Building Materials and Their Uses
Each one of these represents one year of tree growth
What is an Annular Ring?
Due to the chemicals present when cutting pressure treated lumber, this piece of PPE is recommended.
What is a dust mask?
Lumber, plywood, and other building materials must be stored properly stored in order to prevent this.
What is damage?
Pi x radius squared x height
What is the formula for finding the volume of a cylinder?
It is usually necessary to drill pilot holes to receive wood screws, particularly if you are working with this type of wood.
What is hardwood?
It is the type of wood that is located in the center of a tree. It is the oldest, driest, hardest, most naturally rot-resistant portion of the log.
What is Heartwood?
Together "we" make up the Fatal 4, which result in 3 out of 5 jobsite fatalities, or approximately 431 worker deaths per year.
What are Falls, Electrocution, Struck By and Caught In or Between?
What are gloves?
It's typically 12 cubic yards but could be less if using heavy aggregate.
What is the volume of a full truckload of concrete?
This type of nail has a neoprene washer with either a helical or plain shank.
What is a roofing panel nail?
This abbreviation indicates that the maximum moisture content at the time of surfacing was 15%
What is MC15?
"To save lives, prevent injuries, and protect the health of America's workers."
What is the mission of OSHA?
This is how you must keep your back while you are lifting with your legs and keeping you head up.
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This type of anchor may have a cutting sleeve that is first used as a drill bit and later becomes the expandable anchor itself.
What is a Self-Drilling Anchor?
This type of framing member is made from 20-gauge steel (as opposed to 25-gauge) and often has knurled or dimpled sides.
What is a heavy gauge framing member?
These types of items are capable of easily igniting and rapidly burning; also, used to describe a fuel with a flash point at or above 100 degrees F.
What is combustible?
You can prevent moisture in a concrete floor from wicking up into stored material by implementing this common material storage tactic.
What is stacking material on top of scrap lumber?
32 square feet
What is the area of a typical construction panel?
Casing nails have more holding power than finish nails mainly due to these two factors.
What are the shape of the head and an increased diameter?
Standard, Tempered and Service Grade
What are the 3 available grades of hardboard?
Specifically, 1926 but parts of the 1910 are also included.
1915, 1917 & 1918 are unrelated.
What are the OSHA Standards for the Construction Industry?
This is the type of building material that is often sold by the bag, contains one cubic foot of material by volume and weighs approximately 94 pounds each.
What is Bagged Cement?
A board that is 3" thick, 4" wide, and 4' long contains the same amount of these as a board that is 1" thick, 6" wide, and 8' long.
What are board feet?
This material is specified for use in masonry or rotary hammer drill bits. If it weren't then they wouldn't be able to take the higher impact of the masonry material.
What is carbide?