Chapter 6 Building Construction Voc

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An older type of wood frame construction in which the wall studs extend vertically from the basement of a structure to the roof without any fire stops.

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Balloon-frame construction

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Trusses that are curved on the top and straight on the bottom.

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Bowstring truss

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The property describing whether a material will burn and how quickly it will burn.

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Combustibility

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Nonbearing walls that are used to separate the inside and outside of the building, but that are not part of the support structure for the building.

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Curtain wall

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Roofs that have a curved shape.

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Curved roofs

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The weight of a building. It consists of the weight of all materials of construction incorporated into a building, including but not limited to walls, floors, roofs, ceilings, stairways, built-in partitions, finishes, cladding, and other similarly incorporated architectural and structural items, as well as fixed service equipment, including the weight of cranes.

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Dead load

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A fire-rated assembly used to enclose a vertical opening such as a stairwell, elevator shaft, and chase for building utilities.

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Fire enclosure

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An interior wall extending from the floor to the underside of the floor above.

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Fire partition

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a wall with a fire-resistive rating and structural stability that separates buildings or subdivides a building to prevent the spread of fire

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Fire wall

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A window or glass block assembly with a fire-resistive rating.

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Fire window

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Horizontal roofs often found on commercial or industrial occupancies.

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Flat roofs

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Thick pieces of glass that are similar to bricks or tiles.

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Glass blocks

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A naturally occurring material composed of calcium sulfate and water molecules

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Gypsum

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The generic name for a family of sheet products consisting of a noncombustible core primarily of gypsum with paper surfacing

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Gypsum board

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Any coating or veneer applied as a finish to a bulkhead, structural insulation, or overhead, including the visible finish, all intermediate materials, and all application materials and adhesives.

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Interior finish

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Safety glass. The process places a thin layer of plastic between two layers of glass, so that the glass does not shatter and fall apart when broken.

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Laminated glass

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The weight of the building contents.

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Live load

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A wall that is designed to provide structural support for a building.

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Load-bearing wall

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A factory-assembled structure or a structure transportable in one or more sections that is built on a permanent chassis and designed to be used as a dwelling without a permanent foundation when connected to the required utilities, including the plumbing, heating, air-conditioning, and electric systems contained therein.

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Manufactured (mobile) home

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A built-up unit of construction or combination of materials such as brick, clay tiles, or stone set in mortar.

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Masonry

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A wall that is designed to support only the weight of the wall itself.

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Nonbearing wall

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The purpose for which a building or other structure, or part thereof, is used or intended to be used.

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Occupancy

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Trusses in which the top and bottom chords are parallel

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Parallel chord truss

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A wall constructed on the line between two properties.

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Party wall

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Type of truss typically used to support a sloping roof.

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Pitched chord truss

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A roof with sloping or inclined surfaces.

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Pitched roof

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Construction technique for building the frame of the structure one floor at a time. Each floor has a top and bottom plate that acts as a firestop.

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Platform-frame construction

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The chemical decomposition of a compound into one or more substances by heat alone. This often precedes combustion.

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Pyrolysis

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Joists that are mounted in an inclined position to support a roof.

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Rafters

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Chipping or pitting of concrete or masonry surfaces.

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Spalling

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A type of safety glass that is heat-treated so that it will break into small pieces that are not as dangerous.

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Tempered glass

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A property that describes how quickly a material will conduct heat.

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Thermal conductivity

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A plastic material capable of being repeatedly softened by heating and hardened by cooling and, that in the softened state, can be repeatedly shaped by molding or forming.

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Thermoplastic material

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A plastic material that, after having been cured by heat or other means, is substantially infusible and cannot be softened and formed.

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Thermoset material

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A collection of lightweight structural components joined in a triangular configuration that can be used to support either floors or roofs.

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Truss

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Buildings with structural members made of noncombustible materials that have a specified fire resistance.

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Type I construction (fire resistive)

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Buildings with structural members made of noncombustible materials without fire resistance

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Type II construction (noncombustible

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Buildings with the exterior walls made of noncombustible or limited-combustible materials, but interior floors and walls made of combustible materials.

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Type III construction (ordinary)

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Buildings constructed with noncombustible or limited-combustible exterior walls, and interior walls and floors made of large-dimension combustible materials

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Type IV construction (heavy timber)

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Buildings with exterior walls, interior walls, floors, and roof structures made of wood.

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Type V construction (wood frame)

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Glass made by molding glass around a special wire mesh.

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Wired glass

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Thin sheets of wood glued together.

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Wood panels

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Assemblies of small pieces of wood or wood and metal

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Wood trusses

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Load-bearing members assembled from individual wood components

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Wooden beams