Building Materials
CSI MasterFormat
Foundations & Structure
Building Envelope
DANIS
100
Very common fire resistive wall covering. Made of gypsum, starch and water then sandwiched between two layers of special paper.
What is Gypsum Board, Drywall or Sheetrock?
100
Documents prepared by the architect & engineer that are numbered and labeled according to CSI MasterFormat & provide supplemental information to the construction drawings for a construction project.
What are Project Specifications?
100
The process of digging & removing soils prior to pouring a foundation.
What is Excavation?
100
This material is used for window & roof blocking.
What is Wood / Fire & Pressure Treated Wood?
100
The name of your favorite GC, that also happens to have a robust co-op program that has been developed to ensure that students have a hands-on, meaningful & educational work experience.
Who is DANIS?
200
Mixture of sand, cement and water used to bond masonry together.
What is Mortar?
200
The trade of work represented by Division 03 in CSI MasterFormat. (Hint: this work includes ready-mix trucks)
What is Concrete?
200
Wood or metal panels that are used in the construction of cast-in-place concrete walls. Sometimes they are referred to by the name brand MEVA panels and Symons panels.
What is concrete formwork / wall forms?
200
Material used to reduce the flow of thermal energy that can be installed as spray foam, fiberglass batts, or polystyrene board.
What is insulation?
200
The 3 cities in Ohio where DANIS has offices.
What is Columbus, Dayton, & Cincinnati?
300
Steel rods placed in concrete or concrete masonry units (CMU) to provide tensile strength.
What is Reinforcing Bar, or Rebar?
300
The trade of work represented by Division 04 in CSI MasterFormat. (Hint: this trade uses mortar)
What is Masonry?
300
This composite floor structure can be abbreviated as SOMD.
What is Slab on Metal Deck?
300
A structural glazing system that spans multiple stories and is built outside the slab edge.
What is a Curtain Wall?
300
Name 2 different trades that DANIS self-performs.
What is Concrete / Drywall & Ceilings / Structural Steel Erection / Firestopping / General Trades / Painting, Flooring / Insulated Metal Panels?
400
Red putty-like material that is installed along the top and bottom of a rated wall assembly, or around a pipe that is passing through a rated wall assembly.
What is firestopping?
400
The trade of work represented by Division 05 in CSI MasterFormat? (Hint: this trade includes I-beams and welders)
What is Structural Steel / Metals?
400
A cementitious spray that is applied to structural steel buildings to ensure the structure or a part of a structure will not fail for a period of time during a catastrophic fire.
What is spray applied fireproofing?
400
Often times this is a fluid applied membrane that limits the amount of water vapor diffusing through the wall.
What is a Vapor Barrier?
400
The Year DANIS was founded.
What is 1916?
500
This testing process typically lasts 28 days and assesses the compressive strength properties of the material analyzed in this test.
What is a Concrete Break Test / Concrete Cylinder Compression Test?
500
The division number within a set of construction specifications where you would find information regarding demolition work.
What is Division 02 — Existing Conditions?
500
The name of the wall that is typically poured on top of a continuous footing and supports exterior wall framing.
What is a Foundation Wall / Stem Wall?
500
A type of building cladding system that provides Exterior walls with an Insulated, water-resistant, Finished surface in an integrated composite material system. The final layers of this System are applied with a trowel.
What is and Exterior Insulation Finishing System (EIFS)?
500
The name of the onsite prefabrication building on some of DANIS' larger projects.
What is the Industrialized Construction Center (ICC)?
