This is the first up-to-date, comprehensive reference on building construction terms and phrases to have been published in recent years. The book will provide ample resources for further reference and study, including listings of relevant associations and societies, as well as governmental agencies involved with the construction industry.

Table of Contents

• PREFACE
• ABBREVIATIONS
• A CONCISE (OFT TIMES NOT SO CONCISE), ILLUSTRATED, LEXICON, OF CONSTRUCTION TERMS AND PHRASES
• A
• A la carte real estate service:
• A-frame design:
• A-valve:
• Abacus:
• Abandon:
• Abandonment:
• Abate:
• Abatement:
• Abatjour:
• Abeyance:
• Ablation:
• Ablative surface:
• Abney level:
• Abode:
• Abrade:
• Abrasion:
• Abrasion soldering:
• Abrasive:
• Abreuvoir:
• Absentee owner:
• Absolute:
• Absolute humidity:
• Absolute pressure:
• Absolute scale:
• Absolute zero:
• Absorb:
• Absorption:
• Abstract:
• Abstract of judgment:
• Abstract or title search:
• Abut:
• Abutment:
• Abutment piece:
• Abutting:
• Acanthus:
• Accelerated cost recovery system:
• Accelerated depreciation:
• Acceleration:
• Acceleration clause:
• Accelerating admixtures:
• Accelerogram:
• Accelerograph:
• Acceptable risk:
• Acceptance:
• Acceptance sampling:
• Access:
• Accident frequency:
• Accretion:
• Accumulator, hydraulic:
• Accuracy:
• Acetal plastic:
• Acid:
• Acidity:
• Acknowledgments:
• Acme thread:
• Acoustical:
• Acre:
• Acre foot:
• Across the grain:
• Acrow:
• Acrylic:
• Acrylic coating:
• Acrylic resin:
• Act of God:
• Action level:
• Active:
• Active solar system:
• Actual age:
• Actuator:
• Adapted vegetation and native vegetation:
• Adapter:
• Adaptive re-use:
• Addenda:
• Addition:
• Add on interest:
• Add-on factor:
• Additive:
• Addendum:
• Additional principal payment:
• Adhere:
• Adherence:
• Adhesion:
• Adhesive, edge joining:
• Adhesive, heat activated:
• Adhesives:
• Adiabatic:
• Adit:
• Adjustable:
• Administrative approval:
• Administrative services:
• Administrator:
• Administrator's deed:
• Admixture:
• Adobe:
• Adult wood:
• Advanced bill:
• Adverse grade:
• Adverse use:
• Aeolian soil:
• Aeration:
• Aerator:
• Aerial logging:
• Aerobic:
• Aerogel:
• Aerosol:
• Aesthetic:
• Affiant:
• Affirmation:
• Aftershock:
• Aga:
• Age class:
• Agency:
• Agency CM (ACM):
• Agency closing:
• Agent:
• Agglomeration economies:
• Aggregate:
• Aggregate coated panel:
• Aggregate storage bins:
• Agreed boundary:
• Agreement of sale:
• Agrillaceous:
• AISC weight:
• Alabaster:
• Albedo:
• Alclad: A t
• Alcohol:
• Alcove:
• Algae:
• Alkali:
• Alkali-aggregate reaction:
• Alkali-carbonate reaction:
• Alkali-silica reaction:
• Alkali metals:
• Alkaline soil:
• Alkalinity:
• Alkyd:
• Alley:
• Alligatoring:
• Allocate:
• Allowable cut:
• All-in ballast:
• All-inclusive Deed of Trust or Mortgage:
• All-purpose mud:
• Allowable soil pressure:
• Allowable stress:
• Allowance(s):
• Alloy:
• Alluvium:
• Along the grain:
• Alternate top bevel (ATB):
• Alternate-fuel vehicles:
• Alternative mortgage:
• Alterations:
• Aluminized steel:
• Aluminum (Al):
• Ambient heat/pressure:
• Ambient lighting:
• Ambient temperature (ABM):
• Amenities:
• Americans with Disabilities Act:
• American Lumber Standards:
• American method:
• American Standard Gauge:
• American wallpaper roll:
• Amide:
• Amorphous:
• Amortization:
• Ampacity:
• Ampere:
• Amplification:
• Amplification factor:
• Amplitude:
• Anaerobic:
• Analog:
• Analogous color:
• Anchor bolt:
• Anchor bolt plan:
• Anchorage:
• Angiosperm:
• Angle:
• Angled fasteners:
• Anisotropic:
• Annealing:
• Annual:
• Annual growth:
• Annual percentage rate (APR):
• Annual percentage yield (APY):
• Annual mortgagor statement:
• Annuity:
• Annular area:
• Anodic:
• Anoxic:
• Anticipatory breach (of contract):
• Apex:
• Appearance grades (wood):
• Appliance:
• Application:
• Application rate:
• Applied force:
• Appliqué:
• Appraisal:
• Appreciation:
• Approved:
• Approved agency:
• Approved plans:
• Approved vendor list:
• Apron:
• Apron flashing:
• Apron sink:
• Aquatint:
• Aqueduct:
• Aquifer:
• Arbitration:
• Arbor:
• Arc:
• Arcade:
• Arch:
• Architect:
• Architectural:
• Architect's supplemental instructions (ASI):
• Architrave:
• Archival collection:
• Archives:
• Archivist:
• Arc-fault circuit interrupter (AFCI):
• Arc-over voltage:
• Arch-top:
• Area:
• Area divider:
• Area well:
• Argon:
• Armored/BX cable:
• Arpent:
• Arris:
• Arsenic (As):
• Articulation class:
• Articulation index (AI):
• Asbestos:
• As-built drawings:
• Aseismic:
• As-is condition:
• Ashlar:
• Ashpit:
• Askarel:
• Asking price:
• Aspect ratio:
• Asperity:
• Asphalt:
• Aspiration:
• Assessed value:
• Assessment:
• Assessment rolls:
• Asset:
• Asset management:
• Assignor:
• Assumable mortgage:
• Assumption:
• Assumption clause:
• Assumption fee:
• Asthenosphere:
• Astragal:
• As-built drawings:
• Atmospheric pressure:
• Atomic absorption:
• Atrium:
• Attached drawer:
• Attachment plug:
• Attenuation:
• Attic:
• Attic access:
• Attic ventilators:
• Auger:
• Auger bit:
• Aught:
• Authentic divided lites (ADL):
• Authority having jurisdiction:
• Note:
• Authorized person:
• AutoCAD:
• Autoclave:
• Autoclave crazing:
• Automatic:
• Automatic center punch:
• Auxiliary load:
• Average annual effective rate:
• Average annual effective rent:
• Example:
• Average price:
• Average value:
• Aviation snips:
• Avigation easement:
• Avonite:
• Awl, scratch awl:
• Awning window:
• Axed arch:
• Axial:
• B
• B tank:
• b value:
• Back:
• Bacterial corrosion:
• Bacterial decay:
• Bactericide:
• Baffle:
• Baghouse dust collector:
• Baked-enamel finish:
• Baking:
• Balance:
• Balance sheet:
• Balanced match:
• Balancing valve:
• Balcony:
• Ball:
• Ball passage:
• Ball peen hammer:
• Ball valve:
• Ballast:
• Ballcock:
• Balloon framed wall:
• Balloon loan:
• Balloon payment:
• Balloon-frame construction:
• Balsa:
• Balsam:
• Baluster:
• Balustrade:
• Bamboo:
• Band joist:
• Band saw:
• Band sawmill:
• Banister:
• Bank inspector:
• Bankruptcy:
• Bar:
• Bar clamps:
• Bar joist:
• Barbed nail:
• Barber pole effect in book match:
• Barberchair:
• Barge:
• Barge board:
• Bark:
• Bark pocket:
• Barn poles:
• Barometric damper:
• Barratry:
• Barrel roof:
• Barrier tape:
• Barrier wrap:
• Basal area:
• Base:
• Base block:
• Base cap:
• Base coat:
• Base flashings:
• Base isolation:
• Base line:
• Base metal:
• Base molding:
• Base of tree:
• Base plate:
• Base ply:
• Base rent:
• Base shear or Equivalent lateral force (ELF):
• Base sheet:
• Base shoe:
• Baseboard:
• Baseboard electric heat:
• Baseline irrigation water use:
• Basement:
• Basement window:
• Basement window inserts:
• Baseplate:
• Basic building code (BBC):
• Basin:
• Basin cock:
• Basin wrench:
• Basis:
• Basis point:
• Bas-relief:
• Bastard:
• Bat:
• Batch plant:
• Bathroom:
• Batt:
• Batten:
• Batten type standing seam:
• Batterboard:
• Bay:
• Bay window:
• Beach marks:
• Bearing:
• Bearing area:
• Bearing capacity:
• Bearing header:
• Bearing partition:
• Bearing points:
• Bearing wall:
• Bed:
• Bed joint:
• Bedrock:
• Beehive burner:
• Before-tax income:
• Before-tax investment value:
• Bell:
• Bell-bottom pier hole:
• Bell and spigot joint:
• Belt sander:
• Bench grinder:
• Bench level:
• Benched excavation:
• Benchmark:
• Bend:
• Bend test:
• Bendable concrete:
• Benderboard:
• Bending moment:
• Bending strength:
• Bending stress:
• Beneficial occupancy:
• Beneficiary:
• Benioff zone:
• Bent:
• Bentonite:
• Berm:
• Bermuda seam:
• Bernoulli's principle:
• Bequest:
• Berber carpet:
• Betterment:
• Bevel:
• Bevel cut:
• Beveled edge:
• Bevel-edge chisel:
• Bevel protractor:
• Beveled edge square:
• Bicycle rack:
• Bid:
• Bid bond:
• Bid documents:
• Bid security:
• Bid shopping:
• Bidding requirements:
• Bidding war:
• Bidet:
• Bifurcate, Bifurcation:
• Big box stores:
• Bight:
• Bilateral contract:
• Bill of lading:
• Bill of materials:
• Bill of sale:
• Binder:
• Bio-based materials:
• Biodegradation:
• Biofuel-based electrical systems:
• Biological control:
• Biological monitoring:
• Biomass:
• Biomass boiler:
• Bird bath:
• Bird peck:
• Bird screen:
• Bird stop:
• Biscuit:
• Biscuit saw:
• Bisque:
• Bit:
• Bite:
• Bitumen:
• Bituminous emulsion:
• Biweekly mortgage:
• Bi-fold door:
• Bi-metal utility blades:
• Black label shingles:
• Black oiled:
• Blackberry:
• Blackwater:
• Bladder pressed panel:
• Blade diameter:
• Blanket insulation:
• Blanket insurance policy:
• Blanket mortgage:
• Blankets:
• Blanks:
• Blasting:
• Bleaching:
• Bleed:
• Bleed-off:
• Bleed-off rate:
• Bleeder strip:
• Bleeding channels:
• Blended repair tapering:
• Blending:
• Blind:
• Blinding:
• Blistering:
• Block:
• Block backsplash:
• Block building system:
• Block cell:
• Block out:
• Block plane:
• Block reinforcing:
• Blocking:
• Blowdown:
• Blown asphalt:
• Blow-offs:
• Blow-out water closet:
• Blown-in insulation:
• Blue print(s):
• Blue label shingles:
• Blue sky laws:
• Blue stake:
• Blue stain:
• Blue-ribbon condition:
• Board:
• Board and batten siding:
• Board foot:
• Board on board siding:
• Board of equalization:
• Board siding:
• Body:
• Body belt:
• Body force:
• Body harness:
• Body jets:
• Body wave:
• Body-wave magnitude:
• Boiled Oil:
• Boiler:
• Boiler feed:
• Boilerplate:
• Boiler plug:
• Bollard:
• Bolt:
• Bolt circle:
• Bolt preload:
• Bolted splice:
• Bona fide:
• Bond:
• Bond beam:
• Bond strength:
• Bonded core:
• Bonded glass:
• Bonding, bonded:
• Bonding agent:
• Bonding company:
• Bonding jumper:
• Note:
• Bone-dry ton (BDT):
• Note:
• Bone-dry unit (BDU):
• Book matched veneer:
• Book size:
• Book value:
• Booking:
• Boom:
• Boomboat:
• Booster tile:
• Boot:
• Border cut:
• Bore:
• Boring test:
• Borough:
• Borrow:
• Borrow pit:
• Botched job (trivia):
• Bottom bearing:
• Bottom chord:
• Bottom chord extension (BCX):
• Bottom chord strut:
• Bottom plate:
• Bottom plate:
• Bottom rail:
• Bound moisture:
• Bound water:
• Boundary:
• Boundary condition:
• Bow:
• Bow saw:
• Bow string joist:
• Bow window:
• Bow's notation:
• Box, cabinet:
• Box bay:
• Box beam:
• Box gutter:
• Box heart:
• Box nails:
• Boxed mullion:
• Brace:
• Braced framing:
• Bracket:
• Brad:
• Brad point bit:
• Brake:
• Brake drum:
• Branch circuit:
• Brands:
• Brashness:
• Brazing:
• Breach of contract:
• Breach of covenant:
• Breach of warranty:
• Bread loaf top rail:
• Breakaway torque:
• Break loose torque:
• Breaking stress:
• Breaker panel:
• Breaking strength:
• Break-even point:
• Breast height:
• Breather tube:
• Breccia:
• Breezeway:
• Bressumer beam:
• Brick:
• Brick bond:
• Brick course:
• Brick ledge:
• Brick lintel:
• Brick mason's hammer:
• Brick mold:
• Brick saw:
• Brick shelf:
• Brick tie:
• Brick veneer:
• Bricklayer:
• Bridge faucet:
• Bridge loan:
• Bridging:
• Bridging anchor:
• Bridging clip:
• Bridging diagram:
• British thermal unit (BTU):
• Brittle:
• Brittle-ductile boundary:
• Bronze:
• Broker:
• Brokerage:
• Broom clean:
• Broom finish:
• Brooming:
• Brown coat:
• Brownstone:
• Bruised composition shingles:
• Brush texture:
• Buck:
• Bucket handle pointing:
• Buckle:
• Buckling load:
• Budget analysis:
• Budget summary table:
• Buffer:
• Buffer strip:
• Builder upgrades:
• Builder's risk insurance:
• Building:
• Built-in cabinets:
• Built-ins:
• Built-up member:
• Built-up roof (BUR):
• Bulb-tee:
• Bulkhead:
• Bulk specific gravity:
• Bulking:
• Bull nose:
• Bull float:
• Bulldozer:
• Bullet resistant doors:
• Bundle:
• Bundle of rights:
• Bungalow:
• Bunk:
• Burl:
• Burl, bending:
• Burn pattern:
• Burnish:
• Busbar:
• Bushings:
• Business risk:
• Busduct:
• Butadiene:
• Butcher block:
• Butt:
• Butt cut:
• Butt edge:
• Butt hinge:
• Butt joint:
• Butt plate:
• Butt rot:
• Butterfly roof:
• Butterfly valve:
• Button plug:
• Buttress:
• Buttress dam: A
• Butyl:
• Butyl rubber:
• Butyl tape:
• Buy down:
• Buyer broker:
• Buyer's market:
• Buyer's remorse:
• BX cable:
• Bylaws:
• Bypass doors:
• C
• C Section:
• C Shapes:
• C-channel:
• C-clamps:
• Cabinet:
• Cabinet rasp:
• Cabinet scraper:
• Cabinetmaker's screwdriver:
• Cable(s):
• Cable railings:
• Cable tray:
• Cable-stayed bridge:
• Cableway:
• Cage:
• Caisson:
• Calcium silicate bricks:
• Caldera:
• Calibration:
• Calipers (outside and inside):
• Call option:
• Calorific value:
• Calrod burner:
• Cam lock:
• Cam pivot:
• Camber:
• Cambium:
• Caming:
• Cam-action clamps:
• Can:
• Can lights:
• Cancellation clause:
• Candela:
