Building Technology 1 wood glued together, usually with the

grains of adjoining layers at right angles

 EARTH BAG CONSTRUCTION
 FIBERS
- a type of construction where-in recycled
- a material that are continuous filament or
sack is used and filled with gravel
are in discrete elongated pieces, similar to
 AUTOMOBILE TIRES
lengths of thread
- used as a primary recycled material
 MARINE PLYWOOD
rammed with packed earth in building block
- a type of plywood that is waterproofed
construction
 HARD BOARD
 RECYCLE GLASS
- it is made from processed wood chips
- used as aggregates in concrete, sub-base
 SYNTHETIC MATERIAL
course and reflectorized pavement
- building material that are man-made
markings
products
 AGGREGATES
 NATURAL MATERIAL
- these are inert materials mixed with
- building material which are unprocessed
cement and water to make concrete
 ROCK
 CONCRETE
- building material which main drawback is
- an artificial stone made by binding
its weight and awkwardness
together particles of some inert material
 WOOD
with a paste made of cement and water
- a product of trees and sometimes other
 COMPOST
fibrous plants, used for construction
- used as loam improvement
purposes
 BLAST SURFACE SLAG
 BRICKS
- used as an additive to cement concrete
- a block made of kiln-fires material, usually
 GLASS BLOCK
clay of shall, but also may be of lower
- an architectural element made from glass
quality, ex. Mud
used in areas where privacy or visual
 CONCRETE
obscuration is desired while admitting light
- a composite material made from the
 TEMPERED GLASS
combination of aggregate and a binder such
- type of glass that has increased strength
as cement
and will usually shatter in small, square
 STEEL
pieces when broken
- a building material used as structural
 GLASS
framework for larger building such as
- generally refers to hard, brittle
skyscrapers
transparent material
 CURTAIN WALL
 CLAY
- a system of construction used to cover the
- a material that keeps temperature at a
entire façade of a building
constant level, a good thermal mass
 CERAMICS
 BRICK
- processed in a specialized form of clay
- porosity is an important characteristic of
pottery firing in kiln
this material and well known for their high
 FOAM
compressive strength
- it is usually used as part of the structural
 PLYWOOD
insulated panel where it is sandwiched
- a structural material made of layer of
between wood and cement
  VISUAL MATERIAL
- classified as photographs, images, text
 BUILDING PRODUCT
- are often refers to the ready-made
particles/sections, made from various
materials that are fitted architecturally and
decoratively
 AGGREGATES
- classified as sand crushed stone, gravel,
slag, ashes
 REINFORCED CONCRETE
- concrete that includes imbedded metal
Building Technology 2
 FOUNDATION
- the critical link in the transmission of
building loads down to the ground
- the supporting portion of a structure
below the first floor construction or below
grade including the footing
 WEB REINFORCEMENT
- also called as stirrups
 LINTEL BEAM
- type of beam which is above the door sill
 UNDISTURBED SOIL
- where footing should always rest on
 ORIENTING A BUILDING
- procedure to determine the construction
of the building in relation to existing
building
 GROUND LINE
- the natural contour of the ground
 GRADE LINE
- level of the ground after filling
 BATTER BOARDS
- horizontal boards placed at corner and at
the side of the building
 PLUMB BOB
- transferring of oriented line to the top of
the batter board
 GIRDER
- beam which support the floor joist and tie
the post together
 PARTITION FRAME
- the inner wall dividing the structure into
rooms
 TRUSS
- braced framework made up of triangles
and it holds up the roof; engineered and
manufactured roof support members with
zigzag framing members that form a rigid
frameworks
 DOWN SPOUT
- water collector at the eaves of the
building; a pipe, usually of metal for
carrying rainwater down the roof’s
horizontal gutters
 CEILING
- upper interior space in the room
 EAVES
- horizontal exterior roof overhang
 TREADS
- part of the stair you step on when going
up or down the stairs
 BALUSTERS
- part of the stair which support the ends of
the hand rail
 BOTTOM CHORD
- lower or bottom horizontal member of a
truss
 BEAM
- a structure member transversely
supporting the loads
 BED ROCK
- refer to the soil directly beneath the
footing
 CEILING JOIST
- one of the series of parallel framing
member used to support ceiling loads and
supported in turn by larger beams, girder
and bearing walls
 COLUMN
- a perpendicular supporting member,
circular or rectangular in section usually
consisting of a base, shaft and capital
 REFERENCE POST
- a long piece of wood or other material set
 up right into the ground to serve as markers
or supports
 PURLINS
- the horizontal member attached
perpendicular to the truss top chord for
support of the roofing
 RAFTER
- a sloping roof member that support the
roofs covering which extends from the ridge
or the hip of the roof of the eaves
 REINFORCE BARS
- steel bars used in concrete construction to
provide additional load
 ROOF
- the exterior surface and its supporting
structure on the top of the building
 GUTTER
- a shallow channel or conduit of metal or
concrete set below and along the eaves of a
house to catch and carry off rainwater from
the roof
 CONCRETE SLAB
- concrete pavement, i.e. driveway, garage,
and basement floor
 LAYING OUT A BUILDING
- process of locating the place of the
foundation
 REFERENCE BOARDS
- are horizontal boards placed at corners
and at the side of the building where final
layout takes place
 FRAMING SQUARE
- used in squaring layout lines
 FOOTING
- is the widened base of a foundation
 WALL FOOTING
- a strip of reinforced concrete wider than
wall which distributes the load to the soil