Building Technology

1 Short metal "T" beam used in suspended ceiling systems to bridge the spaces
between the main beams
2 Roofing tile which has the shape of an S laid on its side
3 Clay roofing tile approximately semi cylindrical in shape laid in courses with units
having their convex side alternately up and down
4 Groove cut into a board or panel intended to receive the edge of a connecting board
5 Part of the building foundation which forms the permanent retaining wall
of the structure below grade
6 Part of a foundation system which supports the exterior walls of a superstructure and
bears directly on the column footing
7 Black, tar like waterproofing material applied to the exterior of a foundation wall
8 System of framing a building in which the studs are continuous to
roof supporting second floor joints
9 System of framing a building on which floor joists of each storey rest on the top plates
of the storey below and the bearing walls and partitions rest on the subfloor of each storey
10 An exterior security lock installed on exterior entry doors that can be activated only
with a key or thumb-turn
11 Rough plaster finish obtained by flinging plaster on a wall with a hand operated machine
12 Principal member of the truss which extends from one end to the other
primarily to resist bending
13 Composition of two or more metals fused together usually to obtain a desired property
14 Horizontal distance from the face of a lock or latch to the center of the knob or lock cylinder
15 Vertical members in a railing used between a top rail and bottom rail or the stair treads
16 An iron alloy usually including carbon and silicon which has high compressive strength
but low tensile strength
17 Ferrous metal that offers great resistance to abrassion and finds important use in
the cutting edges of heavy digging tools
18 Commercially pure iron of fibrous nature, valued for its corrosion resistance and ductility
19 Window or door in which two panes of glass are used with a sealed air space between
20 The wall of Intramuros
21 Concrete slab should have a minimum clearance
22 Special type of plate girder consisting of tees, angles and multiple web
23 Beam that projects beyond one or both its support
24 Wall (bearing or non-bearing) designed to resist lateral forces parallel to the wall
25 Modern method of installing wood parquet flooring on wooden boards sub-flooring
26 Standard height of window sills for office rooms in upper floors
27 Dimension of commercial acoustic boards for aluminum T-runners used for
dropped-ceiling in offices
28 Horizontal exterior roof overhang
29 Structural method used for longer span/ interval of columns
30 Humidification and condensation in exterior walls are minimized by providing:
31 Corrugated metal or concrete barrier walls installed around a basement window
to hold back the earth
32 Type of slab when the ratio of short span to the long span of a slab is less than 0.50
33 Tar paper. Installed under the roof shingles
34 Longitudinal beams which rest on the top chord and preferably at the joints of the truss
35 The section of which the moment changes from positive to negative
36 Narrow strip of wood applied to cover a joint along the edges of two parallel boards
in the same plane
37 A wood or plywood piece used to fasten the ends of two members together at a
38 butt joint with nails or bolts
39 The stressing of unbounded tendons after concrete has cured
40 The boxing in of covering a joist, beam or girder to give the appearance of a larger beam
41 Pressure exerted against the underground portion of a building created by
the presence of water in the soil
42 Window which projects outside the main line of a building and the compartment
in which it is located extends to the floor
43 Joint employed to reduce restraint by accommodating movement of masonry walls
44 Joint used for adjoining existing building to new building
45 Joint formed when a concrete surface hardens before the next batch of concrete
is placed against it
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Cross Tee
Pantile
Mission Tile
Dado
Foundation Wall
Grade Beam
Dampproofing
Balloon Framing
Western Framing
Dead Bolt
Tryolean Finish
Chord
Alloy
Backset
Baluster
Cast Iron
Nickel Steel
Wrought Iron
Double Glass
Fortification
15mm
Hybrid Girder
Cantilever Beam
Shear Wall
Gluing/ Pasting
0.90 m
24" x 48" x 1/2"
Eaves
Post-tensioning
Building paper sheathing
and space filled
Area Wells
One-Way Slab
Felt
Purlins
Inflection Point
Batten
Fish Plate or Gusset Plate
Post-tensioning
Beam Blocking
Atmospheric Pressure
Bay Window
Control Joints
Expansion Joint
Cold Joint

