CONSTRUCTION
This type of worker or company is hired by a main contractor to perform a specific part of a larger project, often bringing specialized skills to the job
What is a SUBCONTRACTOR?
This person attended University of Wisconsin on an athletic scholarship and graduated with a Bachelors of Civil Engineering
Who is Paul Joran?
Armstrong World Industries, CertainTeed Corporation, Rockfon and USG Corporation are all manufacturers of this auditory overhead product
What are Acoustical Panel Ceilings?
This Autodesk software is a Building Information Modeling tool that lets architects, engineers, and contractors create intelligent 3D model packed with real-world data for design, construction and management.
What is Revit?
This legal document, often required before construction begins, grants official permission to proceed and ensures compliance with zoning and safety codes.
What is a building permit?
This milestone in a building project marks the point when the work is finished enough for its intended use, even if minor details remain.
What is substantial completion?
This fictional interior designer, Grace Adler, is one of the central characters in this Emmy-winning sitcom that ran from 1998 to 2006 and again from 2017 to 2020.
What is Will & Grace?
This value represents the ratio of the force of kinetic friction between two flooring surfaces.
What is Dynamic Coefficient of Friction (DCOF)?
These scaled diagrams show the arrangement of rooms, walls, doors, and windows as viewed from above, helping builders and designers visualize a space before it’s constructed.
What are Floor Plans?
Enacted in 1990, this landmark U.S. law prohibits discrimination against individuals with disabilities in employment, public accommodations, transportation, and more.
What is the Americans with Disabilities Act?
Before full-scale building begins, this scaled or partial model is created to test design, materials, and workmanship.
What is Mock Up?
This person attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison where she was a member of the varsity swim team. She received her Bachelor's and Master's degrees in interior design and is a Principal at a world class design firm.
Who is Emily Ostertag?
This rating measures how quickly fire travels across the surface of a material, with lower numbers indicating slower spread. Generally three classes are used to classify with A being the lowest (best) and C being the highest (worst)
What is Flame Spread Index?
This cloud-based platform lets you manage projects, automate workflows, and collaborate in real time using sheets, dashboards, and reports.
What is Smartsheet?
This three-part exam, administered by the Council for Interior Design Qualification, is the gold standard for proving an interior designer's competence in health, safety, and welfare
What is the NCIDQ Exam?
These detailed diagrams, often created by contractors or fabricators, show exactly how building components will be manufactured and assembled, ensuring they fit and function as intended.
What are Shop Drawings?
Dubbed “the first lady of interior decoration,” this early 20th-century designer replaced heavy Victorian décor with light, airy elegance, starting with New York’s Colony Club.
Who is Elsie de Wolfe?
What is PAINT
Per HOK's document development manual, divisions 0 through 49 make up this group of procurement documents
What is Project Manual?
These written, graphic, and sometimes digital materials-such as drawings, specifications, and agreements-form the legal foundation of a project and define the rights and obligation of all parties involved.
What are Contract Documents?
The responsibility of the Contractor, if the architect sees this, he/she is to report it to the Contractor but shall not make recommendations on methods for correcting such conditions.
What is Site Safety?
Who is Tom Polucci?
This coarse-grained igneous rock, rich in quartz and feldspar, form deep underground from slowly cooled magma and is often used for countertops and monuments.
What is Granite?
As indicated in the Document Development Manual the letters "QL" refer to this discipline within the contract drawings
What is Lab Equipment?
In Construction law, this phrase refers to the techniques, processes, and procedures a contractor uses to complete a project - and is typically left to their discretion unless otherwise specified.
What are Means and Methods?