• Candlepower:
• Canopy:
• Cant:
• Cant strip:
• Canter:
• Cantilever:
• Cap:
• Cap coping:
• Cap flashing:
• Cap plate:
• Cap row:
• Cap sheet:
• Cap tile:
• Capacitance meter:
• Cape Cod style:
• Capillary action:
• Capillary tube:
• Capital:
• Capital and interest:
• Capital expenditure:
• Capital gains:
• Capital gains tax:
• Capital improvement:
• Capital tax:
• Capitalization:
• Capitalization rate:
• Capped rate:
• Capping head:
• Capstock:
• Car:
• Car counterweight:
• Car doors:
• Car-switch operation:
• Car operating panel:
• Carbide:
• Carbide hole cutter:
• Carbide teeth:
• Carbon 14 age:
• Carbonate:
• Carbonation:
• Carbon content and chemical composition:
• Carbon dioxide (CO2) levels:
• Carbon equivalent content:
• Carpenter:
• Carpenter's pencil:
• Carpet cove:
• Carpet grain:
• Carpool:
• Carport:
• Carryover:
• Cartridge:
• Casehardening:
• Casement:
• Casework:
• Casing-off:
• Cash flow:
• Cash flow after taxes (CFAT):
• Cash flow before tax (CFBT):
• Cash-out refinance:
• Cashier's check:
• Casing:
• Cast brass construction:
• Cast in place:
• Cast iron:
• Cast iron no hub pipe:
• Cast-iron soil pipe:
• Casting:
• Cat:
• Cat face:
• Cat skinner:
• Catalyst:
• Catch basin:
• Catch platform:
• Cathedral ceiling:
• Cathedral grain:
• Cathodic:
• Catwalk:
• Caulking:
• Caustic:
• Caustic embrittlement:
• Caveat:
• Caveat emptor:
• Cavedium:
• Cave-in:
• Cavitation:
• Cavity wall:
• Cavity wall tie:
• Celotex ™:
• Ceiling attenuation system:
• Ceiling duty classification:
• Ceiling extension:
• Ceiling height:
• Ceiling joist:
• Ceiling suspension system:
• Celadon:
• Cellar:
• Cellular PVC:
• Cellulose:
• Cellulose insulation:
• Cellulosic composite:
• Celcon nut:
• Celsius (°C):
• Cement:
• Cement-aggregate reaction:
• Cement board underlayment:
• Cement content:
• Cement mixer:
• Cementitious board:
• Center bearing wall:
• Center match:
• Center set:
• Center of gravity:
• Center of resistance:
• Center-to-center hole spacing:
• Centering:
• Centerline span:
• Centimeter (centimeter) (CM):
• Central air conditioning:
• Central business district:
• Centrifugal chiller:
• Centrifugal force:
• Centroid:
• Ceramic disc valve:
• Ceramic mosaic tile:
• Ceramics:
• Ceran top:
• Certificate of deposit (CD):
• Certificate of deposit index:
• Certificate of eligibility:
• Certificate of occupancy (CO and CofO):
• Certificate of sale:
• Certificate of title:
• Certified:
• Certified lead abatement worker:
• Certified lead risk assessor:
• Certified welder:
• Certified wood:
• Chain:
• Chain of title:
• Chain-of-custody:
• Chainsaw firewood processor:
• Chair rail:
• Chalk:
• Chalk line:
• Chalking:
• Chamfer:
• Change frequency:
• Change order:
• Change order proposal (COP):
• Change order request (COR):
• Changed conditions:
• Channel:
• Channel flashing:
• Character-defining feature:
• Characteristic strength:
• Charge:
• Charpy impact test:
• Charring:
• Chart of accounts:
• Chase:
• Chasing:
• Chattel:
• Chattel mortgage:
• Chatter:
• Check:
• Check rail:
• Check valve:
• Chemical composition:
• Chemical content:
• Chemical degradation:
• Chemical resistance:
• Chemical runoff:
• Chemical treatment:
• Chem sponge:
• Chewable surface:
• Chicken tracks:
• Child-occupied facility:
• Chimney:
• Chink:
• Chip:
• Chipboard:
• Chisel plane:
• Chloride attack:
• Chloride content:
• Chlorinated Polyethylene (CPE):
• Chlorinated polyethylene as defined by the National Roofing Contractors Association:
• Chlorinated Polyethylene (CPE):
• Chlorinated Polyvinyl Chloride (CPVC):
• Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs):
• Chlorosulfonated polyethylene (CSPE):
• Chock:
• Choke:
• Chopped Glass and Emulsion (CG & E):
• Chord:
• Chromium (Cr):
• Chroma:
• Chuck:
• Churn:
• Cinder block:
• Cinder fill:
• Circle:
• Circle-top:
• Circuit:
• Circuit breaker:
• Circular headsaw:
• Circular hollow:
• Circular saw:
• Circular stair:
• Circumference:
• Cistern:
• Civil engineer:
• Civil law:
• Cladding:
• Claim:
• Clamp:
• Class A, B, C/I-II-III flame spread; Class A-B-C roof coverings; and Hourly fire-resistance ratings:
• Class A-B-C roof coverings:
• Class life:
• Classical orders of architecture:
• Classified property tax:
• Clastic:
• Claw hammer:
• Clay:
• Clay block:
• Clay tile:
• Cleanout:
• Clear all heart:
• Clear coating:
• Clear lumber:
• Clear span:
• Clear title:
• Clear-cut:
• Clearance angle:
• Clearance examination:
• Cleat:
• Cleavage:
• Clerestory:
• Clerestory roof:
• Clerk-of-the-works:
• Clevis hanger:
• Climate change:
• Clip:
• Clip angle:
• Clip ties:
• Clipped gable:
• Closed valley:
• Close-coupled water closet:
• Closed-cut valley:
• Closed-grain:
• Closer:
• Closet bend:
• Closet flange:
• Closing:
• Closure strip:
• Cloud on title:
• Cluster development:
• Clustered:
• Clustered wiring:
• Clutch:
• Clutch-head screwdriver:
• Coal ash:
• Coal tar felt:
• Coal tar pitch:
• Coal tar roof cement:
• Coalescent aid:
• Coarse aggregate:
• Coarse orange peel surface texture:
• Coated base sheet:
• Coated felt:
• Coated glass:
• Coating:
• Cobalt HSS:
• Code:
• Coefficient of friction:
• Coefficient of linear expansion:
• Coffer:
• Cofferdam:
• Cogeneration:
• Cohesion:
• Cohesive soil:
• Coign:
• Coil coating:
• Collapse:
• Collar:
• Collarless saws:
• Collector head:
• Collateral load:
• Collateral security:
• Collateral warrantee:
• Collection:
• Colloid:
• Collusion:
• Colonia:
• Colonial:
• Colonial base and casing:
• Colonial windows:
• Colonist door:
• Colorant:
• Colorfast:
• Color retention:
• Column:
• Columnar jointing:
• Comb grain:
• Combination door:
• Combination hand vise:
• Combination square:
• Combination window:
• Combing ridge:
• Combustible:
• Combustion air:
• Combustion chamber:
• Comfort criteria:
• Comingling recycling:
• Commingling:
• Comminutors:
• Commission:
• Commissioning:
• Commitment:
• Commode:
• Common area:
• Common area maintenance (CAM):
• Common gable truss:
• Common law:
• Common nails:
• Common rafter:
• Common wall:
• Community Reinvestment Act:
• Commutator:
• Compact section:
• Compactable fill:
• Compaction:
• Comparables:
• Comparative market analysis:
• Compass saw:
• Compatible:
• Compensator control:
• Competent person (per OSH):
• Completed Contract Method:
• Component:
• Composite:
• Composition shingles:
• Composting toilet system:
• A composting toilet
• Compound:
• Compound interest:
• Compound miter cut:
• Compound miter saw:
• Compounded thermoplastics:
• Compounding sheave:
• Comprehensive historic preservation planning:
• Compressed-air chamber:
• Compressed workweek:
• Compression:
• Compression stress:
• Compression wave:
• Compressive strength:
• Compressor:
• Computer simulation:
• Com-Ply:
• Concealed:
• Concealed mounting system:
• Concealed nail method:
• Concealed trap:
• Concentrate:
• Concentrated force:
• Concentration ratio or cycles of concentration:
• Concrete:
• Condemnation:
• Condensate:
• Condensate gutter:
• Condensation:
• Condensing unit:
• Conditional commitment:
• Conditions, covenants, and restrictions (CC and Rs):
• Condominium/Cooperative:
• Condominium conversion:
• Conduction:
• Conductivity:
• Conductivity meter, electrical conductivity (EC) meter:
• Conductor:
• Conduit:
• Configurator:
• Conglomerate:
• Conifer:
• Connections:
• Connector(s):
• Consent judgment:
• Conservation district:
• Conservator:
• Consideration:
• Constructability:
• Construction:
• Heavy construction:
• Consumptive water use:
• Contact adhesive:
• Containment:
• Contaminated aggregate:
• Contaminated mixing water:
• Contemporary:
• Contiguous lots:
• Contingency:
• Contingency listing:
• Contingent fee:
• Continuity:
• Continuity tester:
• Continuous:
• Contract:
• Contractor:
• Contractual lien:
• Controls:
• Control joint:
• Controlled access zone (CAZ):
• Controlled growth:
• Controller:
• Convection:
• Conventional irrigation:
• Conventional jack:
• Conventional loan:
• Convertible adjustable-rate mortgage:
• Convertibility:
• Conveyance:
• Cooking unit, counter mounted:
• Cooling load:
• Cooling tower:
• Cooperating broker:
• Cooperative corporation:
• Cooperative mortgages:
• Cooperative project:
• Coped joint:
• Coped:
• Coped joint:
• Coping:
• Coping saw:
• Copper:
• Copper-clad aluminum conductors:
• Copper oxide:
• Corbel:
• Cord:
• Corded drill:
• Cordless drill:
• Core:
• Corinthian order:
• Cork flooring:
• Corner:
• Cornice:
• Corrective work:
• Corridor:
• Corrosion:
• Corrosion inhibitive:
• Corrugated roof panel:
• Corundum:
• Cosmetic damage:
• Cost:
• Cottage:
• Cottage cheese texture:
• Cottage double-hung window:
• Cotter pin:
• Counter batten:
• Counter balance:
• Counter flashings:
• Counterfort:
• Counteroffer:
• Counterweight:
• Counter-balance valve:
• Couple:
• Coupler, coupling:
• Course:
• Court:
• Cove:
• Cove molding:
• Covenant:
• Covenants, conditions, and restrictions (CC&Rs):
• Cover:
• Cover plate:
• Coverage:
• Co-generation operation:
• Co-housing:
• Co-insurance:
• Co-maker:
• Cracking:
• Crack perimeter:
• Cracking pressure:
• Cracks:
• Craftsman style:
• Crane:
• Cranked-neck rasp:
• Crawler:
• Crawl space:
• Cream:
• Cream time:
• Creative financing:
• Credit:
• Creditor:
• Creep:
• Creosote:
• Cricket:
• Crimp ring:
• Crimped angle web:
• Cripple(s):
• Cripple rafter:
• Critical facilities:
• Critical load:
• Critical Path Method (CPM):
• Critical visual tasks:
• Crocus cloth:
• Crook:
• Crown:
• Crown molding:
• Crowned stud:
• Crowning:
• Crows nest:
• Crushed stone:
• Crust:
• Crutch-pattern screwdriver:
• Cryptoflorescence:
• Cubic foot (CF):
• Cubic foot of gas:
• Cubic yard (CY):
• Cul de sac:
• Culinary water:
• Cultural landscape:
• Cultural resource:
• Culture:
• Cultured countertop:
• Cultured marble countertop:
• Cultured stone:
• Culvert:
• Cunit:
• Cup:
• Cupola:
• Curable defect:
• Curb:
• Curb appeal:
• Curb cock shutoff:
• Curb stop:
• Cure:
• Curing:
• Curing compound
• Current:
• Curtain drain:
• Curtain wall:
• Curtilage:
• Curvature:
• Curve sawing:
• Curved-tooth file:
• Custom builder:
• Custom cabinets:
• Custom home:
• Custom keying:
• Cut:
• Cycle:
• Cyclical maintenance:
• Cylinder:
• D
• D-cracks:
• Dado:
• Daily construction report:
• Dalle glass:
• Damp proofing:
• Damper:
• Damping:
• Critical damping
• Date of agreement:
• Date of commencement of work:
• Date of substantial completion:
• Daylight:
• Daylight factor:
• Daylight glazing:
• Daylight opening (DLO):
• Daylighting:
• Dead-blow hammer:
• Dead bolt:
• Dead flat:
• Dead front:
• Dead knots:
• Dead level:
• Dead-level asphalt:
• Dead light:
• Dead load:
• Debark:
• Debris flow:
• Decay:
• Deceleration device:
• Deceleration distance:
• Deciduous:
• Decimalized feet:
• Deck:
• Deck mounted faucet:
• Declarant:
• Decompression:
• Dedicated circuit:
• Deep well:
• Default:
• Defect:
• Deflection:
• Deformation:
• Deformations:
• Deformability:
• Deformed reinforcing bar:
• Degradation:
• Degree of freedom:
• Delamination:
• Delta (Δ):
• Demand factor:
• Demand flow technology (DFT):
• Demising wall:
• Densely occupied space:
• Densifier:
• Design development phase:
• Density:
• Density factor (kd):
• Dentils:
• Depth of focus:
• Depth of the jamb:
• Depth of joist:
• Derrick:
• Desanco fitting:
• Descriptive specification:
• Desiccant:
• Design:
• Designated person:
• Designer:
• Desktop geographic information system (GIS):
• Detail:
• Detail drawing:
• Detail piece:
• Detailer:
• Detailing file:
• Deterioration:
• Development footprint:
• Dew point temperature:
• De-energize:
• Degree-day:
• De-humidistat:
• De-superheater:
• Diagonal bracing:
• Diagonal bridging:
• Diagonal wood floor installation:
• Dial plate:
• Diagramming:
• Diameter:
• Diamond polishing:
• Diaphragm:
• Diaphragm action:
• Diaphragm valve:
• Diatomite:
• Dichroic glass:
• Die:
• Die stock:
• Dielectric fitting:
• Differential settlement:
• Diffuser:
• Diffusion:
• Digital imaging:
• Digital protractor:
• Dilatancy:
• Diluent:
• Dimension(s):
• Dip:
• Dip-slip fault:
• Direct chemical attack:
• Direct costs:
• Direct glaze:
• Directional control valves:
• Directivity:
• Discharge head:
• Discoloration:
• Disconnect:
• Disconnecting means:
• Discount rate:
• Discretionary change order:
• Discrimination:
• Disintegration:
• Dismantle:
• Displacement:
• Distortion:
• Distributed load:
• Diverter:
• Diversion channel:
• Divided lites:
• Dog-leg chisel:
• Dome:
• Domestic hot water:
• Doming head:
