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Chapter 1 Flashcards

1
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The predominant structural system for residential and small-scale commercial buildings in North America for over 150 years.

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Wood Light Frame

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A person or organization that undertakes a legal obligation to do construction work.

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Contractor

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A contractor who specializes in one area of construction activity and who usually works under a general contractor or builder.

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Subcontractor

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4
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One who constructs houses or other buildings

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Builder

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One who brings together money, land, dwelling designs, and contractors to create a group of buildings for sale or lease.

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Developer

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One who configures a building and prepares drawings for its construction

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Desinger

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One or a company that generally sell their goods wholesale to retail stores, which, in turn, sell to contractors and to the general public

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Manufacturer

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One who acts as an agent to buy and sell buildings on behalf of others.

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Realtor

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A contract between a realtor and the owner of one or more buildings, for the purpose of selling the building(s)

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Listing Agreement

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10
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A law that specifies in detail how land may be used in municipality

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Zoning Ordinance

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A set of legal restrictions intended to ensure a minimum standard of health and safety in buildings

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Building Code

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Dwellings assembled largely in a factory, with a relatively minor proportion of assembly work remaining to be done on the building site

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Manufactured Housing

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Euphemism for a portable house that is entirely factory built on a steel underframe and supported by wheels

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Mobile Home

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Euphemism for a house assembled on a site from two or more boxlike factory-built sections

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Sectional Home/ Modular Home

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15
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The act of building for profit by an entrepreneurial developer

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Speculative Building

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16
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Low-cost housing for low-income renters or buyers

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Affordable Housing

17
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The dominant residential type, consisting of one house standing alone on its own lot

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Single-Family Detached House

18
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A group of of contiguous building lots that are being developed by one developer

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Tract

19
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A collection of individual houses that have been built to consistent standards on a single tract of land

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Subdivision

20
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A tract of houses planned as a coordinated group that does not necessarily meet all zoning ordinances to the letter but offers compensatory features for those ordinances with which it does not comply

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Planned Unit Development (PUD)

21
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Buildings that contain more than one dwelling unit

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Multi-Unit Structure

22
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A dwelling that is part of a row of dwellings that share common walls between them

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Townhouse

23
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Emergency escape from a building

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Egress

24
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The cost of construction

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First Cost

25
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A cost that takes into account both the first cost and the costs of maintenance, replacement, fuel consumed, monetary inflation, and interest over the lifetime of the object being evaluated

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Life-Cycle Cost

26
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The price for which the owner of a residence can sell it

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Resale Value

27
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The value of a building or piece of land as estimated by a professional who is expert in making such estimates

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Appraised Value

28
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A long-term loan of money at interest, to be repaid during the occupancy of the building

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Permanent Mortgage

29
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Money borrowed at interest that serves as both construction loan and permanent mortgage

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All-In-One Loan

30
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Building to satisfy the needs of the current generation without compromising the ability of future generations to satisfy their needs

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Green Building

31
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A stand of trees managed in such a way that it will continue to produce logs for lumber in perpetuity

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Sustainable-Yield Forest

32
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The energy consumed in producing and transporting a material to the building site

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Embodied Energy

33
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The percentage of a product recovered from waste rather than from original sources

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Recycled Content

34
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A carbon-based chemical that evaporates into the atmosphere

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Volatile Organic Compound (VOC)

35
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A building official who checks building plans for compliance with codes

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Plans Examiner

36
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A building official who checks buildings under construction to verify compliance with codes and approved building plans

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Building Inspector

37
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A final governmental approval that allows the owner of a new or remodeled building to use the building

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Certificate Of Occupancy

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