BC Chapter 1 Flashcards
The building process may take weeks or years and requires many resources in cluding:
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- Legal expertise
- Technical knowledge
- Financial resources
- Management skills
- Creative talent
The owner may contract with a single firm to undertake both design and contruction. Such an arrangement is known as:
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A design-build project
Guidlines applied to basic units of a project that cause the items to work together as acompletely finished item that serves a purpose within established parameters.
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Design Principle
Engineering Specialties
In addition to architecture, the major engineering specialties required during building construction include:
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- Civil engineering
- Structural engineering
- MEchanical engineering
- Electrical engineering
- Fire protection engineering
Components of Civil Engineering:
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- Water supply
- Storm and water Drainage
- Sanitary sewers
- Surveying
- Site preparation and excavation
- Roadways
Components of Structural engineering:
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- Determination of loads
- Foundation design
- Structural behavior
- Structural members
- Structural erection
Components of Mechanical Engineering:
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- HVAC
- Pumping systems
- Elevators
- Plumbing systems
Components of Electrical Enigeering:
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- Lighting
- Power
- Communications
Components of Fire Protection Engineering:
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- Automatic sprinklers
- Standpipes
- Fire Alarm
- Smoke Control
- Building code compliance
A technique known as __________ may be used to shorten the contruction time by overlapping the design and construction phases.
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Fast-track construction
Name all five Construction Types:
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- Fire Resistive
- Protected Noncombustible or Noncumbustible
- Exterior Protected or Ordinary or Masonary
- Heavy Timber
- Wood Frame
The total quantity of comustible contents of a building, space, or fire area, including interior finish and trims, expressed in heat units of the equivalent weight in wood:
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Fuel Load
Heat released whena meterial burns, expressed in kilowatss or BTUs:
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Heat Release Rate (HRR)
Some building elements that may altered to improve access include:
(5)
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- Building entrances
- Parking and Passenger loading zones
- Elevators
- Alarms
- Means of egress
Areas of refuge may include:
(3)
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- Stairway landing in a smokeproof enclosure
- Balcony located adjacent to an exterior stair
- Protected vestibule adjacent to an exit enclosure
Terrain features that may complicate access:
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- Steep slopes
- Rivers
- Landscaping
- Narrow roads
- Setbacks
- Security barriers
Effort to increase the energy efficiency of structures and their component materials is known as:
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Green Design
When buildings are constructed without a known occupant, they are reffered to as _________.
This typ of construction is often developed as an investment rather than to me specific needs.
Examples of this type of construction include:
- Office plazas
- Shopping malls
- Light industrial buildings
- Condos
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Spec Buildings
Large, uncontrollable fire covering a considerable area and crossing fire barriers suchs as streets and waterways; usually involves buildings in more than one block causes a substantial fire loss. Forest fire may also be considered the same:
Conflagration
Flow of heat from a hot substance to a cold substance; may be accomplished by convection, conductio or radiation.
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Heat Transfer
____________ usually involves the transfer of heat through the movement of hot smoke and fire gases.
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Convection
____________ is the transfer of heat through space by electromagnetic waves.
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Thermal radiation
Preincident plans should include:
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- Occupancy type
- Industrial processes conducted on site
- Hazmat in the vicinity
- Location and function of the fire protection controls and outlets
- Building access routes
- Utilities present