• Door:
• Dope:
• Doric:
• Dormer:
• Double acting cylinder:
• Double bull nose:
• Double coverage:
• Double curvature:
• Double cylinder door locks:
• Double glass:
• Double graveling:
• Double hung window:
• Double pull:
• Double square:
• Double-strength glass:
• Double threshold shower:
• Double window:
• Dovetail joint:
• Dovetail saw:
• Dovetail square:
• Dowel:
• Doweled construction:
• Down payment:
• Downstanding leg:
• Down-flow furnace:
• Downspout:
• Downspout adapters:
• Downstream face:
• Doze:
• Drain tile:
• Draft hood:
• Drafter:
• Dragline:
• Drain:
• Drain field:
• Drainage system:
• Draw:
• Dressed lumber:
• Driers:
• Drift:
• Drift index:
• Drift pin:
• Drill press:
• Drip:
• Drip irrigation:
• Drip leg:
• Drip loop:
• Drip pan:
• Drop-in sink:
• Drop plug:
• Drop siding:
• Drop wire:
• Dry bulb:
• Dry colors:
• Dry film thickness:
• Dry glazing:
• Dry in:
• Dry looper:
• Dry lumber:
• Dry pipe valve:
• Dry rot:
• Drywall:
• Drywall hammer:
• Drywall (or Gypsum Wallboard (GWB), Sheet rock or Plasterboard:
• Dry weight of wood:
• Drying:
• Drying oil:
• Drying shrinkage:
• Dual level drain:
• Duckbill snips:
• Duct:
• E
• Earlywood:
• Earnest money:
• Earth pigments:
• Earthquake:
• Easemen:
• Eave:
• Eccentric:
• Eccentricity:
• Eccentric braced frame:
• Ecological restoration:
• Ecologically appropriate site features:
• Ecological restoration:
• Edge:
• Edger:
• Edging:
• Effective depth:
• Effective length:
• Effective length factor (K):
• Effective moment of inertia:
• Effective peak acceleration:
• Effective width:
• Efficiency:
• Efflorescence:
• Egg and dart:
• Eggshell:
• Egress window:
• Elastic:
• Elasticity:
• Elastomer:
• Elastomeric:
• Elastomeric coating:
• Elastomeric roof system:
• Elastoplastic:
• Elbow (ell):
• Electric/Electrical:
• Electricity:
• Electrode:
• Electro-hydraulic servo valve:
• Electrolytic or electrochemical corrosion:
• Electronic level:
• Electrostatic filter:
• Elemental mercury:
• Elevation:
• Elevation sheet:
• Elevator:
• Elevatoring:
• Ell:
• Elongated toilets:
• Elongation:
• Embankment dam:
• Embedment:
• Emergency board-up:
• Emergency generator:
• Emergency interlock release switch:
• Emergency power:
• Emergency switch:
• Emissivity:
• Employee, construction, per OSHA:
• Emulsion:
• Enamel:
• Encapsulant:
• Encapsulation
• Enclosed:
• End:
• Energize:
• Energy:
• Engaged column:
• Engineer:
• Engineer of Record:
• Engineered wood products:
• Engineered veneers:
• Engineering brick:
• English bond:
• English bow saw:
• English garden wall bond:
• Entablature:
• Entablement:
• Envelope:
• Environment:
• Environmental:
• Environmentally assisted cracking (EAC):
• Epicenter:
• Epoxy:
• Equilibrium:
• Equations of equilibrium:
• Equilibrium moisture content (EMC):
• Equipment screen:
• Equity:
• Equivalent, per OSHA:
• Equivalent lateral force (ELF):
• Equivalent uniform load:
• Equiviscous temperature (EVT):
• Erection:
• Erector:
• Ergonomic design:
• Erosion:
• Escalators:
• Escrow:
• Escutcheon:
• Espagnolette:
• Estimate:
• Estimating:
• Etched glass:
• Ethnographic landscape:
• Ethylene Propylene Diene Monomer (EPDM):
• European style cabinet door hinge:
• European wallpaper roll:
• Eutrophication:
• Evaluation of historic sites:
• Evaporate:
• Evaporative cooler:
• Evaporator coil:
• Evapotranspiration:
• Excavation:
• Excavator:
• Excavators
• Exceedance probability:
• Excess air:
• Exhaust air:
• Exhaust vent:
• Existing building commissioning
• Exit:
• Expanded foam:
• Expanded metal:
• Expansion:
• Expansion slots:
• Expansive soils:
• Exposed/exposure:
• Extended end:
• Extended services contract – CM:
• Extender:
• Exterior insulation and finishing system (EIFS):
• Extractive:
• Extension:
• Extension jamb:
• External blower:
• External force:
• Extrados:
• Extras:
• Extruded foam:
• Extrusion:
• Extrusive rock:
• Eye:
• Eyebrow:
• F
• F rating:
• Fabricated frame scaffold:
• Fabrication:
• Façde:
• Face-nailing:
• Face width:
• Faceplate:
• Faced concrete:
• Faces:
• Facility alterations and addition:
• Facility manager:
• Facing brick:
• Factory built fireplace:
• Factor of safety:
• Factored load:
• Factory lumber:
• Factory seam:
• Fading:
• Failure:
• Fairtrade:
• Fallback:
• False tread and riser:
• Falsework:
• Fan light:
• Fan room:
• Fascia:
• Fast saw:
• Fast track construction:
• Fasteners:
• Fatigue:
• Faucet:
• Fault:
• Faulting:
• Feasibility analysis:
• Feasibility phase:
• Feather-edge board:
• Feathering strips:
• Feed rate:
• Feeder:
• Feedwater:
• Fahrenheit (°F):
• Feathering strips:
• Feature:
• Felt:
• Felt machine/Felt layer:
• Female threads:
• Fenestratio:
• Ferrule:
• Festoon lighting:
• Fiber and cement shingle:
• Fiber glass mat:
• Fiber saturation point (fsp):
• Fiberboard:
• Fiberglass:
• Fibercsope:
• Fibrous admixture:
• Fick's Law:
• Fiddleback:
• Fill:
• Filler:
• Filler joist floor:
• Fillet:
• Film build:
• Film thickness:
• Filter fabric:
• Filtration rate:
• Fin:
• Final acceptance:
• Final inspection:
• Financial leverage:
• Financial and management control system:
• Financial risk:
• Fine aggregate:
• Fine mineral-surfacing:
• Finger joint:
• Finish:
• Finpipe/Fin tube:
• Fire:
• Firmwood:
• Firring:
• First draw:
• First fix:
• First motion:
• Fish tape:
• Fishmouth:
• Fishplate:
• Fissuring:
• Five-quarter:
• Fixed:
• Fixture:
• Flagging tape:
• Flagman/Flagperson:
• Flagstone:
• Flakeboard:
• Flaking:
• Flame retardant:
• Flame retention burner:
• Flame spread classes:
• Flame spread rating:
• Flammability:
• Flange:
• Flanges:
• Flanker:
• Flare fitting:
• Flaring tool:
• Flash point:
• Flashing:
• Flashing cement:
• Flashing collar:
• Flat:
• Fleck, ray:
• Fleece:
• Flemish bond:
• Fletton brick:
• Flexible conduit:
• Flexible connector:
• Flexible system:
• Flexibility:
• Flexure:
• Flint:
• Flint-lime brick:
• Flitch:
• Float:
• Float glass:
• Floating:
• Flood coat:
• Flood plane structure:
• Flood test:
• Floor:
• Foot valve:
• Flow control valve:
• Flow rate:
• Flow restrictor:
• Flue:
• Fluid:
• Fluid mechanics:
• Fluid-applied elastomer:
• Fluorescent lighting:
• Fluorescent tube:
• Fluoropolymer binders (PVDF):
• Fluoro-carbon thread coating:
• Flush door slab:
• Flush pointing:
• Flush tile:
• Flushometer:
• Flute:
• Fluted casing:
• Fly rafters:
• Foam foundation sill plate sealer:
• Foam stop:
• Foaming:
• Focal depth:
• Focus or Hypocenter of an earthquake:
• Fogging:
• Folding partition:
• Foot:
• Footbolt:
• Footer/Footing:
• Footing drain:
• Force:
• Force system:
• Forced air system:
• Forced convection:
• Forced dry:
• Forearc:
• Foreshocks:
• Forged:
• Form:
• Form ties:
• Formal region:
• Formaldehyde:
• Formica:
• Formwork:
• Fossiloferous:
• Fouling:
• Foundation:
• Four way inspection:
• Fracture properties:
• Fractured composition shingles:
• Fracture cracking:
• Frame:
• Frame and panel cabinet door:
• Frame clamp or cramp:
• Frame expander:
• Frame inspection:
• Framed opening:
• Framed style cabinets:
• Framed to square:
• Frameless style cabinet:
• Framer:
• Framing:
• Free along side (FAS):
• Free and clear:
• Free fall:
• Free field:
• Free-body diagram:
• Free-tab shingles:
• Freeze thaw damage:
• Freezeless hose bibb:
• Freezing and thawing:
• French door:
• French window:
• Frenchman:
• Frequency:
• Friction loss:
• Friction-weld:
• Frieze:
• Frieze board:
• Frog:
• Front end loader:
• Frost lid:
• Frost line:
• FROTH-PAK™:
• Fuel-efficient vehicles:
• Fuhgedd about it:
• Full:
• Fume hoods:
• Function:
• Functional drainage:
• Functional flow:
• Fundamental/Natural period:
• Fungal decay:
• Funicular:
• Furlong:
• Furnace:
• Furniture, fixtures, and equipment (FFE):
• Furring strips:
• Fuse:
• Fused glass:
• Fusible link:
• Fusion-weld:
• Future value (FV):
• G
• Gable:
• Galling:
• Gallon:
• Galvalume®:
• Galvanic action:
• Galvanized:
• Gambrel roof:
• Gambrel truss:
• Gandy:
• Gang:
• Gang nail plate:
• Ganger:
• Gaps:
• Garret:
• Gasket:
• Gate valve:
• Gauge:
• Gauge pressure:
• General conditions:
• General condition items:
• General contractor (GC):
• Geodesic dome:
• Geodesy:
• Geodimeter:
• Geographic Information System(s) (GIS):
• Geologic hazard:
• Geology:
• Geometry of a structure:
• Geomorphology:
• Geophysics:
• Geotechnical:
• Geotechnical engineer:
• Geothermal energy:
• Gingerbread:
• Ginny wheel:
• Girder:
• Girt:
• Gland:
• Glare:
• Glass felt:
• Glass stop/Glass bead:
• Glaze coat:
• Glazed tile:
• Glazing:
• Glazing factor:
• Glazing tape:
• Glide:
• Glider:
• Globe valve:
• Gloss:
• Gloss enamel:
• Gloss meter:
• Glue:
• Glue laminating (Glulam):
• Glueline:
• Glue-up tile:
• Goose neck:
• Gouge:
• Government incentives:
• Governor:
• Graben:
• Grade:
• Grade beam:
• Grade stake:
• Grade stamp:
• Grader:
• Gradient:
• Graduated payment mortgage (GPM):
• Grain:
• Grain slope:
• Grain sweep:
• Gram (g):
• Granite:
• Gram:
• Granular loss:
• Granule:
• Grass cloth wallpaper:
• Grating:
• Gravel:
• Gravel stop:
• Gravity:
• Gravity dam:
• Gravity-fed flush:
• Graywater or gray water:
• Great circle:
• Green:
• Greenfield conduit:
• Greenhouse gasses:
• Grid:
• Grillage beam:
• Grille:
• Grilles between glass (GBG's):
• Grip length:
• Grommet:
• Gross:
• Ground (terms that begin with ground and relate to electricity):
• Group multi-occupant spaces:
• Group velocity:
• Grousers:
• Grout:
• Non-shrink grout
• Grooved fitting:
• Growth ring:
• Guarded:
• Guarding:
• Guardrail system:
• Guaranteed maximum price-construction management (GMP-CM):
• Gudgeon:
• Guide arm:
• Guide blocks:
• Guide rails:
• Guide shoes:
• Gullet:
• Gully:
• Gum pockets:
• Gum spots:
• Gun nails:
• Gusset:
• Gutter:
• Gutter brace:
• Gymnosperm:
• Gyp board, drywall, wall board, and gypsum board:
• Gypsum-based underlayment:
• Gypsum board:
• Gypsum plaster:
• H
• H Clip:
• H-series joist:
• Habitable space:
• Hairline:
• Half bond:
• Half gable roof:
• Half laced valley:
• Half timbered:
• Half-round:
• Halogen burner:
• Halons:
• Hammerbeam roof:
• Hang a door:
• Hangers:
• Hanger wires:
• Harmonic tremor:
• Hasp:
• Hatch:
• Haunch:
• Hazard insurance:
• Hazardous atmosphere:
• Hazardous substance:
• Hazardous waste:
• Head:
• Hearth:
• Heartwood:
• Heat:
• Heavy construction equipment:
• Hectare (ha):
• Heel cut:
• Heel height:
• Helical:
• Hem:
• Herringbone wood floor installation:
• Hertz (Hz):
• Heterogeneous:
• HEX shingles:
• Hex key adjusting screw:
• HEX shingles:
• High alumina cement (HAC):
• High-density fiberboard (HDF):
• High-density urethane foam pad:
• High efficiency toilets (HETs):
• High-efficiency particulate air (HEPA) filters:
• High gloss paint:
• High pressure decorative laminate:
• High nailing:
• High speed steel (HSS):
• High-strength bolt:
• High strength friction grip bolts (HSFG):
• High tensile steel:
• Highest and best use:
• Highlights:
• Hinge:
• Hip:
• Hip and valley:
• Hip shingles:
• Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS)/Historic American Engineering Record (HAER):
• Hob:
• Hod:
• Hod carrier:
• Hoe:
• Hog fuel:
• Hoist:
• Hoistway:
• Hold-down:
• Holding capacity, kitchen range hoods:
• Hole saw:
• Hole, per OSHA:
• Holes, worm:
• Holidays:
• Hollo-bolt:
• Hollow metal:
• Hollow section:
• Hollow-core door:
• Home run:
• Homogeneous material:
• Holocene:
• Honeycombs:
• Hood:
• Hook:
• Hook angle:
• Hooke's law:
• Hopper:
• Hopper window:
• Horizontal bridging:
• Horizontal shear stress:
• Horizontal slider:
• Horizontal truss reinforcing:
• Horsefeathers:
• Horsepower (hp):
• Horst:
• Hose bibb:
• Hot or Hot stuff:
• Hot mop installation method:
• Hot-rolled shapes:
• Hot spot:
• Hot-water heater:
• Hot wire:
• Hub:
• Humidifier:
• Humidistat:
• Humidity:
• Hundredweight:
• Hung out:
• Hurricane clip:
• Husk:
• Hydration:
• Hydraulic:
• Hydraulic balance:
• Hydraulic cement:
• Hydraulic control:
• Hydraulic head:
• Hydraulic shock:
• Hydraulics:
• Hydro jetting:
• Hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs):
• Hydrodynamics:
• Hydro energy:
• Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs):
• Hydrology:
• Hydrostatic pressure:
• Hydrostatics:
• Hygrometer:
• Hygroscopic:
• Hypalon™:
• Hypocenter:
• Hypotenuse:
• Hysteresis:
• I
• I-beam:
• I-joist:
• Ice and water shield:
• Ice-damming:
• Igneous rock:
• Ignition temperature:
• Illuminance:
• Impedance:
• Impeller:
• Imperial system:
• Imperviousness:
• Impervious surfaces:
• Implode:
• Impossibility:
• Impregnate:
