Documents
Drawings
Tools of the Trade
Construction Terms
Words to Remember
100

What does RFP stand for?

What is Request For Proposal.

100

Name the five drawings that commercial building projects have.

What is:

Civil engineering and site survey drawings

Architectural drawings

Structural engineering drawings

Mechanical engineering drawings

Electrical engineering drawings

100

This tool is used to mark long straight lines, such as needed for laying out a wall on a floor.

What is a chalk line?

100

HVAC stands for...

What is Heat, Ventilation & Air Conditioning

100

Define:

Submittals.

What is:

Shop drawings, material data, samples, and product data.

200

What is covered in division 1 in Masterformat?

What is General Conditions.

200

Name the element found in a Structural Drawing:

Indicates all subgrade elements, including piles, caissons, footings, and foundation walls.


What is foundation plan.

200

Phillips, Slotted, Torx, or Square are the heads found on this tool.

What is a screwdriver?

200

It's the underlying base or substructure of a building

what is foundation?  

200

What is the Masterformat?

What is:

The writing standard for most commercial building design and construction projects in North America

300

Construction documents consist of two major physical components. What are they?

What is the project manual and the drawings. 

300

Mechanical engineering drawings, usually identified by what symbol?

What is "M".

300

It has two parallel jaws that are used to hold whatever you are working on in place.

What is a vise?

300

The process of refilling trenches or holes created during excavation, especially around foundations.

What is backfilling?

300

Define:

Addenda

What is:

Bulletins of additional information that are relevant to the contract documents issued during the bid period.

400

The construction documents usually do not indicate the way in which the project will be built. True/False?

What is True.


(Means and Methods)

400

List six sections that might be found in an architectural drawings.

What is:

1. Index, symbols, abbreviations, notes, location map

2. Site plan and details

3. Demolition plans

4. Floor plan

5. Roof plan

6. Ceiling plan

7.Building sections

8. Wall sections

9. Exterior Elevations 

10. Schedules

11. Large Scale Floor Plan

12. Exterior detail

13.Interior detail

14. Interior elevations


400

One side is flat for pounding, while the other side has a claw that is used to remove nails without damaging the surface of your material.

What is a claw hammer?

400

They run horizontally along the main walls of a building at ceiling level, supporting the structure.

What are beams?

400

What is a Request for Proposal?

What is:

A document given out by a client to attract bids from potential vendors for there service. 

500

What is the primary purpose of the construction drawings?

What is:

To communicate the intended elements, systems, and relationships of the materials, equipment, and assemblies to the contractor in the construction of the facility. 

500

The drawings and Project Manual are not considered a full set of documents. True/False?

What is False.

500

It measures the distance between itself and other objects.

What is a laser level?

500

The person authorized to identify existing and predictable hazards in surrounding or working conditions and take corrective measures to eliminate them.

What is a competent person?

500

What is the main purpose for a Proposal? 

What is:

To reveal price to the client.

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