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Commercial Construction Final Exam review
- ANS-What is the building envelope, and what does it need to prevent? (3 things)

- Grout is strong like concrete
- Mortar is weaker - ANS-Grout vs. Mortar

1. Plan / Review Contract Terms and requirements
2. Review contract docs and define major activities
3. Work Breakdown Structure• Outline Activities/Areas• List Activities• Group Activities (WBS)
4. Sequence Activities (numbering)
5. Assign Durations (5 day max is ideal)
6. Link activities by relationships
7. Create some milestones
8. Map it out
9. Tweak and expand as the schedule progresses - ANS-What is a CPM schedule?

5 w's (who, what, when, where, why)
Price
duration / completion - ANS-What are some major items that must be stipulated in the contract?

56+ days - ANS-How long should a concrete mix take to gain 100% strength?

A 10' 2 x 4 = 6.67 bf 10(2 x 4 ÷12)A 10' 2 x 6 = 10 bf 10(2 x 6 ÷ 12A 10' 2 x 8 = 13.33 bf 10(2 x 8
÷12)A 10' 2 x 10 = 16.67 bf 10(2 x 10 ÷12)A 10' 2 x 12 = 20 bf 10(2 x 12 ÷12) - ANS-LF-BF
conversion problems

A contract with a fixed total price for a well-defined product or service; also called a fixed-price
contract - ANS-lump sum contract

A covering placed over exterior studs or rafters that serve as a base below the exterior finish
materials. - ANS-Sheathing

A flat surface that is designed to be occupied by buildings and is prepared by grading,
excavating, filling, or a combination of these. In Revit Architecture, you can add a ______ to a
toposurface, and then modify the structure and depth of the pad. - ANS-Building pad

A plan for making and spending money - ANS-budget

A2 Base - engineered fill material (TexDot Spec A2)Pit Run - non engineered fill material from a
pit, suitability for structures is determined by Geotechnical Engineer (VE) - ANS-Select Fill- A2
base vs pit run

, allows the future owner to provide the land and some control over the construction process, but
the developer designs and builds the facility - ANS-design and build contract

An agreement under which the contractor, or the architect, is reimbursed for his or her costs,
and, in addition, is paid a fee for his or her services. - ANS-cost-plus-fee contract

An interlocking edge detail for joining planks or panels - ANS-Tongue-and-groove decking

An internationally recognized green building certification system, providing third party
verification that a building or community was designed and built using strategies aimed at
improving performance across all the metrics that matter most: energy savings, water efficiency,
CO2 emissions reduction, improved indoor environmental quality, and stewardship of resources
and sensitivity to their impacts. -USGBC - ANS-What is LEED?

Bank material - undisturbed natural state (bcy) 100% compacted. Compacted material - placed
and compacted (ccy) - 90-95% compacted. Loose material - excavated (lcy) 65-90% compacted
/ 10-35% swell (rock up to 70% swell) - ANS-Bank, compacted, loose soil defined

Bears directly on the structural fill. Can tie into perimeter beams and grade beams or "float" -
ANS-Slab on grade

Before bidding on the project. - ANS-When is the best time to review a contract?

Before you sign the contract. - ANS-When is the best time to negotiate contract terms?

Better bearing surface. - ANS-What is soils engineering and why?

bringing the dirt in or out of a site. - ANS-What is import/export, cut and fill, and balancing the
site?

building pad that extends beyond the footprint for perimeter footing stability. - ANS-overbuild

By the architect or the owner and by a change order. - ANS-How does a contract document get
changed legally and formally?

C and D faces, with exterior glue; for exterior sheathing - ANS-CDX

carries the vertical imposed load of the building down to suitable bearing subgrade. Could be
slab, could be piers, piles, footings, beams, or a combination of all. - ANS-Foundation

chemical reaction produces heat and evaporates the water - curing, shrinking - ANS-What is
hydration?

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