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1. In an English-bonded Wall






2. Reinforcement increases a masonry's walls ________ and _______ strength






3. In a Multisotry steel frame building - the columns are generally spiced every ____ floors






4. An ideal pressure-equailzed drainage wall is also referred to as






5. The Dark things in the Corner are ____






6. The concrete tilt-up wall construction system is generally used in...






7. A Column Spice is approximately ___ ft above the lower floor so that the erector can use the floor as a platform to make the connection.






8. The two Strength Properties of Mortar are ______






9. Most of the cost comes from _____






10. __________ are vertical supports used in the forming of concrete.






11. In a Typical sitecast reinforced Concrete structure - the cost of formwork and shores is...






12. Water-resistant exterior walls may be divided into three types What is one of these?






13. Unfinished bolts are made from






14. a larger space - nearly 1/4 or wider - immediately beyond the capillary space is called what?






15. Slagwool is _____






16. Stack casting is used when






17. Ferrous Metals are...






18. Shear stress formula






19. The commonly used floor system in a high-rise and midrise masonry bearing wall buildings in North America is...






20. The anchors in a brick veneer wall assembly provide






21. Most common used Veneer wall is...






22. Generally - a Bond Beam is only _____ deep






23. The concrete tilt-up wall construction system is generally used in...






24. The Middle-THird Rule indicated that ______






25. The most important reason for providing ties in concrete wall is to...






26. Benefits of reinforced masonry






27. Formwork is refereed to as






28. the stirrups in a reinforced concrete beam are used to...






29. The width of an expansion joint is ___






30. A 1 1/2 depression is commonly created in foundation to receive the first course of the veneer - What is the name of the ledge?






31. In addition to water - stucco mix conists of...






32. What is one of the Empirical rules?






33. Vertical Mortar joints are also called _____






34. The I-section can be classified into four shapes. What are they?






35. The height and depth of ending Bearing is ___ for all K-series joists






36. If you are moving the prefabricated formwork for each bay of the floor as a complete unit and the put it into position with a crane This is refereed to as ____






37. What are the 3 types of furnaces?






38. Coats of stucco are usally ____ thick






39. A concrete tilt-up system is limited to...






40. This CMU type resists water infiltration - one ways






41. Yeild strength of steel is also referred to as the ______






42. What is the bottom piece called?






43. Galvanizing is...






44. Pretensioned concrete & tensioned concrete have ______ stress






45. A bond beam in masonry bearing wall building must be a...






46. The Horizontal Lines in the Middle are called ____






47. Bricks that are highly absorptive may need to be wetted before being laid in a wall






48. Steel joist are braced against instabilty by






49. The Very middle one is called _____






50. The Term GFRC is an acronym for...