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Term Definition
Preconstruction Jobsite Conference. A conference on the jobsite, before start of construction, attended by owners, architects, engineers, contractors, and subcontractors for the purpose of coordination and cooperation.  
Predecorated Wallboard. A gypsumboard with a finished surface applied before installation; gypsumboard may be predecorated with paint, texture, vinyl film, or printed paper coverings in a variety of patterns, styles, and colors.  
Prefabricated Lined Stack. Chimney or vent fabricated in a shop into sections with multiple components to provide thermal insulation and allow for low clearance to wooden or combustible elements.  
Prefabricated. Constructed and assembled in a workshop and later brought to the jobsite for incorporation into the building.  
Pre-fill. An application method used in the preparation of tapered/beveled gypsum board to receive tape and joint treatment; aids in rcing the possibility of ridging and beading.  
Prefinished Gypsumboard. Gypsumboard finished at the factory with a decorative layer of paint, paper, or plastic.  
Pre-Function Area. An anteroom in a hotel or conference center leading to a large dining room, used for receptions prior to dinners or meetings.  
Preheating. The application of heat to the base metal prior to a welding or cutting operation.  
Prehung Door. A door that is hinged to its frame in a factory or shop.  
Preliminary Drawings. Drawings prepared in a preliminary stage of a project.  
Preliminary Notice. A notice sent to the owner, general contractor, and lender by subcontractors or materialmen within 20 days of first supplying labor, services or materials to a project informing them of what is being supplied or performed and establishing lien or stop-notice rights.  
Premature Stiffening. see False Set.  
Pre-Mixed Plaster. see Gypsum Ready Mixed Plaster.  
Prepacked Concrete. Concrete manufactured by placing clean, graded coarse aggregate in a form and later injecting a portland cement sand grout, under pressure, to fill the voids.  
Prepaid Expenses. Materials or services that a company buys and pays for before use, such as insurance premiums, or office supplies.  
Preparation, Painting. see Painting Preparation.  
Prepayment Penalty. A monetary penalty for paying off a note prior to its due date.  
Present Value. The value now of a sum of money to be paid or received in the future, calculated by discounting future cash flows by an appropriate discount rate.  
Preservation. 1. The process of treating materials to prolong their useful life. 2. Conservation.  
Preservative Treated. Applied or pressurized chemical treatment of wood or plywood to make it resistant to deterioration from moisture and insects.  
Preservative. 1. A substance for preserving. 2. In wood, any substance that, for a reasonable length of time, is effective in preventing the development and action of wood-rotting fungi, borers of various kinds, and harmful insects that deteriorate wood.  
Press. A machine for punching, notching, and shearing steel.  
Pressed Bricks. Bricks that are pressed out in a mold before they are baked or burned.  
Presser, Clothing. see Clothing Presser.  
Pressure Balance. In spray painting, relationship of pot pressure to atomizing air pressure.  
Pressure Connector, Solderless. see Solderless Pressure Connector.  
Pressure Connector. An electrical connecting device which squeezes two or more conductors together.  
Pressure Differential. Pressure difference across hydraulic system.  
Pressure Drop. 1. Loss in pressure due usually to length or diameter of line or hose. 2. Pressure difference at two ends of a circuit, or part of a circuit, the two sides of a filter.  
Pressure Feed Paint Tank. In spray painting equipment, fluid container in which fluid flow is caused by air pressure; also called Pressure Pot.  

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