CEA 3.1 Key terms, CEA
Lesson 3.2 Key Terms Exam
Ballast - -A heavy material installed over a roof membrane to prevent wind
uplift and shield the membrane from sunlight.
- Beam - -A structural member, usually horizontal, that carries a load that is
applied transverse to its length.
- Brownfield - -Real property of which the expansion, redevelopment, or
reuse may be complicated by the presence or potential presence of a
hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant.
- Building Code - -Legal requirements designed to protect the public by
providing guidelines for structural, electrical, plumbing, and mechanical
areas of a structure.
- Built-up Roof (BUR) - -A roof membrane laminated from layers of asphalt-
saturated felt or other fabric, bonded together with bitumen or pitch.
- Cast-in-Place Concrete - -Concrete that is poured in its final location.
- Column - -An upright structural member acting primarily in compression.
- Concrete Masonry Unit (CMU) - -A block of hardened concrete, with or
without hollow cores, designed to be laid in the same manner as brick and
stone.
- Construction Type - -Five broad categories of construction found in the
International Building Code that are based on the fire-resistive capabilities of
the materials used.
- Curtain Wall - -An exterior building wall that is supported entirely by the
frame of the building, rather than being self-supporting or load bearing.
- Decking - -A material used to span across beams or joists to create a floor
or roof surface.
- Egress - -Exits or a way out.
- Elevated Floor - -A floor that is above the level of the ground.
, - EPDM (Ethylene Propylene Diene Monomer) - -A synthetic rubber material
used in roofing membranes.
- Exit - -That portion of the means-of-egress system between the exit
access and the exit discharge or the public way.
- Exit Access - -That portion of the means-of-egress system that leads from
any occupied portion in a building or structure to an exit.
- Exit Discharge - -That portion of the means-of-egress system between the
termination of the exit and a public way.
- Fenestration - -All areas (including the frames) in the building envelope
that let in light, including windows, plastic panels, clerestories, skylights,
glass doors that are more than one-half glass, and glass block walls. A
skylight is a fenestration surface having a slope of less than 60 degrees from
the horizontal plane. Other fenestration, even if mounted on the roof of a
building, is considered vertical fenestration.
- Hybrid - -Something that is the product of mixing two or more different
things.
- Ingress - -Entrances or a means to enter.
- Light Gauge Steel - -Thin sheet metal folded into a stiff shape and used as
a structural member.
- Load - -Forces or other actions that result from the weight of building
materials, occupants and their possessions, and environmental effects.
- Load Bearing Wall - -A structural wall that carries loads other than its own
weight.
- Low-Slope Roof - -A roof that is pitched at an angle so near to horizontal
that it must be made waterproof with a continuous membrane rather than
shingles; commonly and inaccurately referred to as a flat roof.
- Masonry - -Brickwork, concrete block work, and stonework.
- Municipality - -A city, town, etc. having its own incorporated government
for local affairs.
- Non-Load Bearing Wall - -A wall that does not carry vertical load other
than its own weight.
Lesson 3.2 Key Terms Exam
Ballast - -A heavy material installed over a roof membrane to prevent wind
uplift and shield the membrane from sunlight.
- Beam - -A structural member, usually horizontal, that carries a load that is
applied transverse to its length.
- Brownfield - -Real property of which the expansion, redevelopment, or
reuse may be complicated by the presence or potential presence of a
hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant.
- Building Code - -Legal requirements designed to protect the public by
providing guidelines for structural, electrical, plumbing, and mechanical
areas of a structure.
- Built-up Roof (BUR) - -A roof membrane laminated from layers of asphalt-
saturated felt or other fabric, bonded together with bitumen or pitch.
- Cast-in-Place Concrete - -Concrete that is poured in its final location.
- Column - -An upright structural member acting primarily in compression.
- Concrete Masonry Unit (CMU) - -A block of hardened concrete, with or
without hollow cores, designed to be laid in the same manner as brick and
stone.
- Construction Type - -Five broad categories of construction found in the
International Building Code that are based on the fire-resistive capabilities of
the materials used.
- Curtain Wall - -An exterior building wall that is supported entirely by the
frame of the building, rather than being self-supporting or load bearing.
- Decking - -A material used to span across beams or joists to create a floor
or roof surface.
- Egress - -Exits or a way out.
- Elevated Floor - -A floor that is above the level of the ground.
, - EPDM (Ethylene Propylene Diene Monomer) - -A synthetic rubber material
used in roofing membranes.
- Exit - -That portion of the means-of-egress system between the exit
access and the exit discharge or the public way.
- Exit Access - -That portion of the means-of-egress system that leads from
any occupied portion in a building or structure to an exit.
- Exit Discharge - -That portion of the means-of-egress system between the
termination of the exit and a public way.
- Fenestration - -All areas (including the frames) in the building envelope
that let in light, including windows, plastic panels, clerestories, skylights,
glass doors that are more than one-half glass, and glass block walls. A
skylight is a fenestration surface having a slope of less than 60 degrees from
the horizontal plane. Other fenestration, even if mounted on the roof of a
building, is considered vertical fenestration.
- Hybrid - -Something that is the product of mixing two or more different
things.
- Ingress - -Entrances or a means to enter.
- Light Gauge Steel - -Thin sheet metal folded into a stiff shape and used as
a structural member.
- Load - -Forces or other actions that result from the weight of building
materials, occupants and their possessions, and environmental effects.
- Load Bearing Wall - -A structural wall that carries loads other than its own
weight.
- Low-Slope Roof - -A roof that is pitched at an angle so near to horizontal
that it must be made waterproof with a continuous membrane rather than
shingles; commonly and inaccurately referred to as a flat roof.
- Masonry - -Brickwork, concrete block work, and stonework.
- Municipality - -A city, town, etc. having its own incorporated government
for local affairs.
- Non-Load Bearing Wall - -A wall that does not carry vertical load other
than its own weight.