• In situ:
• In situ stresses:
• Inactive door, in a double door:
• Incandescent lamp:
• Inch:
• Incinerator:
• Incline:
• Inclusions:
• Income statement:
• Inconspicuous:
• Indentations:
• Independent contractor:
• Index:
• Index lease:
• Indirectcost:
• Indirect wastes pipe:
• Individual occupant workspaces:
• Indoor air quality (IAQ):
• Indoor-outdoor carpet:
• Induction motor:
• Industrial property:
• Industrial lift:
• Industrial waste:
• Inelastic:
• Inert:
• Inertia:
• Inertial force:
• Inertial forces:
• Infeasible, per OSHA:
• Infeed:
• Infiltration:
• Inflection point:
• Influence line:
• Infrared emittance:
• Infrared thermography:
• Inglenook:
• Initial rate of absorption (IRA):
• Injected insulation:
• Inlay:
• Inorganic:
• Input motion:
• Insect screen:
• Insert fitting:
• Inserts:
• Inside casing:
• Inside corner:
• Instability:
• Instantaneous water heater:
• Insulated flue:
• Insulating glass (IG):
• Insulation:
• Insulation stop:
• Insurances:
• Inswing French door:
• Intake ventilation:
• Integral apron:
• Integral drawer:
• Integral stops:
• Integral vacuum breaker:
• Integrated pest management (IPM):
• Integrated sash:
• Integrity:
• Intensity:
• Intensive survey, historic sites:
• Intercepter:
• Interconnect device:
• Interest:
• Interest-only loan:
• Interlayment:
• Interlocking shingles:
• Interlocking siding:
• Internal hinge:
• Internal pressure:
• Interest-only loan:
• Intermittent weld:
• Internal pressure:
• Internal rate of return (IRR):
• Internally cured concrete:
• International 1/4-inch Log Rule:
• International Building Code (IBC):
• International Fire Code (IFC):
• Interplate coupling:
• Interplate earthquake:
• Interrupting rating:
• Intrados:
• Intraplate earthquake:
• Intrusive:
• Intumescence:
• Invasive plants:
• Inventory:
• Invert:
• Inverted Roof Membrane Assembly (IRMA®):
• In-place management:
• In-kind:
• Ionic order:
• Iron (Fe):
• Ironworker:
• Irrigated land:
• Irrigation:
• Isocyanate:
• Isolated:
• Isolation membrane:
• Isoseismals:
• Isostasy:
• Isotropic:
• J
• J bend:
• J channel:
• J hook:
• J-series joist:
• Jack hammer:
• Jack post:
• Jack rafter:
• Jack truss:
• Jacket:
• Jacketing:
• Jacking operation:
• Jackson turbitity unit (JTU):
• Jal awning:
• Jalousie:
• Jamb:
• Jamb depth:
• Jamb extension:
• Jambliner:
• Jet:
• Jetty:
• Jib:
• Jig:
• Jobsite:
• Johnny bolts:
• Joinery:
• Joint:
• Joist:
• Jost effect:
• Jumpers:
• Junction box:
• Juvenile wood:
• K
• K-series joist:
• Kafer fitting:
• Kaizen:
• Keenes cement:
• Keeper:
• Kelly ball:
• Kerf:
• Key:
• Kick back:
• Kick board:
• Kicker:
• Kilowatt (kw):
• Kiln:
• Kiln-drying schedule:
• Kilo:
• Kilogram (kg):
• Kilometer (km):
• Kilonewton (Kn):
• Kinematic:
• Kinetic energy:
• Kingpost/King post truss:
• King stud:
• Kip:
• Knee brace:
• Knee cap:
• Knee wall:
• Knife cuts per inch (KCPI):
• Knife marks:
• Knife plate seat:
• Knob and tube wiring:
• Knock down texture:
• Knockout:
• Knockout plug:
• Knot:
• Kollar Kaps:
• Kraft paper:
• Krypton gas:
• L
• L flashing:
• L tubing:
• Labeled:
• Labor and material payment bond:
• Laborer:
• Laced valley:
• Lacing:
• Lacquer:
• Lagging:
• Ladder stand:
• Laid up:
• Laitance:
• Lally column:
• Lamella:
• Lamellar tearing:
• Laminar flow:
• Laminar tear:
• Laminate:
• Laminating:
• Lamp:
• Lamp life:
• Lamps:
• Lancet:
• Land sale-leaseback:
• Landfills:
• Landing:
• Landlord:
• Landlord-paid tenant improvements (LPTI):
• Landscape area:
• Landscape coefficient (KL):
• Landslide:
• Langelier's index:
• Lanyard:
• Lap:
• Laser/Laser level:
• Latch:
• Late Quaternary:
• Latex:
• Latex-based paint:
• Latewood:
• Lath:
• Lathe:
• Lattice:
• Lauan plywood underlayment:
• Laundry room pan:
• Layout:
• Layout board:
• Lazy Susan:
• Leaching:
• Leach field:
• Lead:
• Leader:
• Leader head:
• Leader pipe:
• Leading edge:
• Leakage rate:
• Lean manufacturing:
• Lean-to:
• Lease:
• Lease buyout:
• Leased fee:
• Least-squares fit:
• Least toxic chemical pesticide:
• Ledger:
• LEED® Accredited Professionals (AP):
• LEED® Certification (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design):
• Leeward:
• Left hand thread:
• Leftover paint:
• Leg:
• Legionella:
• Lessee:
• Lessor:
• Letter of intent:
• Let-in brace:
• Level:
• Level cut:
• Level payment mortgage:
• Level-type swage:
• Leveling:
• Leveling plate:
• Leveling screws:
• Lever lock:
• Leverage:
• Lewis:
• Liberty™:
• License:
• Lien:
• Lien release:
• Lien waiver:
• Life-cycle assessment (LCA):
• Life-cycle costing (LCC):
• Lifeline:
• Lift:
• Lift slab:
• Light:
• Light framing:
• Light-gauge steel stud:
• Light pollution:
• Light reflectance:
• Lighting outlet:
• Lightning point:
• Lignin:
• Limestone:
• Limit stop:
• Limit switch:
• Limited access zone:
• Line:
• Linear:
• Linear actuator:
• Linear elastic:
• Lineal foot:
• Lineament:
• Liner/Liner insert:
• Lineside treatment:
• Linoleum:
• Linseed Oil:
• Lintel:
• Liquefaction:
• Liquid driers:
• Liquidated damages:
• List price:
• Listed:
• Lite:
• Liter (l):
• Lithology:
• Lithopone:
• Lithosphere:
• Live load:
• Live parts:
• Load:
• Load and resistance factor design (LRFD):
• Load bearing wall:
• Load combination:
• Load factor:
• Load table:
• Loader:
• Loading combinations:
• Loading diagram:
• Loading ramp:
• Loan:
• Loan to value ratio:
• Local buckling:
• Lock:
• Lock block:
• Lock stile:
• Locked fault:
• Lockout:
• Lockset:
• Log:
• Log rules:
• Logged:
• Long logs:
• Long (ship) bit:
• Longitudinal direction:
• Longitudinal wave:
• Longspan designation:
• Longspan joist:
• Lookout:
• Loop pile:
• Loose:
• Loss estimation and loss reduction:
• Lost formwork:
• Lot:
• Louver:
• Love wave:
• Lower levels:
• Lower unit:
• Lumber:
• Lumens:
• Luminaire:
• Lump sum contract:
• Lump sum fee:
• Lunette:
• M
• M shapes:
• Macerator:
• Machine isolators:
• Machine texture:
• Macrozones:
• Macro-economy:
• Magma:
• Magnetic anomaly:
• Magnetic polarity reversal:
• Magnetite:
• Magnification factor:
• Magnum:
• Main:
• Major axis:
• Makeup water:
• Male fitting:
• Mall:
• Malleable fittings:
• Manhole:
• Manifest:
• Manifold:
• Mansard roof:
• Mantel
• Manual control:
• Manual override:
• Manufactured housing:
• Manufactured wood:
• Manufacturer's specifications:
• Mapp gas:
• Mapping GIS software:
• Marine borer:
• Marine paint:
• Marine Stewardship Council's Blue Eco-Label:
• Mark:
• Marking crayon:
• Marquee sign:
• Masking:
• Mason:
• Masonry:
• Masonry opening:
• Masonry primer:
• Mass:
• Massed produced cabinets:
• Master:
• Mastic:
• Mat:
• Matching edge band (ME):
• Material:
• Material balance:
• Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS):
• Maul:
• Maximum credible earthquake (MCE):
• Maximum intended load:
• Maxwell diagram:
• MC shapes:
• Mean:
• Measured drawings:
• Measuring tape:
• Mechanically-fastened membranes:
• Mechanic's lien:
• Mechanicals:
• Mechanized parking garage equipment:
• Median:
• Medium density fiberboard (MDF):
• Medium density fiberboard core (MDFC):
• Medium density overlay (MDO):
• Meeting edges:
• Meeting notes:
• Meeting rail:
• Mega:
• Member:
• Member release:
• Membrane:
• Membrane pressed panel:
• Mende-process board:
• Mercalli Scale:
• Messenger cable:
• Metal building system:
• Metal-enclosed power switchgear:
• Metal flashing:
• Metal lath:
• Metal roof coatings:
• Metal stirrup:
• Metal stud:
• Metallic lathers:
• Metalling:
• Metamorphic rock:
• Meter:
• Method statement:
• Methymercury:
• Mews:
• Mezzanine:
• Microclimate factor (kmc):
• Microirrigation:
• Microlam:
• Micron:
• Micron rating:
• Microzonation:
• Migration:
• Mil:
• Milar:
• Mild steel:
• Mile (ml):
• Milestone:
• Milestone schedule:
• Mill finish:
• Mill order:
• Mill test report:
• Milled:
• Milled cabinets:
• Milli:
• Millwork:
• Mineral:
• Terms beginning with mineral
• Minimum efficiency reporting value (MERV):
• Minispread or mini-“widespread faucet”:
• Minor axis:
• Minor change in work:
• Mission coupling:
• Mix:
• Miter cut:
• Miter joint:
• Mitered panel:
• Mix:
• Mixed-mode ventilation:
• Mixing valve:
• Mjölir:
• Mock Tudor:
• Modal analysis:
• Mode:
• Model codes:
• Modified bitumen roof system:
• Modified Mercalli:
• Modillion:
• Modular housing:
• Modulate:
• Modulus of elasticity:
• Modulus of rupture:
• Moenstone®:
• Mohorovicic (moho) discontinuity:
• Moisture:
• Molybdenum:
• Molding:
• (Molding:
• Mole:
• Mole run:
• Moment:
• Monitor:
• Monitor cover:
• Mono truss:
• Monolithic:
• Monoblock faucet:
• Monolithic:
• Monolithic pour:
• Monolithic dome:
• Monomer:
• Monopost:
• Monorail:
• Monument:
• Mop-and-flop:
• Mopping:
• Mortar:
• Mortar bed:
• Mortgage:
• Mortise:
• Mortise and tenon:
• Mortise chisel:
• Mortise lock:
• Motor:
• Motor control center:
• Movable bridge:
• Moving walks:
• MT shapes:
• Mud:
• Muller-Breslau principle:
• Mulling:
• Mullion:
• Multiple coats:
• Multiple ply membrane:
• Multipoint lock:
• Multiport valve:
• Multi-lite sash:
• Muntin:
• Muntin grilles:
• Muriatic acid:
• Mushroom:
• Mylar:
• N
• Nail:
• Nanometer:
• Naphtha:
• National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program:
• National historic landmark:
• National Register of Historic Places:
• Native vegetation and adapted vegetation:
• Natural:
• Nearside:
• Needle rasps:
• Negative-pressure smoking rooms:
• Neoprene:
• Nest of saws:
• Nesting:
• Net free vent area:
• Net lease:
• Net operating income (NOI):
• Net present worth/Net present value:
• Neutral:
• Newel post:
• Newton:
• Newton (N):
• Night seal:
• Nineteen-inch selvage:
• Ninety-degree corner clamp:
• Ninety-pound:
• Nitrile:
• Nitroglycerin:
• No-cutout shingle:
• Node:
• Noggin:
• Noise Reduction Coefficient (NRC):
• Nominal size:
• Neo angle base:
• Nipple:
• Normal strain:
• Normal stress:
• Normal user control:
• Nosing:
• Not restricted:
• Notch:
• Note:
• Notes:
• Notice of award:
• Notice to proceed:
• Nozzle:
• No-hub connector:
• Number one common oak grade:
• Number two common oak grade:
• Nylon carpet:
• O
• O-ring:
• Oakum:
• Obscure glass:
• Obsolescence:
• Occupancy group:
• Occupancy phase:
• Occupancy schedule:
• Oceanic spreading ridge:
• Oceanic trench:
• Offset ridge:
• Off-site salvaged materials:
• Off-ratio foam:
• Office building:
• Offset:
• Offset snips:
• Offset wrench:
• Ogee:
• Ohm:
• Oil buffer:
• Oil paint:
• Oleoresin:
• On the flat:
• One-call:
• On-demand water heaters:
• One-dimensional calculations:
• One-piece toilet:
• On-site salvaged materials:
• On-site supervision:
• One-step distributor:
• One-wide (1W):
• One-quarter bond:
• One-quarter turn:
• Ongoing commissioning:
• Ongoing consumables:
• Oolite:
• Opacity:
• Opencast:
• Opening per OSHA:
• Operator:
• Operating expenses:
• Opportunity cost:
• Orange peel texture:
• Orbital sander:
• Orbital weld:
• Order of operations:
• Orders:
• Organic:
• Organic felt:
• Organic shingles:
• Oriel:
• Orientation:
• Oriented strand board (OSB):
• Orifice:
• Original basis:
• Oscillation:
• Outdoor air:
• Overspray:
• Owner:
• Outcrop:
• Outdoor air:
• Outfeed:
• Outlet:
• Outlet:
• Outrigger:
• Out of phases:
• Outside casing:
• Outside corner:
• Outside glazing:
• Outstanding leg:
• Outswing French door:
• Oven-dry wood:
• Oven-dry weight:
• Owner's representative:
• Owner-architect agreement:
• Owner-builder:
• Owner-construction agreement:
• Oxidation:
• OX, OXO, OXXO:
• P
• P-delta effect:
• P-trap:
• P-wave:
• Packing:
• Packing nut:
• Pad out:
• Padding:
• Padstone:
• Paint:
• Paleoseismicity:
• Paleoseismology:
• Palladian window:
• Pallets:
• Pan:
• Pan flashing:
• Pane:
• Panel:
• Panelboard:
• Paneling:
• Panning:
• Paper, building:
• Paper burns:
• Parallel chord:
• Parallel strand lumber (PSL):
• Parallelogram:
• Parapet wall:
• Pargetting or pargeting Parallel strand lumber (PSL):
• Paring chisel:
• Parquet flooring:
• Parquetry:
• Part number:
• Part stop:
• Partially amortized mortgage loan:
• Partially restrained:
• Partially shielded:
• Participation mortage:
• Particle board:
• Parting stop, strip or bead:
• Partition wall:
• Party wall:
• Pascal:
• Pass:
• Pass line:
• Passage hardware:
• Patera:
• Patina:
• Patio:
• Pattern layer:
• Pattern rafter:
• Patterned glass:
• Patternmaker's rasp:
• Parking footprint:
• Parking tier:
• Partially shielded:
• Paver/paving:
• Payment bond:
• Payment schedule:
• PB manifold system:
• Pea gravel:
• Pea shingle:
• Peak:
• Peak hour demand:
• Peak load period:
