USACE Basics
This is what the letters U.S.A.C.E. stand for.
What is the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers?
These detailed drawings guide the construction of a project.
What are blueprints?
Supervisors and engineers often wear this color hard hat.
What is white?
In project management, the three major constraints are cost, scope, and this.
What is time (or schedule)?
This beverage is the #1 reason construction meetings don’t start on time.
What Is Coffee
After “Building Strong!” this phrase completes the USACE motto.
What is “Serving the Nation”?
Distinguished by a long hydraulic arm and a bucket, this machine is the workhorse of digging.
What is an excavator?
These three words form the classic reminder for recognizing hazards around you.
What is “Stop, Look, Listen”?
This term describes work added to the contract after the project has already begun.
What is a change order?
This simple writing tool becomes impossible to find the moment you need it.
What is a pen (or pencil)?
This city is home to USACE Headquarters.
What is Washington, D.C.?
In construction, this abbreviation stands for a contractor’s request for clarification.
What is an RFI?
Maintaining three points of contact is essential when climbing this.
What is a ladder?
Sharing a name with a mythological winged horse, this software is widely used for scheduling.
What is Primavera?
After a long, confusing explanation, this phrase is heard even when no one actually understood.
What is “Copy that”?
This iconic red symbol appears on the USACE emblem.
What is the Engineer Castle?
This phrase describes concrete poured into a temporary form directly on site.
What is cast-in-place concrete?
Before beginning a task, workers complete this document to outline hazards and controls.
What is a Job Hazard Analysis (or Activity Hazard Analysis)?
This document formally authorizes a project to begin.
What is a Notice To Proceed
Instead of a tape measure, field staff often rely on this unofficial unit of measurement.
What is “about yea big”?
These are 3 USACE mission areas
What are Civil Works, Military Construction, and Environmental Restoration
OSHA requires protective systems in trenches at this depth or greater.
What is 5 feet?
This OSHA construction standard governs safety regulations across U.S. worksites: 29 CFR _______.
What is 1926?
This represents a risk-based estimate of when the ◈stakeholder or non-federal sponsor can expect to receive useful occupancy of the facility or construction work for follow-on contracts or intended use.
What is Beneficial Occupancy Date?
On any jobsite, this sound universally signals that lunch has officially begun.
What is the microwave ding?