Topped out correct answers Installing the last beam on a steel construction project is known as what?
Dome correct answers An arch rotated around its vertical centerline is the definition of what?
Fly ash correct answers What type of concrete admixture is a recyclable material, produced from ...
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Topped out correct answers Installing the last beam on a steel construction project is known as
what?
Dome correct answers An arch rotated around its vertical centerline is the definition of what?
Fly ash correct answers What type of concrete admixture is a recyclable material, produced from
coal fired power plants and increases the strength and workability in concrete?
85% correct answers Clear glass transmits what percentage of visible light?
Flashing correct answers Special details to prevent water intrusion installed around roof
penetrations are known as what?
Cavity Walls correct answers Walls constructed with an airspace located between two facing
vertical wythes are known as what?
Hardwood, (Broad leafed trees) correct answers Mahogany and oak are examples of what types
of trees?
It becomes brittle correct answers What happens to steel if it contains too much carbon?
Romans correct answers Who is credited with the invention of concrete construction?
Roadways
Sidewalks
Airport Runway
Ground Floor of a Building correct answers What are three uses for slab on grade concrete
construction?
Sand (silicon dioxide) correct answers While containing small amounts of lime, soda ash and
silica, glass is primarily made of what substance?
Roof correct answers What part of a building structure is subjected to solar radiation from the
sun?
Mechanical Electrical and Plumbing correct answers What does the acronym MEP stand for?
Unknown (unknown but was around about 3000 BC and modern glass was known in Alexandria
during the Ptolemaic) correct answers Who is credited with the invention of glass?
Laminated Glass or Safety glass (made of multiple layers of glass and vinyl) correct answers
What is "BR" glass and what type of glass is it?
75% correct answers Aggregates make up roughly what percentage of concrete?
,Course correct answers A horizontal layer of bricks is known as what?
Wythe correct answers A vertical layer of bricks is known as what?
Less then 2% correct answers How much carbon does steel generally contain?
Plywood, Composite, (Oriented strand board) OSB, wafer board, particle board correct answers
Name 5 different types of wood panel.
Sawmill correct answers Where is lumber produced?
aggregate (or additives) correct answers How is mortar colored?
To allow water to flow underneath and stability. correct answers What is the purpose of a rock
sub-base beneath a slab on grade?
Differential correct answers Foundation design should minimize what type of settlement?
1.5 x 5.5 correct answers What are the actual dimensions of a nominal piece of 2x6 piece of
lumber?
20% correct answers Mortar typically takes up what percentage of the surface area of a wall?
Tempered Glass correct answers What type of glass breaks into very small pieces when broken?
Exterior Insulation and Finishing System correct answers What does EIFS stand for?
Standing Seam Roof correct answers Architectural sheet metal roofs are more commonly known
as what type of roof?
Water, sewer, and vent correct answers The "P" in MEP stands for plumbing. In general, what is
the purpose of a plumbing system?
.25" (nomination of 1/8") correct answers What is the diameter of a piece of #2 reinforcement
bar?
Hospital, and Labs correct answers Interstitial roofs (floors) are used typically in what types of
buildings? (Name 2)
Ponding correct answers If a low-sloped or flat roof has insufficient draining this can create
what?
Strip Footing correct answers On what type of footing does a site cast or cast-in-place wall
usually rest?
, Heat of Hydration correct answers Heat given off during the curing process or the hardening of
concrete is known as what?
Fabricator correct answers The person whose job is to deliver steel components to the job site
ready for installation is whom?
Erector correct answers The person whose job is to assemble the steel components on the job site
is whom?
Finger Joints, or Scarf Joints correct answers What are two ways to join laminated pieces of
wood?
Dried in correct answers In order to begin the interior finish, a building must be what?
Cladding System correct answers The non-load bearing exterior wall enclosure of a structure is
the definition of what?
Curing correct answers The process of drying water from concrete as it hardens is known as
what?
Portland cement, lime, sand and water correct answers Mortar is made out of what materials?
Henry Bessemer (Bessemer process) correct answers Who invented the process that made steel a
staple for vertical construction?
Rock, boulder, cobble, gravel, sand correct answers Name 4 different types of soil.
idea or a need correct answers Fundamentally, how do buildings begin?
Redwood, Cypress, Cedar, Teak correct answers Name 4 different types of wood that are
naturally resistant to decay
timber greater than 5 inches correct answers What size constitutes wood as "heavy timber"?
Iron Workers correct answers People who erect steel are known as what?
Lintels correct answers What is the name of the structure made of concrete, steel or brick above a
door or window opening used to support brick?
Weep hole (usually tied into a vapor barrier) correct answers In a cavity wall, what is used at the
bottom to evacuate any water that may be in the wall?
Efflorescence correct answers A fluffy white powder that may occur on the surface of a brick or
CMU wall is known as what?
94 lbs correct answers In the US, a standard bag of cement weighs how much?
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