Building Construction Terms II

Question 1

Structural member or reinforced concrete, placed horizontally over openings to carry loads.

Answer 1

Concrete Beam/ Biga

Question 2

Type of sheet iron or steel strengthened for use of constructions by having a series of alternating grooves and ridges forced into it, usually galvanized for weather resistance.

Answer 2

Corrugated G.I. Sheets/ Hiero Canalado Galbanisado

Question 3

Staircase string whose upper edge is straight and parallel to its lower edge; the thread and riser ends are housed in the face of the string and are concealed.

Answer 3

Closed Stringer/ Escalera

Question 4

Angular rock. Form of construction aggregate, typically produces by mining a suitable rock deposit and breaking the removed rock down to the desired size using crushers.

Answer 4

Crushed Stone/ Eskombro

Question 5

Thin narrow boards used to ceil with.

Answer 5

Ceiling Board/ Kostilyahe

Question 6

The bolt at the lower end of the chain plate, which fastens it to the vessel’s side. A bolt with a chain attached for drawing it out of position.

Answer 6

Chain Bolt/ Bakal de Kadena

Question 7

Composed of Earth’s natural material that can be placed and compacted by construction equipment operated in a conventional manner.

Answer 7

Earthfill/ Eskombro

Question 8

Material used to surface the exterior of a building to protect against exposure to the elements, prevent heat loss, and visually unify the façade.

Answer 8

Exterior Siding/ Tabike

Question 9

The horizontal exterior roof overhang.

Answer 9

Eave/ Alero

Question 10

Horizontal boards attached to rafter/ truss ends at the eaves and along gables. Roof drain gutters are attached to the fascia.

Answer 10

Fascia Board/ Senepa

Question 11

Volume of earthen materials that is placed and compacted for the purpose of filling the hole or ground depression. Usually composed of soil, also aggregate, rock, or crushed paving material.

Answer 11

Fill/ Tambak

Question 12

Composition of a semi-solid which hardens on drying. Fills pores, holes, and cracks, in wood, plaster, or other construction surfaces before finishing.

Answer 12

Filler/ Tapal o Dagdag

Question 13

Narrow band with a vertical face. Often interposed as rectangular or square ribbon-like bands between curved moldings/ ornaments. May also be found between the flutings of columns.

Answer 13

Fillet/ Batidora

Question 14

Open able barrier or as a framework of wood, steel, aluminum, glass, or a combination of these materials in a wall opening.

Answer 14

Door/ Pinto

Question 15

Surrounding case into which and out of a door closes and opens. Consists of two upright pieces, side jambs, and a horizontal head jamb. These three jambs have the “door stop” installed on them.

Answer 15

Door Jamb/ Hamba Pintuan

Question 16

Pipe, usually of metal, for carrying rainwater down form the roof’s horizontal gutters.

Answer 16

Downspout/ Tubo de Banada

Question 17

Device controls the flow of liquid.

Answer 17

Faucet/ Gripo

Question 18

Gen. term for a permanent covering of a floor, or for the work of installing such a floor covering.

Answer 18

Flooring/ Suelo

Question 19

Horizontal members that span two walls and/or beams. Carries the weight of the walls, people, furniture, appliances, and other stuff.

Answer 19

Floor Joists/ Soleras

Question 20

The 2x4 or 2x6 wood plate framing member that lays flat against and bolted to the foundation wall and upon which the floor joists are installed.

Answer 20

Floor Sill/ Guililan

Question 21

To place or arrange in alternating or overlapping positions.

Answer 21

Alternate or Staggerd/ Uno Sinotra

Question 22

Are versatile devices used to hold, restrain and support building, civil engineering and other structures, either permanently or temporarily.

Answer 22

Anchor/ Liyabe

Question 23

A roadway that runs in a straight line is said to have a tangent alignment.

Answer 23

Aligned/ Kalinya

Question 24

Prisms small enough that they can quickly air dry individually without cracking. Can be subsequently assembled, with the application of adobe mud to bond the individual bricks into a structure.

Answer 24

Adobe Anchor/ Liyabe

Question 25

An alignment is defined by a series of points, lines, and curves.

Answer 25

Alignment/ Asintada

Question 26

A rod-shaped bolt for fastening a door and sliding into a socket on the frame of the opening.

Answer 26

Barrel Bolt/ Tarankilya

Question 27

An inclined piece of framing lumber applied to wall or floor to strengthen the structure. Often used on walls as temporary bracing until framing has been completed.

Answer 27

Brace/ Pie de Gallo

Question 28

Perform flange placed over a vent pipe to seal the roofing above the vent pipe opening. Also called a vent sleeve.

Answer 28

Collar/ Sinturan

Question 29

An inclined structural member in compression and/ or tension; usually employed to stabilize a frame against horizontal forces, such as wind.

Answer 29

Diagonal Brace/ Sinturon

Question 30

A state of alignment, where two things are even/ aligned against each other.

Answer 30

Flush/ Alahado

Question 31

A slot or trench cut into a member which runs parallel to the grain.

Answer 31

Groove/ Canal

Question 32

Long and narrow indentation built into a material, generally for the purpose of allowing another material or part to move within the groove and be guided by it.

Answer 32

Grooved/ Canalada

Question 33

For building structures by laying individual units (bricks, stone, concrete block) and binding them (by cement mortar and rebar).

Answer 33

Laying of C.H.B. or Adobe/ Asinta

Question 34

Common construction parameter and is used as a control point on the majority of construction projects.

Answer 34

Level/ Lebel

Question 35

A surface forming the beveled end or edge of a piece where a joint is made by cutting two pieces at an angle and fitting them together.

Answer 35

Miter/ Kanto Mesa

Question 36

A shaped piece of metal, wood, card, plastic, or other material used as a pattern for processes.

Answer 36

Pattern/ Plantilya

Question 37

Is a tool used for making holes on the surface of a wall, beam, column for efficacy of applying plasters.

Answer 37

Pick Work or Masay/ Piketa

Question 38

Systematic presentation of intersecting coordinate lines on a flat surface upon which features from a curved surface.

Answer 38

Projection or Overhang/ Bolado or Boladas