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Chapter 17 -Constructing Structures

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Arch Bridge
A bridge that uses curved members to support the deck.
Beam Bridge
A bridge that uses concrete or steel beams to support the deck.
Buttress Dam
A dam that uses its structure to hold back water.
Cantilever Bridge
A bridge that uses trusses extending out similarly to arms.
Ceiling
The inside surface at the top of a room.
Ceiling Joist
A beam, resting on an outside wall or an interior wall, that supports the weight of the ceiling.
Commercial Building
A building used for business and government purposes.
Drywall
Gypsum Wallboard, used as an interior wall covering.
Fascia Board
A type of board used to finish the ends of rafters and an overhang.
Floor Joist
A beam that carries the weight of the floor.
Forced Air-Heating System
A type of system in which furnaces heat air a a conduction medium.
Gravity Dam
A dam in which the lakeside is vertical, while the other side slopes outwards.
Header
Part of a building framework that carries the weight from the roof across the door and window openings.
Heat Pump
A unit used in climate control that works as a cooling and heating system by capturing head in the atmosphere.
Hot Water Heating
An indirect climate control-system that uses water to carry heat.
Industrial Building
A building housing machines that make products or used to store materials.
Landscape
To help prevent erosion and improve the appearance of a site.
Manufactured Home
A special type of building mostly build in a factory.
Pile Foundation
A type of foundation used in wet, marshy, or sandy soils.
Potable Water
Water safe for drinking.
Rafter
An angled board extending from the top plate of an exterior wall to the ridge of the roof.
Reinforced Concrete
Concrete that has wire mesh or steel bars embedded in it to increase its tensile strength.
Residential Building
A structure in which people live.
Sheating
A covering.
Sill
A wood piece attached to the top of the foundation.
Slab Foundation
A type of foundation used for structures erected in soft soils.
Soffit
The underside of a buildings roof edge.
Sole Plate
The strip at the bottom of a framed wall.
Spread Foundation
A type of foundation used on rock and hard soils.
Stud
An upright framing member nailed to a sole plate.
Subfloor
A base, usually made from plywood or particleboard, that goes under carpeting, or other flooring materials.
Suspension Bridge
A bridge that uses cables to carry loads.
Top Plate
A double ribbon of 2 x 4's.
Truss
A triangle shape structure that includes both rafter and ceiling joists in one unit.
Truss Bridge
A Bridge that uses small parts arranged in triangles to support the deck.
Wastewater
The water from sinks, showers, tubs, and toilets, etc....
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