• Pedestal:
• Pedestal sink:
• Pediment:
• Pedogenic:
• Penalty clause:
• Pending and potential change order:
• Pendentive:
• Penetrating finish:
• Penetration:
• Penny:
• Pentachlorophenol (penta):
• Penthouse:
• Percent of completion method:
• Percent elongation:
• Percentage humidity:
• Percentage lease:
• Performance bond:
• Perforated pipe:
• Perlite:
• Permeability:
• Perculation:
• Percolation test (perc. test):
• Performance based design:
• Performance bond:
• Pergola:
• Perimeter:
• Perimeter backing:
• Perimeter drain:
• Period:
• Period of significance:
• Perlite:
• Perm:
• Permeability:
• Permit:
• Permissible exposure limit (PEL):
• Personal fall arrest system:
• Perviousness:
• Petcock:
• Petrology:
• Phase:
• Phased application:
• Phenol:
• Phillips head:
• Photoelectric cell:
• Photosynthesis:
• Photovoltaic or solar energy:
• Physical disability/Physical handicap:
• Physical Vapor Deposition (PVD):
• Physiographic:
• Pi (Greek alphabet π):
• Pickling:
• Picogram:
• Picograms per lumen-hour:
• Picture framing:
• Picture molding:
• Picture window:
• Piece mark:
• Pier:
• Pier and grade beam structure:
• Piezo igniter:
• Pigtails:
• Pigment:
• Pigments are comprised of three parts:
• Pilaster:
• Pile:
• Pillar:
• Pilot hole:
• Pilot light:
• Pin knot:
• Pin support:
• Pincer:
• Pinch dogs:
• Pin:
• Pinhole:
• Pinnacle:
• Pintle:
• Pipe:
• Pit:
• Pitch:
• Pitch pocket:
• Pith:
• Pittsburgh lock seam:
• Pivot window:
• Placing plan:
• Plain die stock:
• Plain sawing:
• Plain sliced:
• Plan:
• Plan north:
• Plan view:
• Plane frame:
• Plank flooring:
• Plank matched:
• Plaster:
• Plasterboard:
• Plastic:
• Plasticiser:
• Plasticity:
• Plat:
• Plate:
• Plate girder:
• Plate glass:
• Plate joiner:
• Plate, tectonic:
• Platform:
• Platform frame:
• Pleasing match:
• Pleistocene:
• Plenum:
• Pliability:
• Pliers:
• Plinth block:
• Plot plan:
• Plough:
• Plumber's putty:
• Plug:
• Plug-and-plank flooring:
• Plug weld:
• Plum:
• Plumb:
• Plumb cut:
• Plumbing:
• Plunger:
• Plutonic:
• Ply:
• Plycap:
• Plywood:
• Pneumatic:
• Pocket door:
• Pocket window:
• Point load:
• Point of origin:
• Pointing:
• Poise:
• Poisson distribution:
• Poisson's ratio:
• Polar moment of inertia (J):
• Polarity:
• Poly under top tier (PUTT):
• Polybutylene (PB):
• Polycarbonate:
• Polychromatic:
• Polyester fiber:
• Polygon:
• Polymer:
• Polymerization:
• Polypropylene:
• Polyurethane:
• Polyvinyl acetate (PVA):
• Polyvinyl butyral (PVB):
• Polyvinyl chloride (PVC):
• Ponding:
• Pooching:
• Pop rivet:
• Popcorn texture:
• Poppet:
• Popouts:
• Pop-up drain:
• Porch:
• Porosity:
• Porous concrete pipe:
• Port:
• Portable heaters:
• Portal frame:
• Porte cochere:
• Portland cement:
• Portland cement:
• Positioning device system:
• Positive displacement pump:
• Positive drainage:
• Post:
• Post formed countertop:
• Post stressed concrete:
• Post-and-beam:
• Postconsumer content:
• Pot life:
• Potable water:
• Potential energy:
• Potentiometer:
• Pound:
• Pour:
• Pour stop:
• Pourable sealer:
• Poured-in insulation:
• Powder actuated:
• Powder-post damage:
• Power:
• Pozzolan:
• Pre:
• Pressure:
• Primary air:
• Primary members:
• Prime contractor:
• Prime sash:
• Prime window:
• Primer:
• Priming:
• Principal:
• Principle of superposition:
• Prismatic beam:
• Privacy hardware:
• Private/private use:
• Pro dealer:
• Process water:
• Professional engineer:
• Professional liability insurance:
• Professional services:
• Program schedule:
• Progress meeting:
• Progress paymen:
• Progress schedule:
• Progressive collapse:
• Project:
• Projection:
• Projected window:
• Propellant:
• Property manager:
• Property survey:
• Property type:
• Proportion:
• Proportional limit:
• Proportioner:
• Proportions of aggregate:
• Proprietary specification:
• Protected Harvest certification:
• Protected membrane roof (PMR):
• Protected pattern:
• Protection:
• Protective system:
• Provenance:
• Proximity switch:
• Pruning saw:
• Pry bar:
• Psychrometric chart:
• Public/Public use:
• Puddle weld:
• Pugging:
• Pull:
• Pullout strength:
• Pull-out spray:
• Pulse system:
• Pultrusion:
• Pump:
• Pump mix:
• Punch list:
• Punch out:
• Puncture resistance:
• Pure CM:
• Purged line:
• Purlin:
• Putlog or Putlock:
• Putty:
• Pyrolytic glass:
• Pythagorean theorem:
• Q
• Q-scheduling:
• Quad outlet:
• Quadrant:
• Qualified person, per OSHA:
• Quality assurance (QA):
• Quality control (QC):
• Quality engineering:
• Quantity survey:
• Quarry tile:
• Quarter round:
• Quartered:
• Quaternary:
• Quartersawing:
• Quartz:
• Quartzite:
• Queen post truss:
• R
• R-factor or value:
• Rabbet:
• Rabbet plane:
• Raceway:
• Racking:
• Radial:
• Radiant heating:
• Radiation:
• Radiator:
• Radiometric:
• Radius:
• Radius of gyration (k or r):
• Radius plane:
• Radon:
• Radon system:
• Rafter:
• Rail:
• Railroad tie:
• Rails:
• Rainforest Alliance certification:
• Rainproof:
• Raintight:
• Raised panel door:
• Rake:
• Rake siding:
• Rake-starter:
• Raked:
• Raker:
• Ram:
• Ranch:
• Random lengths (RL):
• Random matched:
• Random-orbit sander:
• Random-tab shingles:
• Rapidly renewable materials:
• Rasp:
• Rate of return:
• Rated load:
• Rating:
• Raw water:
• Rayleigh wave:
• Rays:
• Reaction:
• Reaction wood:
• Reactive colloidal silica:
• Readily accessible:
• Ready mixed concrete:
• Ready-set tile:
• Real estate investment trust (REIT):
• Reamer:
• Rebond pad:
• Receptacle:
• Recess-mount medicine cabinet:
• Recessed pointing:
• Recessed tub:
• Reciprocating saw:
• Reciprocation:
• Recirculated air:
• Reclaimed water:
• Recommissioning:
• Reconnaissance:
• Reconstruction:
• Record drawings:
• Recording fee:
• Recoverable heat:
• Recovered fiber:
• Recovery capacity:
• Rectangular hollow section:
• Recurrence interval:
• Recycling:
• Red/Brown:
• Red label shingles:
• Red lined prints:
• Reducer:
• Reduction of area:
• Redundants:
• Reflection:
• Reflective glass:
• Reflective insulation:
• Reflectivity:
• Reflex gauge glass:
• Refraction:
• Refrigerants:
• Refrigerant-gas:
• Refusal:
• Regionally harvested (or extracted) and processed materials:
• Register:
• Registered Professional Engineer:
• Reglaze:
• Reglet:
• Regression analysis:
• Regular building occupant:
• Regularly occupied spaces:
• Regulatory requirements:
• Rehabilitation:
• Reimbursable expenses:
• Reinforced concrete:
• Reinforced membrane:
• Reinforcing:
• Reinforcing bar:
• Relamp:
• Relative humidity:
• Relative rigidity:
• Relaxation:
• Release film:
• Release of lien:
• Release powder:
• Relief valve:
• Remote:
• Remote-control circuit:
• Render:
• Renewable energy:
• Renewable energy certificates (RECs):
• Repairability:
• Repair:
• Repair clamp:
• Replacement value:
• Replication:
• Representative number:
• Reproduction:
• Reroofing:
• Resawing:
• Reshoring:
• Resident architect:
• Resident engineer:
• Residential interior design:
• Residual:
• Residual stress:
• Resin:
• Resistance:
• Resisting force:
• Resonance:
• Resorcinol glue:
• Response spectrum:
• Restoration:
• Restriction:
• Retain:
• Retaining wall:
• Resultant:
• Retainer:
• Retaining wall:
• Retention:
• Retrofit:
• Retro-sizing:
• Return air:
• Return line:
• Return period of earthquakes:
• Reuse:
• Reverse board and batten:
• Reverse casehardening:
• Reverse osmosis:
• Reverse painting:
• Reverse trap water closet:
• Reversing valve:
• Re-cover:
• Rheostat:
• Rib:
• Ribbon:
• Ribbon window:
• Richter magnitude scale:
• Ridge:
• Rifflers:
• Rift:
• Rift cut:
• Riftsawn:
• Rigger:
• Right-lateral fault:
• Rigid:
• Rigidity:
• Right triangle:
• Right-angle drill:
• Rim joist:
• Rim speed:
• Rimless sink:
• Rimmed sink:
• Ring porous:
• Rip cut:
• Rip hammer:
• Rip saw:
• Rise:
• Riser:
• Riser and panel:
• Rising damp:
• Risk evaluation, risk reduction, and risk management:
• Rivet:
• Road base:
• Road surface:
• Roadbuilding:
• Rock avalanche:
• Rock fall:
• Rodding:
• Rock 1, 2, 3:
• Rod:
• Rodded:
• Roll good:
• Roll/Rolling:
• Rolled aluminum:
• Rolled steel joist (RSJ):
• Rollover protective structure (ROPS):
• Roman tub filler:
• Romex®:
• Roof:
• Rope:
• Rope grab:
• Rose:
• Rosette:
• Rosin:
• Rosin paper (specifically Rosin-sized sheathing paper):
• Rotary actuator:
• Rotary cut:
• Rotation:
• Roto-gear:
• Rough:
• Round:
• Round front toilet:
• Round-top:
• Rounding:
• Rounding to a unit
• Round file:
• Router:
• Routine maintenance:
• Rowlock:
• Rubber and plastic mallets:
• Rubberized asphalt membrane:
• Rumford fireplace:
• Run:
• Rung:
• Running bond:
• Running match:
• Running trap:
• Runout:
• Rupture front:
• Rupture velocity:
• Ruptured grain:
• Rust blush:
• Rustic:
• S
• S shapes:
• S-tile:
• S-wave:
• Sabin:
• Sabre saw:
• Saddle:
• Saddle angle:
• Saddle valve:
• Sack mix:
• Safe area:
• Safe Drinking Water Act:
• Safety:
• Safing:
• Sag:
• Sag pipe:
• Sag rod:
• Sailor course:
• Sales contract:
• Sampling:
• Sand:
• Sanitary fitting:
• Sanitary sewer:
• Sap:
• Sap stain:
• Sapwood:
• Sash:
• Saturant:
• Saturated felt:
• Saturation coefficient:
• Saw eye:
• Saw guide:
• Saw kerf:
• Saw kerf counter flashing:
• Sawing deviations:
• Scab on:
• Scaffold:
• Scaffold board:
• Scagliola:
• Scaling:
• Scanner:
• Scantling:
• Scalar:
• Scallop depth:
• Scarf:
• Scarfed:
• Scarp:
• Schedule:
• Schematic design phase:
• Schoolmarm:
• Scissor joist:
• Scissor truss:
• Scoring:
• Scrap out:
• Scratch coat:
• Screed:
• Screeding:
• Screen:
• Screen molding:
• Screen OM (outside measurement):
• Screw:
• Screw extractor:
• Scribing:
• Scrim:
• Scroll saw:
• Scope of work:
• Sculptured carpet:
• Scupper:
• Scuttle:
• Seal tab:
• Sealable equipment:
• Sealant:
• Sealant strip:
• Sealed double glass:
• Sealer:
• Seam:
• Seam strength:
• Seamless flooring:
• Seamless gutter:
• Seasoning:
• Seat cut:
• Seat depth:
• Secant piles:
• Second fix:
• Section:
• Section modulus:
• Sediment:
• Sedimentary rocks:
• Sedimentation:
• Segmentation:
• Segregation:
• Seiche:
• Seismic:
• Select and better oak grade:
• Select structural:
• Select tight knot (STK):
• Self:
• Selvage:
• Selvage edge:
• Semi-gloss paint or enamel:
• Separately derived system:
• Septic system:
• Sequence:
• Sequencing valve:
• Serpentine seam:
• Service:
• Servo mechanism:
• Servo valve:
• Set:
• Set screw:
• Setback:
• Setback thermostat:
• Setpoints:
• Settlement:
• Setting:
• Setting block:
• Sewage:
• Sewage ejector:
• Sewer:
• Sewerage:
• Shackle:
• Shade screen:
• Shading:
• Shading coefficient (SC):
• Shadow zone:
• Shaft:
• Shaft liner:
• Shag carpet:
• Shake:
• Shake felt:
• Shake roof:
• Shall:
• Shallow well:
• Shank:
• Shape factor:
• Shape sawing:
• Shaper:
• Shared savings:
• Shark fin:
• Sharp sand:
• Sharpening stones:
• Shatter-proof glass:
• Shaving:
• Shear:
• Sheathing:
• Sheave:
• Shed roof:
• Sheerleg:
• Sheet:
• Sheeting:
• Shelf angle:
• Shelf life:
• Shellac:
• Shield/Shield system:
• Shim:
• Shiner:
• Shingle:
• Shingling:
• Shiplap siding:
• Shipping dry:
• Shipping list:
• Shipping piece:
• Shoe molding:
• Shop drawings:
• Shores/Shoring system:
• Short circuit:
• Short ton:
• Shot blasting:
• Shotcrete:
• Should:
• Shoulder:
• Shovel footing:
• Show through:
• Shower pan:
• Shrinkage:
• Shroud:
• Shutter:
• Shuttering:
• Side:
• Silencer:
• Silicate:
• Silicon:
• Silicone:
• Sill:
• Silt barrier:
• Silviculture:
• Simple harmonic motion:
• Simple payback:
• Simple span:
• Simplex basin:
• Simplex communications system:
• Simply supported beam:
• Simpson connectors:
• Simulated divided lites (SDLs):
• Single:
• Sinkers:
• Sinking fund:
• Sintered plate nickel cadmium battery:
• Siphon-jet water closet:
• Siphon-vortex water closet:
• Sisson joint:
• Sistering:
• Site area:
• Site energy:
• Six points of estimation:
• Six Sigma:
• Sizing:
• Sketch plan:
• Skew:
• Skin:
• Skin effect:
• Skirt board:
• Skirting:
• Skylight:
• Slab:
• Slab cabinet door:
• Slab on grade:
• Slag:
• Slag cement:
• Slate:
• Slating hook:
• Sleeper:
• Sleeper wall:
• Sleeve(s):
• Slenderness ratio:
• Sliced:
• Flat slicing
• Slickensid:
• Slide rule:
• Sliding French door:
• Sliding T bevel:
• Sliding window:
• Sling:
• Sling psychrometer:
• Slip:
• Slit sample:
• Slope:
• Steep slope:
• Slope of grain:
• Sloping:
• Slot weld:
• Sludge:
• Slump:
• Slump block:
• Smart window:
• Smoke chamber:
• Smoke shelf:
• Smooth surfaced roof:
• Smoke purging:
• Smooth plan:
• Smooth, tight cut:
• Smoothwall texture:
• Smooth-surfaced roofing:
• Snap type standing seam:
