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Main office overhead / indirect costs - ✔✔Costs incurred whether there is a project or not
General liability insurance - ✔✔Covers losses on the project that do not involve employee
injuries
Builder's risk insurance - ✔✔When work gets damaged by outside event: rain, fire, etc.
Surety - ✔✔company that writes bonds
Bid bond - ✔✔assurance to the owner that if the contractor fails to sign contract for
proposed number, the owner can use the bond money to hire next lowest bidder
Payment bond - ✔✔protects owner form liens if contractor fails to pay all the job costs
Performance bond - ✔✔assurance to the owner that the contract will be completed
In order to get a bond, someone has to sign a ___ - ✔✔master surety agreement
master surety agreement - ✔✔in the event of a loss, anything the company AND person
owns, the surety can take
Column - ✔✔A long, relatively slender, supporting pillar. A column is usually loaded axially in
compression
Beam - ✔✔A structural member that primarily resists loads applied laterally to the axis
, Joist - ✔✔Parallel beams of lumber, concrete, or steel used to support floor and ceiling
systems.
Girder - ✔✔A large principal beam of steel, reinforced concrete, wood, or a combination of
these, used to support other structural members at isolated points along its length
Load-bearing wall - ✔✔A wall specifically designed and built to support and imposed load in
addition to its own weight.
Anchor Bolt - ✔✔A threaded bolt, usually embeded in a foundation, for sealing a sill,
framework, or machinery
Envelope - ✔✔The elements of a building that enclose conditioned areas and through which
thermal energy may be transfered to or from the outside environment
Tilt-up - ✔✔a method of concrete construction in which members are cast horizontally at a
location adjacent to their final position and are tilted into place after forms are removed.
casted face down
Metal Framing - ✔✔Partitions commonly used for fire-rated construction around columns
and beams
Dampproofing - ✔✔an application of water-resisting treatment or material to the surface of
a concrete or masonry wall to prevent passage or absorption of water or moisture. can also use
a concrete admixture to achieve this.
Air Barrier - ✔✔A component of the envelop system that prohibits air leakage into a building
and reduces the risk of condensation build up. House wrap and fluid applied barriers are
examples.
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