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100

The year SBL was established

What is 1994?

100

ED

What is Emergency Department?

100

This project has a elevator shaft that was designed to look like a grain silo?

What is Miller Milling?

100

According to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Accessibility Guidelines, curb ram slopes shall NOT exceed which of the following ratios? 

A) 1:10

B) 1:12

C) 1:20

D) 1:24

What is B, 1:12?

100

Geotechnical observation reports are usually paid for by the _______.

A) Structural Engineer

B) Contractor

C) Architect

D) Owner

What is D, Owner?

200

The meaning of the F.I.S.H. acronym fo the "Fish Award Program"

What is  "Fresh Ideas Start Here?

200

OR

What is Operating Room?

200

This project is a Design Build project in Fort Worth?

What is the JPS Medical Home?

200

Accessible ramp handrails shall extend beyond the top and bottom of the ramp a minimum of _______.

A) 6 inches

B) 9 inches

C) 12 inches

D) 15 inches

What is C, 12 inches?

200

When a jurisdiction is governed by national, state and local building codes, and provisions in at least two of these codes conflict , which code take precedence?

A) The local code

B) The state [provincial] code

C) The national code

D) The most stringent or restrictive code

What is D, The most stringent or restrictive code?

300

Which Principals can speak more than one language?

Who are Kellye Johnson and Yan Zheng?

300

MOB

What is Medical Office Building?

300

This project will help our animal friends and is located in Glen Rose, Texas?

What is Fossil Rim?

300

Accessible parking for a car or van: This is the minimum clear width for the access aisle.

What is 60 inches?

300

Water-detention areas are used primarily for which of the following?

A) To create swimming and recreation area

B) To provide aesthetically pleasing vistas

C) To control surface water runoff

D) To act as reservoirs in periods of drought

What is C, To control surface water runoff?

400

Outside the Principals, who has been with the company the longest?

Who is Cameron Logan?

400

NICU

What is Neonatal Intensive Care Unit?

400

This project is located in North Texas and one of the first projects SBL worked on was in the Library?

What is Texas Women's University (TWU)?

400

This is the minimum clear width opening for an Accessible door.

What is 32 inches?

400

In accordance with AIA Document A201, General Conditions, the oblication to pay or to see to the payment of money to a subcontractor, except as may otherwise be required by law, rests with the _______.

A) Contractor alone

B) Architect alone

C) Owner alone

D) Contractor, the Architect and the Owner.

What is A, Contractor alone?

500

Three current employees have left and rejoined SBL. Can you name them?

Who are Cliff Spruill, Yan Zheng and Jordan Pennington?

500

PACU

What is Post-Anesthesia Care Unit?

500

This project is located on the boarder of the US and Mexico and had challenges with existing sloped floors?

What is THOP Memorial NICU Expansion?

500

This is the minimum clear floor area for an Accessible Water Closet.

What is 60 inches x 56 inches?

500

During the construction phase, the Owner and the Contractor have a difference of opinion about the quality of the erection of the steel frame and the progress of the work.  The first step that should be taken to re3solve the problem is for the Owner and / or the Contractor to _______.

A) Stop the project

B) Request Arbitration

C) Consult with the steel fabricator

D) Request the Architect's interpretation

What is D, Request the Architect's interpretation?