• Snaphook:
• Snaphooks are generally one of two types:
• Snatch block:
• Snips:
• Snow:
• Snubber:
• Soaker:
• Soap:
• Sodium rhodizonate:
• Sodium sulfide:
• Soffit:
• Soft:
• Softening point:
• Softening point drift:
• Soil:
• Solar:
• Solder:
• Soldier:
• Soldier course:
• Sole plate:
• Solid:
• Solids:
• Solvent:
• Solvent weld:
• Solubility:
• Sone:
• Sonotube:
• Soot mapping:
• Sound:
• Source and use budget:
• Source reduction:
• Southern Yellow Pine (SYP):
• Space heat:
• Spacer:
• Spacing:
• Spaced sheathing:
• Spackle:
• Spade bit:
• Spalling:
• Spalted:
• Span:
• Spandrel:
• Spar:
• Spark test:
• Special conditions:
• Special steep asphalt:
• Specialty eaves flashing membrane:
• Species factor (ks):
• Specific heat:
• Specification:
• Spectra:
• Spectral acceleration (SA):
• Spectrally selective glass:
• Specular gloss:
• Speed square:
• Spill light:
• Spine wall:
• Spiral-cut chain saw file:
• Spiral-ratchet screwdriver:
• Splash block:
• Splash guard:
• Splayed window:
• Splice:
• Splice plate:
• Splice-tape:
• Split:
• Spline:
• Splitting maul:
• Splitting wedge:
• Splits:
• Splitting tensile strength:
• Spoil:
• Spool:
• Spray painting:
• Sprayed polyurethane foam (SPF):
• Spreader bar:
• Spring:
• Springing:
• Springwood:
• Sprinkler system:
• Sprung saw:
• Spud:
• Spunbond:
• Sputter-coating:
• Square:
• Squaring a wall:
• Squeegie:
• Squeeze clamps:
• Squint:
• Stable rock:
• Stability:
• Stabilization:
• Stabilizer plate:
• Wall plates:
• Stack:
• Stack bond:
• Stack effect:
• Stacked window units:
• Stage:
• Staging:
• Stain-grade material:
• Stainless steel:
• Stained glass window:
• Stairs:
• Stanchion:
• Stand pipe:
• Standard:
• Standards:
• Standard cabinet door hinge:
• Standard details:
• Standard operating procedure(s) (SOP):
• Standard practices of the trade(s):
• Standing seam:
• Start date:
• Starter:
• Starting tread:
• Statement of changes in financial position:
• Static:
• Statically determinate:
• Statically equivalent:
• Statically indeterminate:
• Stationary sash:
• Statute of limitations:
• Staved lumber core (SLC):
• Steam contamination:
• Steam fitters:
• Steel:
• Steep asphalt:
• Steep-slope roof:
• Steeple:
• Stem:
• Step:
• Step drill bit:
• Step flashing:
• Steradian:
• Stere:
• Stick built:
• Stick-slip:
• Sticker:
• Stiffener plate:
• Stiffness:
• Stile:
• Stile-and-rail door:
• Stillson wrench:
• Stilts:
• Stipulated sum agreement:
• Stirrup:
• Stochastic:
• Stone countertop:
• Stool:
• Stop box:
• Stop:
• Stop and drain fitting:
• Stop order:
• Storm drain:
• Storm sash:
• Storm sewer:
• Stormwater runoff:
• Story:
• Story drift:
• Story pole:
• Strain hardening:
• Straight seam:
• Straight wood floor installation:
• Strain:
• Strain release:
• Strand:
• Strap:
• Strap wrench:
• Strapping:
• Stratification:
• Stratified random sampling:
• Straw nail:
• Streamline flow:
• Streetscape:
• Strength:
• Strength of connections:
• Stress:
• Tensile stress:
• Compressive stress:
• Sheer stress:
• Stretcher:
• Strike:
• Strike column:
• Strike plate:
• Strike-slip fault:
• Stringer:
• Strip:
• Strippable wallpaper:
• Stripping:
• Strike-through:
• Stroke:
• Strong axis:
• Strong motion:
• Struck and weathered pointing:
• Structural:
• Struts:
• Stub:
• Stubbed out:
• Stucco:
• Stucco sheathing:
• Stud:
• Styrene butadiene rubber (SBR):
• Styrene butadiene styrene copolymer (SBS):
• Sub:
• Suction:
• Sulfate attack:
• Summer beam:
• Sump:
• Sunburst light:
• Sun screen:
• Super:
• Supplemental conditions:
• Support:
• Support system:
• Surety:
• Surface:
• Surfacing:
• Surform tools:
• Surge withstand:
• Surround:
• Suspended ceiling:
• Suspension bridge:
• Suspension system:
• Sustainable purchasing policy:
• Sustainable purchasing program:
• Swage:
• Swan-neck mortise chisel:
• Swarm:
• Sway brace:
• Sweating:
• Sweep:
• Sweep lock:
• Swing:
• Switch:
• Switchboard:
• Symbols:
• Synthetic felt pad:
• Synthetic rubber:
• Synthetic stucco:
• System of forces:
• Systeme International [d'Unites] (SI):
• Systems Narrative Introduction, LEED:
• Systematic sampling:
• T lock shingle:
• T
• T-handle screwdriver:
• Tab:
• Tabbed shingle:
• Tachometer:
• Tack hammer:
• Table saw:
• Tag:
• Tagged end (T.E.):
• Tail beam:
• Talc:
• Take off:
• Tamping:
• Tangent:
• Tangent modulus:
• Tank:
• Tankless water heater:
• Tap:
• Tap adapter:
• Tap and reamer wrench:
• Tape:
• Taper siding:
• Tapersawn shake:
• Tapered edge strip:
• Taping:
• Tar:
• Tar boils:
• Target housing:
• Tax impact:
• Tax liability:
• Tax shelter:
• Taxable income:
• Taxation:
• Teak:
• Tearout:
• Tear-off and reroof:
• Tear resistance:
• Tear strength:
• Technical feasibility:
• Technical inspection:
• Technical review:
• Tectonic:
• Tectonic earthquakes:
• Tectonic plates:
• Tectonic province:
• Tectonics:
• Teco:
• Tee:
• Tee-A:
• Teflon tape:
• Tegular tile:
• Telecommuting:
• Telegraphing:
• Teleseismic:
• Telltale:
• Tempered glass:
• Template:
• Temporary protection:
• Tempory structure:
• Tenon:
• Tenon saw:
• Tenoning head:
• Tensile stress:
• Tensile strength:
• Tension:
• Tension ring:
• Tensional stress:
• Tensioning:
• Tension wood:
• Termination:
• Termites:
• Termite shield:
• Terne:
• Terra cotta:
• Terrazzo:
• Test cylinders:
• Test plug:
• Test tee:
• Thatch roof:
• Therm:
• Theodolite:
• Thermal:
• Thermally protected:
• Thermocouple (TC):
• Thermoplastic:
• Thermoplastic olefin(TPO):
• Thermoply™:
• Thermoset:
• Thermosetting glues and resins:
• Thermostat:
• Thermostatic valves:
• Thin kerf saw blade:
• Thinner:
• Thinset tile:
• Thixotropic:
• Thread:
• Three-dimensional calculations:
• Three-dimensional shingles:
• Three-way edging clamp:
• Three-way switch:
• Three-wide (3W):
• Threshold:
• Throat:
• Throat plate:
• Through-wall flashing:
• Thrust:
• Thrust block:
• Thrust fault:
• Tidemark:
• Tie:
• Tie joist:
• Tieback:
• Tie-in:
• Tie-off:
• Tight side:
• Tile:
• Tile base:
• Tile countertop:
• Tilt window:
• Tilted joist:
• Timber connector:
• Timber framed:
• Timbers:
• Time and materials contract:
• Time dependent response analysis:
• Time is of the essence:
• Time value of money (TVM):
• Tin (Sn):
• Tin-can stud:
• Tinner:
• Tinted glass:
• Tip up:
• Titanium dioxide:
• Title:
• Toe:
• Toe kick:
• Toe nailing:
• Toe of fillet:
• Toe of weld:
• Toe nailing:
• Toeboard:
• Toggle bolt:
• Ton (T):
• Ton:
• Tongue and groove:
• Tonne:
• Tool marks:
• Tooled joint:
• Tooling:
• Tooth bite:
• Tooth pitch:
• Tooth pressure:
• Tooth set:
• Topping:
• Topping mud:
• Topping out:
• Torch down installation method:
• Torque:
• Torque converter:
• Torque motor:
• Torque wrench:
• Torpedo level:
• Torsion:
• Total discharge head:
• Total project budget:
• Total suspended solids (TSS):
• Touchless faucet:
• Toughness:
• Tower:
• Tower crane:
• Townhouse:
• Tracheids, longitudinal:
• Traffic bearing roof:
• Trammel points:
• Transducer:
• Transfer column:
• Transform fault:
• Transformer:
• Transitions:
• Translation:
• Transmittal:
• Transmitter:
• Transmissibility:
• Transom:
• Transom light:
• Transit pipe:
• Transverse:
• Trap:
• Trapezoid:
• Travel time:
• Travel-time:
• Travelers:
• Traveling cable:
• Tread:
• Treated lumber:
• Tree wire:
• Treeing:
• Treenail:
• Tremie:
• Trench:
• Trenchless:
• Triangle:
• Tributary width or area:
• Trim:
• Trim, plumbing, heating, and electrical:
• Trimmer:
• Trimmer bit:
• Trimmer joist:
• Triple chip grind:
• Triple pane glass:
• Triple window:
• Tri-polymer alloy (TPA):
• Trombe wall:
• Trowel:
• Trowel pattern finish:
• True divided lites (TDLs):
• Trumeau:
• Truss:
• Trussed rafters:
• Tsunami:
• Tsunami magnitude (Mt):
• Tsunamigenic:
• Tub trap:
• Tube:
• Tube form:
• Tuberculation:
• Tubular gauge glass:
• Tubular lock or latch:
• Tubular welded-frame scaffold:
• Tuck carpet installation method:
• Tuck pointing:
• Tung oil:
• Tuned mass damper:
• Tuning:
• Tunnel boring machine (TBM):
• Tunnel shields:
• Turbidites:
• Turbine:
• Turbine vent:
• Turbo toilet:
• Turbulent flow:
• Turnbuckle:
• Turnkey:
• Turn-of-the-nut-method:
• Turtle vent:
• Turpentine:
• Tuscan order:
• Tusk tenon joint:
• Two-dimensional calculations:
• Two-step distributor:
• Two-way valve:
• Two-wide (2W):
• Two-year, 24-hour design storm:
• Twist:
• Type X drywall:
• U
• U-block:
• U-factor:
• Ufer ground:
• UL-2218 impact resistance rating:
• Ultimate load:
• Ultimate strength:
• Ultimate strength design:
• Ultra square:
• Ultrasonic extensometer:
• Ultrex:
• Unbraced frame:
• Unbraced length:
• Unbraced top chord:
• Undercoat:
• Undercounter sink:
• Undercoursing shingles:
• Undercover parking:
• Undercut:
• Underdriven:
• Underground parking:
• Underground plumbing:
• Underlayment:
• Underpinning:
• Underslung:
• Under-slab utilities:
• Uniform Building Code (UBC):
• Uniform load:
• Uniformity of concrete:
• Uninterruptible power supply (UPS):
• Union:
• Unit dimension (UD):
• Unit masonry:
• Unit prices:
• Universal arbor:
• Universal design:
• Universal notification:
• Universal Plumbing Code:
• Unmatched veneer:
• Unprotected sides and edges:
• Unsound cement:
• Unsound concrete:
• Unstable:
• Untempered hardboard underlayment:
• Upflow furnace:
• Uplift:
• Uprights:
• Upper unit:
• Upset:
• Upside down roof:
• Upstanding leg:
• Upstream face:
• Urethane:
• Urinal:
• Usable storage:
• Usable wall space:
• USDA Organic:
• Utility easement:
• Utility pole auger bit:
• Utility sink:
• V
• V-clip:
• Vacuum breaker:
• Valance:
• Valley:
• Valuation:
• Valuation fee:
• Value Engineering (VE):
• Valve:
• Valve seat wrench:
• Vanity cabinet:
• Vapor barrier:
• Vapor retarder:
• Varnish:
• Vault:
• Vector:
• Variable interest rate:
• Varying distributed load:
• Vegetation-containing artifices:
• Vegetative density factor (KD):
• Vehicle:
• Velocity:
• Velocity structure:
• Veneer:
• Vent:
• Ventilation:
• Ventilation short circuit:
• Ventilator:
• Venting:
• Verge of popcorn texture:
• Vermiculated:
• Vermiculite:
• Vernacular:
• Vertical grain (VG):
• Vertical slip forms:
• Vertically laminated timbers:
• VG-type joist girder:
• Vibration:
• Vierendeel girder:
• View:
• Viga:
• Vine streaks:
• Vinyl:
• Violin plane:
• Viscoelastic:
• Viscosity:
• Vise:
• Vise-grip locking pliers/clamps:
• Visible light transmittance (Tvis):
• Visible spectrum:
• Vision glazing:
• Visqueen:
• Vitreous:
• Vitreous china:
• Void:
• Volatile organic compounds (VOCs):
• Volcanic earthquakes:
• Volt:
• Voltage:
• Volume solids:
• Volute:
• Volute:
• Voral tube:
• Voussoir:
• Vulcanization:
• W
• W shapes:
• WT shape:
• Wafer board:
• Waffle type sponge rubber pad:
• Wainscot:
• Wainscot cap:
• Wales:
• Walers:
• Walk through inspection:
• Walk-off mats:
• Walking:
• Walkway:
• Wall:
• Wall anchor:
• Wall covering:
• Wall out:
• Wall tie:
• Wallpaper:
• Walnut:
• Wane:
• Warding file:
• Warm-edge:
• Warm wall:
• Warning line system:
• Warp:
• Warranty:
• Warranty phase:
• Warrington hammer:
• Wash-down water closet:
• Washer:
• Washout:
• Waste:
• Water:
• Watt:
• Wattle and daub:
• Wave and tidal power systems:
• Wave length:
• Waveform:
• Wavelet:
• Weak axis:
• Weak well:
• Wear layer:
• Weather:
• Web:
• Web buckling:
• Web configuration:
• Web crippling:
• Weep:
• Weeping mortar:
• Weight:
• Weir:
• Weld:
• Well casing:
• Wellpoints:
• Western red cedar:
• Wet saw:
• Wet-set method:
• Whirlpool tub:
• White lead:
• White rot:
• Whole house fan:
• Whole piece:
• Wicking:
• Wide flange section:
• Wildland/urban interface:
• Wind:
• Window:
• Wire:
• Withdrawal strength:
• With:
• Wonderboard™:
• Wood:
• Woodscrew:
• Work order (WO):
• Working drawings:
• Working load:
• Worm track:
• Woven valley:
• Wrapped drywall:
• Wrought copper fittings:
• Wrought iron:
• Wye:
• Wythe:
• X
• X-bracing:
• Xeriscaping:
• XO, XOO, XOOX:
• Y
• Yard:
• Yard of concrete:
• Yellow tipping:
• Yield:
• Yield point (Fy):
• Yield strength:
• Yield stress:
• Yoke:
• Yoke vent:
• Young's modulus:
• Z
• Z section:
• Z-bar flashing:
• Zeolite:
• Zero clearance fireplace:
• Zero clearance plate:
• Zero force member:
• Zero lot line:
• Zero soft:
• Zigzag folding rule:
• Zinc:
• Zone:
• Zoning:
• Zoophoric column:
• ORGANIZATIONS THAT AFFECT CONSTRUCTION
• A
• Acoustical Society of America (ASA):
• Adhesive and Sealant Council (ASC):
• Air Barrier Association of America (ABAA):
• Air Conditioning Contractors of America (ACCA):
• Air Diffusion Council (ADC):
• Air Infiltration and Ventilation Centre (AIVC):
