Soil Bearing Capacity - Precise Answer ✔✔the measure of a soil to
decrease in volume under the pressure of a given weight.
AASHTO - Precise Answer ✔✔American Association of State Highway
and Transportation Officials
,Pilot hole for wooden screws - Precise Answer ✔✔prevents the wood
from splintering when driving the screw
Embankment - Precise Answer ✔✔a wall or bank of earth or stone built
to prevent water from moving into an area
Stabilized inlet - Precise Answer ✔✔typically constructed with riprap,
reduces velocity of water entering a stormwater treatment facility
Riprap - Precise Answer ✔✔Large angular rocks or concrete piled
together to diffuse energy of water before it enters a stormwater
treatment facility
Ledger - Precise Answer ✔✔A board that supports joists and transfers
loads from the deck to the structure the deck is attached to.
ADA compliant handrails - Precise Answer ✔✔must be between 34" -
38" high
Fall zone surrounding playground equipment - Precise Answer ✔✔must
be 6' on all sides.
Forebay - Precise Answer ✔✔located upstream of a constructed
stormwater wetland to intercept and reduce the velocity of flows
entering wetlands and settle sediments.
,Batter - Precise Answer ✔✔the slope of a retaining wall measured along
its vertical face
Construction Documentation Cover Sheet includes - Precise Answer
✔✔-Site Address
-Sheet Index
-Project Location Map
-Vicinity Map
-Official Date of Issuance
Bid documents include - Precise Answer ✔✔-General and Supplemental
conditions
-instructions to bidders
-bid forms
Three Part specification - Precise Answer ✔✔1. general
2. product
3. execution
Zinc coating - Precise Answer ✔✔often added to non-stainless steel
fixtures in exterior applications to reduce the formation of rust.
(done by dipping fasteners in a vessel of molten zinc, called hot-dip
galvanizing)
, Unit Price Contract - Precise Answer ✔✔Best contract for a project that
includes a significant (as-yet) undetermined amount of excavation
Landscape finished grade should be - Precise Answer ✔✔6 inches
below finished floor elevation of a structure.
Exterior landscape finished grade should be - Precise Answer ✔✔2
inches below finished surface elevation of adjacent hardscape
(sidewalks, pool decks)
Filter Strips - Precise Answer ✔✔filter sediments from stormwater and
treat sheet flows from adjacent surfaces (improving water quality)
Bituminous binder - Precise Answer ✔✔used to adhere a new coat of
asphalt to an existing asphalt surface.
Mortar - Precise Answer ✔✔used to bond individual masonry units
Epoxy - Precise Answer ✔✔high-strength adhesive used to bond wood,
concrete, metals, and/or plastics in general construction.
30 inches - Precise Answer ✔✔maximum permissible rise on an ADA-
accessible ramp before a landing is required
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