Chapter 1 Flashcards
The predominant structural system for residential and small-scale commercial buildings in North America for over 150 years.
Wood Light Frame
A person or organization that undertakes a legal obligation to do construction work.
Contractor
A contractor who specializes in one area of construction activity and who usually works under a general contractor or builder.
Subcontractor
One who constructs houses or other buildings
Builder
One who brings together money, land, dwelling designs, and contractors to create a group of buildings for sale or lease.
Developer
One who configures a building and prepares drawings for its construction
Desinger
One or a company that generally sell their goods wholesale to retail stores, which, in turn, sell to contractors and to the general public
Manufacturer
One who acts as an agent to buy and sell buildings on behalf of others.
Realtor
A contract between a realtor and the owner of one or more buildings, for the purpose of selling the building(s)
Listing Agreement
A law that specifies in detail how land may be used in municipality
Zoning Ordinance
A set of legal restrictions intended to ensure a minimum standard of health and safety in buildings
Building Code
Dwellings assembled largely in a factory, with a relatively minor proportion of assembly work remaining to be done on the building site
Manufactured Housing
Euphemism for a portable house that is entirely factory built on a steel underframe and supported by wheels
Mobile Home
Euphemism for a house assembled on a site from two or more boxlike factory-built sections
Sectional Home/ Modular Home
The act of building for profit by an entrepreneurial developer
Speculative Building
Low-cost housing for low-income renters or buyers
Affordable Housing
The dominant residential type, consisting of one house standing alone on its own lot
Single-Family Detached House
A group of of contiguous building lots that are being developed by one developer
Tract
A collection of individual houses that have been built to consistent standards on a single tract of land
Subdivision
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
Planned Unit Development (PUD)
Buildings that contain more than one dwelling unit
Multi-Unit Structure
A dwelling that is part of a row of dwellings that share common walls between them
Townhouse
Emergency escape from a building
Egress
The cost of construction
First Cost
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
Life-Cycle Cost
The price for which the owner of a residence can sell it
Resale Value
The value of a building or piece of land as estimated by a professional who is expert in making such estimates
Appraised Value
A long-term loan of money at interest, to be repaid during the occupancy of the building
Permanent Mortgage
Money borrowed at interest that serves as both construction loan and permanent mortgage
All-In-One Loan
Building to satisfy the needs of the current generation without compromising the ability of future generations to satisfy their needs
Green Building
A stand of trees managed in such a way that it will continue to produce logs for lumber in perpetuity
Sustainable-Yield Forest
The energy consumed in producing and transporting a material to the building site
Embodied Energy
The percentage of a product recovered from waste rather than from original sources
Recycled Content
A carbon-based chemical that evaporates into the atmosphere
Volatile Organic Compound (VOC)
A building official who checks building plans for compliance with codes
Plans Examiner
A building official who checks buildings under construction to verify compliance with codes and approved building plans
Building Inspector
A final governmental approval that allows the owner of a new or remodeled building to use the building
Certificate Of Occupancy