• Air Movement and Control Association International (AMCA):
• Air-conditioning, Heating and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI):
• Allied Board of Trade, Inc. (ABT):
• Alliance for Fire and Smoke Containment and Control (AFSCC):
• Aluminum Anodizers Council (AAC):
• Aluminum Association (AA):
• Aluminum Extruders Council (AEC):
• American Architectural Manufacturers Association (AAMA):
• American Arbitration Association (AAA):
• American Association of Automatic Door Manufacturers (AAADM):
• American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO):
• American Backflow Prevention Association (ABPA):
• American Boiler Manufacturers Association (ABMA):
• American Coal Ash Association (ACAA):
• American Coatings Association (ACA):
• American Composites Manufacturers Association (ACMA):
• American Concrete Institute (ACI):
• American Concrete Pavement Association (ACPA):
• American Concrete Pipe Association (ACPA):
• American Concrete Pressure Pipe Association (ACPPA):
• American Fence Association (AFA):
• American Fire Sprinkler Association (AFSA):
• American Floorcovering Alliance (AFA):
• American Galvanizers Association (AGA):
• American Hardboard Association (AHA):
• American Hardware Manufacturers Association (AHMA):
• American Institute of Architects (AIA):
• American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE):
• American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC):
• American Institute of Timber Construction (AITC):
• American Insurance Association (AIA):
• American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI):
• American Lighting Association (ALA):
• American Lumber Standard Committee, Inc. (ALSC):
• American National Standards Institute (ANSI):
• American Nursery and Landscape Association (ANLA):
• American Rainwater Catchment Systems Association (ARCSA):
• American Shotcrete Association (ASA):
• American Shutter Systems Association (ASSA):
• American Society of Concrete Contractors (ASCC):
• American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE):
• American Society of Furniture Designers (ASFD):
• American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE):
• American Society of Home Inspectors (ASHI)):
• American Society of Interior Designers (ASID):
• American Society of Irrigation Consultants (ASIC):
• American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA):
• American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME):
• American Society of Plumbing Engineers (ASPE):
• American Society of Professional Estimators (ASPE):
• American Society of Sanitary Engineers (ASSE):
• American Society of Theatre Consultants (ASTC):
• American Soil and Foundation Engineers (ASFE):
• American Sports Builders Association (ASBA):
• American Subcontractors Association, Inc. (ASA):
• American Supply Association (ASA):
• American Walnut Manufacturers Association (AWMA):
• American Wire Producers Association (AWPA):
• American Wood Preservatives Association (AWPA):
• American Welding Institute (AWI):
• American Welding Society (AWS):
• American Water Works Association (AWWA):
• American Wood Council (AWC):
• APA-The Engineered Wood Association:
• Appalachian Hardwood Manufacturers, Inc. (AHMI):
• Architectural Precast Association (APA):
• Architectural Woodwork Institute (AWI):
• Architectural Woodwork Manufacturers Association of Canada (AWMAC):
• Art Glass Association (AGA):
• ASIS International:
• Asphalt Emulsion Manufacturers Association (AEMA):
• Asphalt Institute (AI):
• Asphalt Pavers Alliance (APA):
• Asphalt Roofing Manufacturers Association (ARMA):
• Asphalt Recycling and Reclaiming Association (ARRA):
• Associated Air Balance Council (AABC):
• Associated General Contractors of America (AGC):
• Associated Locksmiths of America, Security Professionals Association, Inc. (ALOA):
• Associated Specialty Contractors (ASC):
• (International) Association of Foundation Drilling (ADSC):
• Association of Iron and Steel Technology (AIST):
• Association of Millwork Distributers (AMD):
• Association of the Nonwoven Fabrics Industry (INDA):
• Association of Physical Plant Administrators (APPA):
• Association of Pool and Spa Professionals (APSP):
• Association of Professional Landscape Designers (APLD):
• Association of State Floodplain Managers (ASFPM):
• Association of the Wall and Ceiling Industry (AWCI):
• Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA):
• ASTM International:
• Audio Engineering Society (AES):
• Automatic Fire Alarm Association (AFAA):
• B
• Barre Granite Association, Inc.:
• Bath Enclosures Manufacturers Association (BEMA):
• BC Wood:
• Blow in Blanket Contractors Association (BIBCA):
• Brick Industry Association (BIA):
• Builders Hardware Manufacturers Association (BHMA):
• Building Environment and Thermal Envelope Council (BETEC):
• Building Officials and Code Administrators International, Inc. (BOCA):
• Building Owners and Managers Association International (BOMA):
• Building Stone Institute (BSI):
• Business and Institutional Furniture Manufacturer's Association (BIFMA):
• C
• Cable Tray Institute (CTI):
• California Manufactured Housing Institute (CHMI):
• California Redwood Association (CRA):
• Canadian Carpet Institute (CCI):
• Canadian Copper and Brass Development Association (CCBDA):
• Canadian Hardwood Plywood Veneer Association (CHPVA):
• Canadian Institute of Steel Construction (CISC):
• Canadian Plywood Association (CANPLY):
• Canadian Roofing Contractor's Association (CRCA):
• Canadian Society of Landscape Architects (CSLA):
• Canadian Steel Producers Association (CSPA):
• Canadian Security Association (CANASA):
• Canadian Sheet Steel Building Institute (CSSBI):
• Canadian Standards Association (CSA):
• Canadian Wood Council (CWC):
• Carpet Cushion Council (CCC):
• Carpet and Rug Institute (CRI):
• Cast Iron Soil Pipe Institute (CISPI):
• Cast Stone Institute (CSI):
• Cedar Shake and Shingle Bureau (CSSB):
• Ceiling and Interior Systems Construction Association (CISCA):
• Cellulose Insulation Manufacturers Association (CIMA):
• Cement Association of Canada (CAC):
• Ceramic Glazed Masonry Institute (CGMI):
• Ceramic Tile Distributors Association (CTDA):
• Ceramic Tile Institute of America (CTIOA):
• Certified Floorcovering Installers (CFI):
• Chain Link Fence Manufacturers Institute (CLFMI):
• Chicago Roofing Contractors Association (CRCA):
• Chimney Safety Institute of America (CSIA):
• Cold-Formed Steel Engineers Institute (CFSEI):
• Commercial Food Equipment Service Association (CFESA):
• Composite Panel Association (CPA):
• Compressed Air and Gas Institute (CAGI):
• Compressed Gas Association (CGA):
• Concrete Anchor Manufacturers’ Association (CAMA):
• Concrete Countertop Institute (CCI):
• Concrete Foundation Association (CFA):
• Concrete Polishing Association of America (CPPA):
• Concrete Reinforcing Steel Institute (CRSI):
• Concrete Sawing and Drilling Association (CSDA):
• Confederation of International Contractors Association (CICA):
• Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (CERL):
• Construction Management Association of America (CMAA):
• Construction Materials Recycling Association (CMRA):
• Construction Specifications Institute (CSI):
• Consumer Credit Counseling Service (CCCS):
• Consumer Electronics Association (CEA):
• Continental Automated Buildings Association (CABA):
• Conveyor Equipment Manufacturers Association (CEMA):
• Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL):
• Cool Metal Roofing Coalition:
• Cool Roof Rating Council (CRRC):
• Cooling Technology Institute (CTI):
• Copper Development Association (CDA):
• Council of American Building Officials (CABO):
• Council of Forest Industries (COFI):
• Council for Interior Design Accreditation (CIDA):
• Council of Landscape Architectural Registration Boards (CLARB):
• Custom Electronic Design and Installation Association (CEDIA):
• D
• Dade County:
• Decorative Plumbing and Hardware Association (DPHA):
• Deep Foundation Institute (DFI):
• Door and Access Systems Manufacturers Association International (DASMA):
• Door and Hardware Institute (DHI):
• Dry Stone Conservancy (DSC):
• Ductile Iron Pipe Research Association (DIPRA):
• E
• Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI):
• Electrical Generating Systems Association (EGSA):
• Electronic Security Association (ESA):
• Elevator Escalator Safety Foundation (EESF):
• Engineered Wood Association (EWA):
• EnOcean Alliance:
• (The United States) Environmental Protection Agency (EPA):
• Erosion Control Technology Council (ECTC):
• Ethylene Propylene Diene Monomer (EDPM) Roofing Association (ERA):
• Expanded Metal Manufacturers Association (EMMA):
• Expanded Shale, Clay, and Slate Institute (ESCSI):
• Exterior Design Institute (EDI):
• Exterior Insulation and Finishing System (EIFS) Industry Members Association:
• EuroWindoor:
• F
• Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA):
• Federal Housing Authority (FHA):
• Fenestration Canada:
• Fiberglass Tank and Pipe Institute:
• Finishing Contractors Association (FCA):
• Fire Equipment Manufacturers’ Association (FEMA):
• Fire Suppression Systems Association (FSSA):
• Firestop Contractors International Association (FCIA):
• FLO-CERT GmbH:
• Floor Covering Installation Contractors Association (FCICA):
• Floor Installation Association of North America (FIANA):
• Foodservice Consultants Society International (FCSI):
• Forest Stewardship Council (FSC):
• G
• Gas Technology Institute (GTI):
• GeoExchange® (GEO):
• Geosynthetic Institute (GSI):
• Geothermal Energy Association (GEA):
• Geothermal Resources Council (GRC):
• Glass Association of North America (GANA):
• Green Roofs for Healthy Cities – North America Inc. (GRHC):
• Gypsum Association (GA):
• H
• Hardwood Plywood and Veneer Association (HPVA):
• Hearth, Patio and Barbecue Association (HPBA):
• Heat Exchange Institute (HEI):
• Heating, Air-conditioning and Refrigeration Distributers International (HARDI):
• Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Institute of Canada (HRAI):
• Hollow Metal Manufacturers Association (HMMA):
• Home Fire Sprinkler Coalition (HFSC):
• Home Furnishings Independents Association (HFIA):
• Home Ventilating Institute (HVI):
• Hydraulics Institute (HI):
• I
• Illuminating Engineering Society (IES):
• INDA:
• Independent Electrical Contractors (IEC):
• Independent Office Products and Furniture Dealers Association (IOPFDA):
• Indiana Limestone Institute (ILI):
• Industrial Fabrics Association International (IFAI):
• Industrial Fasteners Institute (IFI):
• Industrial Perforators Association (IPA):
• InfoComm International (InfoComm):
• Innovative Pavement Research Foundation (IPRF):
• Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE):
• Institute of Fire Engineers (IFE):
• Institute of Heating and Air Conditioning Industries, Inc. (IHACI):
• Institute of Inspection Cleaning and Restoration Certification (IICRC):
• Institute of the Ironworking Industry (III):
• Institute of Noise Control Engineering (INCE/USA):
• Institute of Transport Engineers (ITE):
• Insulated Cable Engineers Association (ICEA):
• Insulating Glass Certification Council (IGCC):
• Insulating Glass Manufacturers Alliance (IGMA):
• Insulation Contractors Association of America (ICAA):
• Interior Design Educators Council® (IDEC):
• Interlocking Concrete Pavement Institute (ICPI):
• (United States) Internal Revenue Service (IRS):
• International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions (IAAPA):
• International Association of Electrical Inspectors (IAEI):
• International Association of Lighting Designers (IALD):
• InterNational Association of Lighting Management Companies (NALMCO®):
• International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials (IAPMO):
• International Association of Professional Security Consultants (IAPSC):
• The International Cast Polymer Alliance of the American Composites Manufacturers Association (ICPA):
• International Code Council (ICC):
• International Concrete Repair Institute (ICRI):
• International Cost Engineering Council (ICEC):
• International Council of Building Officials (ICBO):
• International Dark Sky Association (IDA):
• International Door Association (IDA):
• InterNational Electrical Testing Association (NETA):
• International Erosion Control Association (IECA):
• International Facility Management Association (IFMA):
• International Firestop Council (IFC):
