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Construction Basics

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1. Reshoring Concrete structures is necessary where excessive deflection of Floor slabs or foundation settlement is anticipate on remval of shores






2. The keyway between precast-concrete hollow core slabs runs ____________ to the bearing walls






3. The Two bottom Left ones are called _____






4. A bond Beam in a Masonry bearing wall building is required for structural reasons






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






6. Rest on and are part of the structural frame of the building - they are used for 2nd and higher floors.






7. S-Shapes are mostly used for_____






8. The combination of bond Beams and Vertically reinforced CMU cells forms _______






9. TCA recommends a minimum slab thickness of _____ regarless of the loads






10. The most common used size of brick is...






11. ____________________ is gerneally preferred over filed welding?






12. W-Shape is also called _____






13. Scaffold-types shores are usally made from






14. BOF full name is _______






15. Bond beams are _____






16. When lintel angels and shelf angles are combined in the same angle in a brick veneer clad building - the angle should be treated as a...






17. Ferrous Metals are...






18. The Long part extending from the Foundation into the bed rock - as shown in this picture is called _____






19. What is the 2 arrow?






20. The arrows next to the Column and the base plate are indications of what?






21. In most masonry Beraing wall structures - the floors consist of precast_____






22. The most important reason for providing tires in concrete conlumn is too






23. What is the bottom piece called?






24. In a Flemish-bonded wall






25. Bricks are anchored to the frame on every floor or every other floor?






26. What are the types of concrete slabs and their function?






27. The Vertical Lines that are not connected to Beams are called ____






28. Wicks or Tubes need a spacing of ____ to go with open-head joints






29. This Grade of Steel is The most popular in use in buildings






30. A masonry unit has 20% voids is referred to as a...






31. A steel with a yeild strenth of 50 ksi is also called _____






32. Who Invented the Basic Oxygen Furnace?






33. Slagwool is _____






34. Bear directly on a compacted ground with the organic top soil removed.






35. Roof deck is generally topped with _____






36. Tilt-up walls are connected to the slab on ground by one of the following two method - name one






37. The use of ONe-way decks yields the following two types of bearing wall planes name one?






38. Frame Structure is defined by ________






39. The Slag is what?






40. Galvanizing is...






41. The The Fourth Arrow is Pointing at






42. 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 ____






43. Vertical Mortar joints are also called _____






44. What are some Disadvantages to using Steel and Joists and Joist Girders?






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






46. The keyway between precast-concrete hollow core slabs runs ____________ to the bearing walls






47. Deep foundations use what to ensure that the building does not move






48. Precast-concrete hollow-core slabs are most commonly used in____






49. The greater the _____ the great the torsion created - which increases the cost of the structure.






50. CMU is _____