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46 Joint used when vertical and horizontal surface is reinforced concrete
where concreting was stopped and continued later
47 Joint that is a straight groove which is used on concrete floors to "control" where
the concrete should crack
48 Joint formed by overlapping the edges of metal sheet or plated and joining them
by riveting, soldering or brazing
49 Interior paint that contains a high proportion of pigment and dries to a flat/ lusterless finish
50 Filipino term for horizontal stud
51 Filipino term for floor joist
52 Filipino term for rabbet
53 Filipino term for plastered course
54 Filipino term for bottom chord
55 Filipino term for purlin
56 Filipino term for eave
57 Filipino term for top chord
58 Filipino term for temper (metal work)
59 Filipino term for plumb line
60 Filipino term for projection
61 Filipino term for rafter
62 Filipino term for baseboard
63 Filipino term for alignment
64 Filipino term for bath tub
65 Filipino term for brace
66 Filipino term for cast iron
67 Filipino term for contractor
68 Filipino term for downspout
69 Filipino term for pattern
70 Filipino term for mortar
71 A steel plate attached to both sides at each joint of a truss
72 Climatic factor that is considered in the structural and architectural design of tall buildings
73 Dry walls are customarily finished
74 One method of leveling batterboards without the transit is the use of
75 Manual method of squaring the corners of a building lines in building layout
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The direction, size, arrangement, appearance, or quality of the fibers in wood

The most common materials used for roofing of urban residential houses
Block or panel type insulating material used in flat roof of commercial or industrial building
Standard size overlap for corrugated G.I. roofing
A continuous recess built into a wall to receive pipes, ducts, etc.
Building stone of igneous origin and composed of quartz, hornblende and mica
Form of brick bond which is composed of alternating courses of headers and stretchers
Form of brick bond which is composed entirely of stretchers
Form of brick bond which is a variation of a running bond with a full course of headers
at regular intervals
Form of brick bond in which each course is alternately composed of entirely
of headers or of stretchers
A notch cut in the end of a rafter to permit it to fit flat on a wall and on the top,
doubled, exterior wall plate
A geological or ground condition considered in determining the size and type of
foundation of the building
Materials excellent as vapor barrier in the roofing system of residential buildings
The chief structural materials, used for tall buildings

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Construction Joint
Control Joint
Lap Seam
Flat Paint
Trabe-Anzo
Soleras
Vaciada
Kusturada
Tirante
Reostra
Alero
Tahilan
Poleva
Hulog
Bolada
Kilo
Rodapis
Asintada
Baniera
Pie De Gallo
Pundido
Kontratista (yeah!)
Tubo de Banada
Plantilya
Paupo
Gang Nail Plate
Lightning
Lath and Plaster
1/4 plastic hose filled w/ water

3-4-5 multiples with the use

of steel tape measure
Grain
G.I. Sheets
Corkboard
1 1/2 corr
Chase
Serpentine
English Bond
Running Bond
Common Bond / American
Bond
Flemish Bond
Heel Cut
Soil Bearing Pressure
Aluminum Foil Sheets
Reinforced Concrete and
High Grade Steel

