| A connecting device that has been cut, formed and threaded by die tools.
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| A written consent of the surety to pay the final payment to the contractor, rce or eliminate the retainage, or make any change in the contract conditions.
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| The careful preservation and protection of something, such as a building or the environment.
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| A principle of accounting, the object of which is to place each asset item on the balance sheet at a conservative figure or low end of its price range.
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| A greenhouse for tending and displaying plants.
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| A benefit (or money) coming from a promisee to a promisor in exchange for the promisors agreement to perform an act.
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| Of gypsum plaster or gypsum concrete, see Normal Consistency.
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| 1. The fluidity or viscosity of a liquid or paste; resistance of a product to flow. 2. The degree of plasticity of fresh concrete or mortar; the normal measure of consistency is slump for concrete and flow for mortar. 3. The degree of fluidity or plasticity of asphalt cement at any particular temperature; the consistency of asphalt cement varies with temperature; therefore, it is necessary to use a common or standard temperature when comparing the consistency of one asphalt cement with another, the standard test temperature being 140° F (60° C).
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| 1. An ornamental bracket supporting a shelf. 2. A cabinet or panel containing controls and switches for operating lighting, sound, television, or radio equipment.
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| This is usually accomplished by vibration of newly placed concrete to its minimum practical volume, to mold it within form shapes and around embedded parts and reinforcement and to eliminate voids other than entrained air.
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| Process of working fresh concrete so that a closer arrangement of particles is created and the number of voids is decreased or eliminated.
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| A combination of companies organized to invest in an enterprise usually too large for them individually.
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| Air handling system that provides a constant air flow while varying the temperature to meet heating and cooling needs.
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| A component of a relationship between variables that does not change its value.
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| Tube or orifice used to restrict flow of a gas or a liquid.
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| Make by putting materials or parts together; build; erect.
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| The capacity of a certain design of being developed into construction.
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| A document that directs a change in the work of the project, prepared by the architect and signed by the owner and architect. This change can adjust the contract sum and/or contract time. This document may be used in the absence of the contractors agreement on the terms of a change order.
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| One of the standard phases of architectural service (Schematic Design Phase, Design Development Phase, Construction Documents Phase, Bidding or Negotiation Phase, and Construction Phase-Administration of the Construction Contract).
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| The drawings and specifications that describe the construction requirements.
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| Arbitration rules administrated by the AAA and referred to in AIAs standard agreements for construction and architectural services.
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| The contact between the placed concrete and concrete surfaces, against or upon which concrete is to be placed and to which new concrete is to adhere, that has become so rigid that the new concrete cannot be incorporated integrally by vibration with that previously placed.
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| An institution or individual that lends money to a borrower for the purpose of constructing improvements on property.
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| An industrial form of calcium oxide that is added to give it cling or adhesion.
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| A short term interim loan to pay for the construction of a building.
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| Activities over and above normal architectural and engineering services, conducted during the predesign, design, and construction phases, that contribute to the control of time and cost.
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| A person or entity who provides construction management services, either as an advisor or as a contractor.
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| One of the standard phases of architectural service (Schematic Design Phase, Design Development Phase, Construction Documents Phase, Bidding or Negotiation Phase, and Construction Phase-Administration of the Construction Contract).
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| A time table setting out the times for starting and completing each of the operations required for the construction of a building or other project.
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| 1. The act or process of building. 2. Buildings and structures that have been built. 3. The method by which the carpet is made (loom or machine type) and other identifying characteristics, including pile rows per inch, pitch, wire height, number of shots, yarn count and plies, pile yarn weight, and density.
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