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Construction Basics

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1. What is the Fill Made up of?






2. The Bottom Right hand Picture is a ______






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






4. in terms of water infiltration - the exterior walls in historical buildings functioned as






5. A typical bond beam is provided with






6. The backup wall in brick veneer wall assemby consists of a...






7. G60 is for ____ corrosive enviroment






8. What is the formula for strain?






9. Most common used Veneer wall is...






10. The Top Left hand Corner is a ____ Beam






11. This CMU type resists water infiltration - one ways






12. What are the three forces that affect water infiltration through exterior wall are...






13. A Mortar capturing device in a brick veneer assembly is used






14. Suction that pulls wind driven rain into the airspace of a drainage wall takes place on the __________ of the wall






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






16. Strain Formula






17. PCI recommends a minimum horizontal clearance of ___ of precast panels from the buildings structural frame






18. Formwork is refereed to as






19. The bearing strength of a material is closely related to it's ___________






20. In a tilt up wall constuction system - the walls are...






21. In relation to it's compressive strength - the tensile strength of concrete is...






22. In a PT concrete slab on groud - the tendons are stressed from the






23. Joists Girders has ______ than a Joist






24. Shores are used for...






25. Per ASTM standars - facing bricks are classiffied as Types FBS - FBX. amd FBA. Which of these types has the most stringent requirements for dimensional tolerance - chippage - and warpage?






26. What does SJI stand for?






27. BOF full name is _______






28. The width of an expansion joint is ___






29. Mortar-Capturing device is a...






30. The Very middle one is called _____






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






32. If you put less lime in Morar this decreases






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






34. The chairs used for supporting reinforcing steel bars are generally






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






36. Thermal Mass is _____






37. The Three Levels of Hot-dip Galvanizing are...






38. Name one of the types of foundations of tilt-up walls






39. The 'perfect' amount of carbon is from .01 to 1.7% - this metal is called ______






40. The chairs used for supporting reinforcing steel bars are generally






41. Pretensioning is generally done at precaster's plant and yeilds a precast - prestressed concrete member.






42. Joist spacing is generally between ___ and ___ for floors






43. What is an Isolation Joint?

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44. In a running-bond wall






45. Galvanizing is...






46. The most common thickness for mortar is____






47. A snape Tie consits of...






48. Where the concrete absorbs the heat from the day and slowly releases it during the night






49. the GFRC skin is obtained by






50. An isolated concrete slab-on-ground requires what types of joints?