| In gypsumboard, the clean separation of surfacing papers from the core; may be due to a variety of causes, most frequently, however, from surface calcination during the drying process or insufficient binder.
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| 1. Detachment of a paint film in relatively large pieces; paint applied to a damp or greasy, surface usually peels; sometimes it is due to moisture back of the painted surface. 2. A process in which thin flakes of matrix or mortar are broken away from concrete surface, caused by adherence of surface mortar to forms as forms are removed. 3. See Shivering.
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| The working face of a hammer opposite the flat face, usually shaped for bending, shaping, or cutting the material being struck with the peen; see Cross Peen, Ball Peen, or Straight Peen Hammers.
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| A quality improvement system consisting of having an architects or engineers professional work and office procres reviewed by a committee of peers.
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| A board with holes in which pegs or fittings may be inserted to hang tools or objects.
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| Hardwood flooring with hardwood plugs set to hide recessed screws or to simulate screw covers.
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| Porcelain Enamel Institute.
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| Variant of peen.
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| Permissible Exposure Limits; standards set by OSHA.
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| When direct current is passed through two adjacent metals one junction will become cooler and the other will become warmer; this principle is the basis of thermoelectric refrigeration.
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| The face amount of a surety bond; this is the maximum amount of the suretys liability.
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| A contract provision that the contractor will pay a penalty for late completion and receive a bonus for timely or early completion.
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| A clause in a construction contract by which a contractor is assessed with a monetary penalty, usually on a daily basis, for delay in the completion of a project.
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| A sum to be forfeited if a condition is not met.
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| smooth mild steel reinforcing rods of 3/16, 1/4, or 3/8 inch diameter.
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| One of the concave triangular segments that form the transition from the supporting columns to a dome above.
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| Wood finish which produces color of penetrating stain with luster of wax.
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| stain made by dissolving oil-soluble dyes in oil or alcohol.
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| The consistency of a bituminous material expressed as the distance in tenths of a millimeter (0.1mm) that a standard needle penetrates vertically a sample of the material under specified conditions of loading, time, and temperature.
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| Of asphalt cements, a classification system based on penetration in 0.1mm at 25° C (77° F); in this system, there are five standard paving grades, 40-50, 60-70, 85-100, 120-150 and 200-300.
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| As applied to nails, it originally indicated the price per hundred; the term now serves as a measure of nail length and is abbreviated by the letter d.
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| Resin made by reacting pentaerythritol, a high alcohol, with rosin.
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| A five sided plane figure.
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| A louvered wall around the mechanical penthouse area of a structure, with fixed or movable flaps; this protects it from the elements and provides a visual screen around equipment.
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| A top story of a building that is smaller than the story below it.
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| The aptitude for and fulfillment of necessary management of personnel to complete projects in a professional and timely manner.
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| An allowance or payment for each day.
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| The degree of possible saturation of air with water vapor multiplied by 100.
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| A lease in which the rental consideration is an agreed percentage of sales, usually with an expressed minimum rent.
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| A part of a whole expressed in hundredths.
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