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91 Material that holds less moisture, is very light, less water absorptive capacity
and is very good in sidings of dwelling units
92 The finished frame surrounding a door
93 A door lock with a spring bolt controlled by one or both knobs and dead bolt
controlled by a key
94 Door consisting of two separate leaves, one above the other, this leaves may
operate independently or together
95 A twisting force
95 The appearance concrete makes when rocks in the concrete are visible and where there
are void areas in the foundation wall, especially around concrete foundation windows
97 A barrier or diaphragm formed to prevent the movement of soil to stabilize foundation
98 Refers to the term stone-cut
99 Standard concrete mix for beams, girders, slabs, stairs and columns
100 Chord splice connectors for trusses
101 A specialized fastener used to pull on to hold mitered joints together
102 Most waterproofed type of mortar joints for wall
103 Rafters laid diagonally from corner of a plate or girts to the ridge
104 The horizontal boards nailed to corner post to assist in the accurate layout of
foundation and excavation lines
105 Columns in which a concrete core is reinforced with a steel or cast-iron core
designed to support a part of load
106 Instrument or tool capable of vertical and horizontal line check
107 A three-dimensional structural system without bearing walls composed of
interconnected laterally supported so as to function as a complete self-contained unit with
or without the aids of horizontal diaphragms or floor-bracing system
108 The metal latch plate in a door frame into which a doorknob plunger latches
109 The appropriate painting material type for wood surfaces
110 Coating of commercially made corrugated G.I. sheets, ga. 26, having standard corrugation
111 Wood flooring finishing material
112 A common paint film defect where progressive powdering from the surface inward occurs
113 Time required for the removal of a form works of a concrete footing
114 Wall partition wooden framing
115 The appropriate paint material for G.I. sheet roofing
116 The paint finishing material of long-span pre-painted roofing sheet
117 Hardware used to fasten corrugated asbestos cement roofing sheet on a steel purlin
118 Hardware used to fasten an asphalt strip roof shingle on wooden sheets/planks
119 A type of concrete floor which has no beam
120 Tool used for guiding and testing the work to a vertical and horizontal position
121 Tool for testing and for framing work
121 Vertical surface on face of a stair step
123 The complete records of test conduction (slump, compression test, etc.) shall be
preserved and made available for inspection during the progress of construction and
after completion of the projects for a period of not less than
124 Nominal 1" - 2" thk members connecting opposite roof rafters to stiffen the roof structure
125 Thickness of a wood plank
126 Distance from the first to the last riser of a stair flight
127 A high-speed rotary shaping hand power tool used to make smooth cutting
and curving on solid wood
128 A mixture of sand and stone and a major component of concrete
129 The major horizontal supporting member of the floor system
130 A wall supporting no load other than its own weight
131 A wall that support weight from above as well as their own dead weight
132 A wall that holds back on earth embankment
133 A wall which supports vertical loads in addition to its weight without the benefit of
a complete vertical load carrying space frame
134 A non-bearing wall built on a concrete floor
135 It is designed to resist lateral forces parallel to the plane of the wall

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Asbestos-Cement Shingles
Door Jamb
Knob Bolt
Dutch Door
Torsion
Honey Combs
Sheet Piling
Wood Siding
AA
Split-Ring
Clamp Nail
Weathered
Hip Rafter
Batter Boards
Composite Column
Spirit Level
Space Frame
Keeper
Zinc Chromate
Aluminum Coating
7 & 6 Wood Planks
Chalking
24 hours
Studs
Acrylic Latex Paint
Acrylic Paint
L Hook Bolt
Staple Wire
Flat Slab
Level Tool
Steel Square
Riser
2 years
Collar Beam
2" to 5"
Run
Portable Hand Router
Aggregate
Girder
Nonbearing Wall
Load Bearing Wall
Retaining Wall
Bearing Wall
Floating Wall
Shear Wall

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The occupancy load which either partially or fully in place or may not be present at all
Distance between inflection point in the column when it breaks
The most important component to determine the strength of a concrete mix
The total of all the tread widths in a stair
A pit in a basement floor made to collect water into which a pump is placed
to pump the liquid to the sewer pipe
The pre-construction of components as a part of a whole
An opening in the roof for admitting light
Wood coming out from trees with needle leaves, rather than broad leaves
A kind of brick used for high temperature
A nailer strip incorporated in rough concrete wall to be plastered to act as guide and
support for finish trim around openings and near the base of the wall
Distance between two structural supports
Scientific name for wood
A small member which divides the glass or openings of sash or doors
Roof that has four sloping sides
Stone placed on a slope to prevent erosion
A tough used for carrying off water
The process of removing concrete forms from the cured concrete
A structural member spanning from truss-to-truss or supporting rafters
A threaded steel bent inserted of masonry construction for securing wood or
metal plates to concrete construction
A horizontal piece of wood, stone, steel or concrete across the top of door or
window opening to bear the weight of the walls above the opening
The placing of glass in windows or doors
Another word for handmill on a stair construction
A joint produced by lapping two pieces of materials
The most common type of hinge where one leaf attaches to the door's edge,
the other to its jamb
Lumber that still contains moisture or sap
The internal angle formed by the two roof slopes of a roof
A vertical board attached on the ends of the rafters
A large heavy nail
Underwater watertight chamber to allow construction work to be done
Lumber specification S4S
The term used to indicate top and lower principal member of a roof or bridge truss
Strips of hardwood, usually 2x2 laid over a concrete slab floor
Miter square is a guiding and testing tool that has a permanent blade set
A beveled metal tongue operated by a spring-loaded knob or lever
A wall that serves two (2) dwelling units, known also as party wall
The hardware on a door to accommodate the knob and lockset keyhole
The material used for the process of making watertight the roof intersection and
other exposed areas on the exterior of a building
A short wood bracket or cantilever that supports an overhang portion of a roof
The term to describe the putting up of the skeleton of the building
Wedge-shaped stone of an arch
Fireproof door with metal covering
The triangular, decorative and supporting member that holds a mantel or horizontal shelf
Lumber that is not squared or finished
A round steel bolt embedded in concrete or masonry use to hold down machinery,
steel columns or beams, casting, shoes, beams plates and engine heads

