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Construction Basics

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






2. The Two bottom Left ones are called _____






3. Galvanizing is...






4. During the erection of concrete tilt up walls - a gap is left between the bottom of a wall panel the top of the footing. The gap is approximately






5. Bricks that have frogs are...






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






7. What are two of the most durable flashing materials?






8. In general - a _______________ is more forgiving of construction and workmanship deficiencies than a steel stud-brick veneer






9. The keyway between precast-concret hollow-core slabs is generally






10. What is one of the Empirical rules?






11. Cast Iron is formed when _______






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






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






14. Weep Holes are...






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






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






17. A connection between a floor or roof and a wall must be adequate to sustain the 3 forces What is one of these forces?






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






19. A connection between a floor or roof and a wall must be adequate to sustain the 3 forces What is one of these forces?






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






21. 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 ____






22. Joists Girders has ______ than a Joist






23. Drainage wall must have sufficient built-in redundancy to remain infiltration free for the entire life of the building that includes.






24. W shapes the interior serfaces of the flanges are ____ and are ____ than the S shape






25. two types of facotry-blended mixes for this finish coat are available - name some






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






27. Bricks that have core holes are ____






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






29. A Steel angle used to support the weight of Brick veneer over an opening is called a...






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






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






32. In what order are roof componants placed:






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






34. A shelf angle must be anchored to the building's...






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






36. ASTM standards require that the area between control joints in stucco applied on a stud wall assembly not exceed ______ with neither deminsion of this area exceeding ___






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






38. Most of the cost comes from _____






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






40. A material that is weak in tension is...






41. BOF full name is _______






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






43. Use of the load bearing masonry wall system became extinct for a while and was revived






44. Rain screen is...






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






46. G120 is for ____ corrosive enviroment






47. The Very middle one is called _____






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






49. Who designed the kaunthaus bregenz?






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