• International Furnishings and Design Association (IFDA):
• International Ground Source Heat Pump Association (IGSHPA):
• International Hurricane Protection Association (IHPA):
• International Interior Design Association (IIDA):
• International Institute of Noise Control Engineering (I-INCE):
• International Masonry Institute (IMI):
• International Organization for Standardization (ISO):
• International Parking Institute (IPI):
• International Play Equipment Manufacturers Association (IPEMA):
• International Sign Association (ISA):
• International Society of Arboriculture (ISA):
• International Staple, Nail & Tool Association (ISANTA):
• International Safety Equipment Association (ISEA):
• International Slurry Surfacing Association (ISSA):
• International Surface Fabricators Association (ISFA):
• International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO):
• International Window Cleaning Association (IWCA):
• International Window Film Association (IWFA):
• International Wood Products Association (IWPA):
• International Zinc Association (IZA):
• Intertek Testing Services—Warnock Hersey (ITS):
• Irrigation Association (IA):
• K
• Kitchen Cabinet Manufacturers Association (KCMA):
• L
• Lighting Controls Association (LCA):
• Lightning Protection Institute (LPI):
• Lighting Research Center (LRC):
• Lighting Safety Alliance (LSA):
• M
• Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI):
• Maple Flooring Manufacturers Association, Inc. (MFMA):
• Marble Institute of America (MIA):
• Mason Contractors Association of America (MCAA):
• Masonry Advisory Council (MAC):
• Masonry Heater Association of North America (MHA):
• Masonry Institute of America (MIA):
• Masonry Veneer Manufacturers Association (MVMA):
• Master Painters Institute (MPI):
• Material Handling Industry of America (MHI):
• Materials Properties Council (MPC):
• Mechanical Contractors Association of America, Inc. (MCAA):
• Medical Gas Professional Healthcare Organization, Inc. (MGPHO):
• Metal Building Contractors and Erectors Association (MBCEA):
• Metal Building Institute (MBI):
• Metal Building Manufacturers Association (MBMA):
• Metal Construction Association (MCA):
• Metal Framing Manufacturers Association (MFMA):
• Metal Powder Industries Federation (MPIF):
• Metal Roofing Alliance (MRA):
• Metals Service Center Institute (MSCI):
• Mineral Insulation Manufacturers Association (MIMA):
• Molding and Millwork Producers Association (MMPA):
• MSR Lumber Producers Council:
• N
• National Air Duct Cleaners Association (NADCA):
• National Air Filtration Association (NAFA):
• National Association of Architectural Metal Manufacturers (NAAMM):
• National Alarm Association of America (NAAA):
• National American Wholesale Lumber Association (NAWLA):
• National Association of Electrical Distributors (NAED):
• National Association of Elevator Contractors (NAEC):
• National Association of Home Builders (NAHB):
• National Association of Pipe Coating Applicators (NAPCA):
• National Association of Reinforcing Steel Contractors (NARSC):
• National Association for Surface Finishers (NASF):
• National Association of Sewer Service Companies (NASSCO):
• National Association of State Fire Marshals (NASFM):
• National Association of Waterproofing and Structural Repair Contractors (NAWSRC):
• National Bureau of Standards (NBS):
• National Clay Pipe Institute (NCPI):
• National Coil Coating Association (NCCA):
• National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA):
• National Concrete Masonry Association (NCMA):
• National Corrugated Steel Pipe Association (NCSPA):
• National Council of Acoustical Consultants (NCAC):
• National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES):
• National Council on Qualifications for the Lighting Professions (NCQLP):
• National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements (NCRP):
• The National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP):
• National Electrical Contractors Association (NECA):
• National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA):
• National Elevator Industry, Inc. (NEII®):
• National Environmental Balancing Bureau (NEBB):
• National Fenestration Rating Council (NFRC):
• National Fire Protection Association (NFPA):
• National Fire Sprinkler Association (NFSA):
• National Fireplace Institute® (NFI):
• National Floor Safety Institute (NFSI):
• National Frame Building Association (NFBA):
• National Glass Association (NGA):
• National Guild of Professional Paperhangers, Inc. (NGPP):
• National Hardwood Lumber Association (NHLA):
• National Home Furnishings Association (NHFA):
• National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST):
• National Institute of Steel Detailing (NISD):
• National Insulation Association (NIA):
• National Kitchen and Bath Association (NKBA):
• National Lighting Bureau (NLB):
• National Lightning Safety Institute (NLSI):
• National Lumber Grades Authority (NLGA):
• National Onsite Wastewater Recycling Association (NOWRA):
• National Ornamental and Miscellaneous Metals Association (NOMMA):
• (U.S.) National Park Service (NPS):
• National Parking Association (NPA):
• National Pest Management Association (NPMA):
• National Precast Concrete Association (NPCA):
• National Program for Playground Safety (NPPS):
• National Ready Mixed Concrete Association (NRMCA):
• The National Restaurant Association (NRA):
• National Roof Deck Contractors Association (NRDCA):
• National Roofing Contractors Association (NRCA):
• National Sanitation Foundation (NSF):
• National Slate Association (NSA):
• National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE):
• National Stone, Sand and Gravel Association (NSSGA):
• National Storm Shelter Association (NSSA):
• National Sunroom Association (NSA):
• National Systems Contractors Association (NSCA):
• National Terrazzo and Mosaic Association, Inc. (NTMA® Inc.):
• National Tile Contractors Association (NTCA):
• National Tile Roofing Manufacturers Association (NTRMA):
• National Utility Contractors Association (NUCA):
• National Wood Flooring Association (NWFA):
• North American Association of Floor Covering Distributors (NAFCD):
• North American Association of Food Equipment Manufacturers (NAFEM):
• North American Deck and Railing Association (NADRA):
• North American Fiberboard Association (NAFA):
• North American Insulation Manufacturers Association (NAIMA):
• North American Laminate Flooring Association (NALFA):
• Northeastern Lumber Manufacturers Association (NELMA):
• Northwest Wall and Ceiling Bureau (NWCB):
• O
• Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA):
• P
• Painting and Decorating Contractors of America (PDCA):
• Petroleum Equipment Institute (PEI):
• Pile Driving Contractors Association (PDCA):
• Pipe Fabrication Institute® (PFI):
• Planet Professional Landcare Network (Planet):
• Plastic Lumber Trade Association (PLTA):
• Plastic Pipe and Fittings Association (PPFA):
• Plastic Pipe Institute (PPI):
• Plumbing and Drainage Institute (PDI):
• Plumbing, Heating, Cooling Contractors Association-National Association (PHCC-National Association):
• Plumbing Manufacturers International (PMI):
• Polyisocyanurate Insulation Manufacturers Association (PIMA):
• Porcelain Enamel Institute, Inc. (PEI):
• Portland Cement Association (PCA):
• Post-Tensioning Institute (PTI):
• Powder Actuated Tool Manufacturers’ Institute, Inc. (PATMI):
• Powder Coating Institute (PCI):
• Power and Communication Contractors Association (PCCA):
• Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute (PCI):
• Professional Awning Manufacturers Association of the Industrial Fabrics Association International (PAMA):
• Professional Grounds Management Society (PGMS):
• Professional Women in Construction (PWC):
• Q
• Quality Assurance Association (QAA):
• Q
• Rack Manufacturers Institute (RMI):
• Radiant Professionals Alliance (RPA):
• Reflective Insulation Manufacturers Association International (RIMA-I):
• Reflective Roof Coatings Institute (RRCI):
• Research Council on Structural Connections (RCSC):
• Resilient Floor Covering Institute (RFCI):
• Restoration Industry Association (RIA):
• Retail Contractors Association (RCA):
• Roof Coatings Manufacturers Association (RCMA):
• Roof Consultants Institute, Inc. (RCI, Inc.):
• Roofing Industry Educational Association (RIEI):
• Rubber Manufacturers Association (RMA):
• S
• Scaffolding, Shoring, and Forming Institute (SSFI):
• Safety Glazing Certification Council (SGCC):
• Scientific Certification Systems (SCS):
• Scientific Equipment and Furniture Association (SEFA):
• Screen Manufacturers Association (SMA):
• Sealant Waterproofing and Restoration Institute (SWR Institute):
• Security Industry Association (SIA):
• Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Contractors National Association (SMACNA):
• Siding and Window Dealers Association of Canada (SAWDAC):
• Single Ply Roofing Industry (SPRI):
• Slag Cement Association (SCA):
• Society of American Military Engineers (SAME):
• Society of Automotive Engineers International (SAE):
• Society of Fire Protection Engineers (SFPE):
• Society of Glass and Ceramic Decorated Products (SGCDpro):
• Society of the Plastics Industry (SPI):
• Society for Protective Coatings (SSPC):
• Society of Wood Science and Technology (SWST):
• Soil and Water Conservation Society (SWCS):
• Solar Energy Industries Association® (SEIA):
• Solar Rating and Certification™ (SRCC™):
• Solar and Sustainable Energy Society of Canada Inc. (SESCI):
• Southern Building Code Congress:
• Stairway Manufacturers’ Association (SMA):
• Southern Pine Inspection Bureau (SPIB®):
• Specialty Steel Industry of North America (SSINA):
• Spiral Duct Manufacturers Association (SPIDA):
• Spray Polyurethane Foam Alliance (SPFA):
• Stairway Manufacturers’ Association (SMA):
• Steel Deck Institute (SDI):
• Steel Erectors Association of America (SEAA):
• Steel Framing Alliance (SFI):
• Steel Joist Institute (SJI):
• Steel Manufacturers Association (SMA):
• Steel Recycling Institute (SRI):
• Steel Stud Manufacturers Association (SSMA):
• Steel Tube Institute (STI):
• Steel Window Institute (SWI):
• Structural Building Components Association (SBCA):
• Structural Insulated Panel Association (SIPA):
• Structural Stability Research Council (SSRC):
• Stucco Manufacturers Association (SMA):
• Submersible Wastewater Pump Association (SWPA):
• Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI):
• S
• Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA):
• Terrazzo Tile and Marble Association of Canada (TTMAC):
• Testing, Adjusting, and Balancing Bureau (TABB):
• The Masonry Society (TMS):
• Tile Contractors Association of America (TCAA):
• Tile Council of North America, Inc. (TCA):
• Tile Roofing Institute (TRI):
• Tilt-Up Concrete Association (TCA):
• Tree Care Industry Association (TCIA):
• Tropical Forest Foundation (TFF):
• Truss Plate Institute (TPI):
• Turfgrass Producers International (TPI):
• U
• Underwriters Laboratories Inc., (UL):
• Underwriters Laboratories of Canada (ULC):
• Uni-Bell PVC Pipe Association:
• United Lighting Protection Association (ULPA):
• United States Green Building Council (USGBC):
• United States Sign Council (USSC):
• V
• Valve Manufacturers Association of America (VMA):
• Vibration Isolation and Seismic Control Manufacturers Association (VISCMA):
• Vinyl Siding Institute, Inc., (VSI):
• W
• Warnock Hersey:
• Wallcovering Association (WA):
• Walnut Council:
• Water Environmental Federation (WEF):
• Water Quality Association (WQA):
• Water and Sewer Distributors of America (WASDA):
• West Coast Lumber Inspection Bureau (WCLIB):
• Western Hardwood Association (WHA):
• Western Red Cedar Lumber Association (WRCLA):
• Western States Clay Products Association (WSCPA):
• Western States Roofing Contractors Association (WSRCA):
• Western Wall and Ceiling Contractors Association (WWCCA):
• Western Wood Preservers Institute (WWPI):
• Western Wood Products Association (WWPA):
• Window Coverings Association of America (WCAA):
• Window and Door Manufacturers Association (WDMA):
• Wire Association International, Inc. (WAI, Inc.):
• Women Contractors Association (WCA):
• Wood Component Manufacturers Association (WCMA):
• Wood Products Manufacturers Association (WPMA):
• Woodwork Institute (WI):
• World Floor Covering Association (WFCA):
• World Waterpark Association (WWA):
• Woven Wire Products Association (WWPA):