along a site by restricting change in existing features without government approval.






27. 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






28. A road laid through a garden or park-like landscape - usually with median and roadside plantings.






29. 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.






30. An arrangement of pipes - equipment - devices - tanks and structures for treating wastewater and industrial wastes. A water pollution control plant.






31. Material used to fill in a trench or excavation






32. 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






33. 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.






34. 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.






35. Sand - silt - gravel and rocks carried or washed into a collection system by infiltration water flows.






36. 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.






37. A layer - usually of concrete or mortar - for providing continuous support to such items as bricks - slabs - pipes.






38. A wall that supports any vertical load in addition to its own weight.






39. The excess water running off from the surface of a drainage area during and immediately after a period of rain. See STORM RUNOFF.






40. Most plumbing codes require a vent pipe connection of adequate size and located downstream of a trap in a building wastewater system. This vent prevents the accumulation of gases or odors and is usually piped through the roof and out of doors.






41. 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.






42. A coordinating agency formed in 1961 for state boards that administer licensing exams and maintain records for landscape architects to practice.






43. A multinational organization of landscape architects whose purpose is the promotion of landscape design and planning.






44. American Society for Testing and Materials






45. 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.






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






47. 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






48. A small tank (usually covered) or a storage facility used to store water for a home or farm. Often used to store rainwater.






49. Water that does not contain objectionable pollution - contamination - minerals - or infective agents and is considered satisfactory for drinking.






50. The condition of water or soil which contains a sufficient amount of acid substances to lower the pH below 7.0.