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Live Load
Effective Length
Cement
Total Run
Sump Pit
Prefabrication
Skylight
Softwood
Firebrick
Plaster Ground
Span
Xylem
Muntin
Hip Roof
Rip-rap
Moat
Stripping
Purlin
Anchor Bolt
Lintel
Glazing
Banister
Lap Joint
Butt Hinge
Green Lumber
Valley
Facia
Spike
Caisson
Smooth on four sides
Chord
Wood Saddle
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Latch
Common Wall
Escutcheon
Flashing
Lookout
Formworks
Keystone
Kalomein Door
Corbel
Milled Lumber
Foundation Bolt

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181 Simplest type of fiber carpet weaving where pile forms as the wrap yarns loop over
removable wires inserted consecutively across the loom
182 A pretreatment of poured concrete such as walls beams and columns where a thin layer
of lean cement grout mixed with flexible base additives is splattered by tampico brush or
masonry spoon to the surface to give a tooth for excellent plaster adhesion
183 A special coating system with a high gloss shine while maintaining the natural wood
qualities, maintenance free, used to finish and topcoat wood flooring
184 A type of wood end joint where both wood are cut at equal angles diagonally
185 A type of terazzo floor described by its physical appearance whereby the stone or pebble
is intentionally exposed while the cement matrix is depressed
186 An extension of a rafter beyond the wall line
187 A type of window where the ventilating sash rotates 90 degrees to 180 degrees about
the header and sill or about the side jamb
188 Used to fill a joint with mastic or asphalt plastic cement to prevent leaks
189 Type of joint is used to install a glass into a lite of a French window
190 Water-mixed productwith a ratio of 1:20 to stabilize lime activity in new masonry surface
191 A crosswise groove at the end of a board
192 Shutter proof opaque glass used to construct a door with glass to allow natural light only
193 The act of excavating or filling of earth or any sound material or combination thereof,
in preparation for a finishing surface such as paving
194 Adjustable metal column used to support a beam or bearing point
195 One of a series of parallel framing members used to support ceiling loads and supported
in turn by larger beams, girders or bearing walls
196 A floor finish commercially size 1 x 12 x 12 utilizing clay and fired in traditional manner
making interesting and attractive rustic clay shade patterns
197 Steel element such as wire, cable, bar, rod or strand, or a bundle of such elements,
used to impart prestress to concrete
198 The upper member of a column, pilaster, door cornice, molding, or fireplace
199 A trim board that is installed beneath a window sill
200 A unit of measure for lumber equal to 1 inch thick by 12 inches wide by 12 inches long
201 Frames of wood or metal enclosing part (or all) of a window sash
202 The replacement of excavated earth into a trench around or against a basement
or crawl space foundationwall
203 Frame lumber installed between the wall studs to give additional support for drywall or
an interior trim related item, such as handrail brackets, cabinets, and towel bars
204 Window with hinges on one of the vertical sides and swings open like a normal door
205 Horizontal beam rafter that supports shorter rafters
206 Window space projecting outward from the walls of a building
207 Bonding together two or more layers of materials
208 Bottom horizontal member of an exterior wall frame which rests on top a foundation,
sometimes called sill plate
209 Small-diameter, pre-drilled hole that guides a nail or screw
210 A joist that runs around the perimeter of the floor joists and home

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Velvet
Scratch Coat
Polyurethane Floor Coating
Scarf
Standard Terazzo
Outrigger
Pivoted Window
Caulking
Rabbet
Masonry Neutralizer
Notch
Figured Wired Glass
Grading
Monopost
Ceiling Joist or Roof Joist
Vigan Tiles
Tendon
Cap
Apron
Boardfoot
Casement
Backfill
Backing
Casement Window
Barge
Bay Window
Laminating
Mudsill
Pilot Hole
Rim Joist