Construction Terminology are words used in the construction field by Contractors, Architect, Engineers and Project Managers.
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- ANSI
- ASTM
- AWG
- Abatement
- Abrasive
- Absorption
- Accelerator
- Accent Lighting
- Acceptance Testing
- Acid-Resistant Brick
- Addendum
- Additive
- Adjustable Circuit Breaker
- Adjustment Factor
- Admixtures
- Adobe brick
- Adsorption
- Aggregate
- Air-Entraining Agents
- Air Lock
- Air Monitoring
- Alkyd Resins
- Ambient Air Quality
- Ambient Lighting
- Ambient Temperature
- Amended Water
- Ampacity
- Ampere
- Anchor
- Anchor Pile
- Angle Brick
- Appliance Branch Circuit
- Apron Wall
- Arc-Fault Circuit Interrupter
- Arch
- Arch Brick
- Architectural Drawing
- Area Wall
- As-built Plans
- Ashlar Masonry
- Askarel
- Asphalt
- Asphalt Cement
- Asphalt Primer
- Asphalt joint filler
- Back Arch
- Back Filling
- Backlight
- Backup
- Ballast Factor
- Bare Conductor
- Bare Lamp
- Bat
- Batter
- Bed Joint
- Belt Course
- Bevel
- Black Line Print
- Blast Cleaning
- Blind Header
- Block Concrete
- Blocking
- Blown Asphalt
- Blueprints
- Bond
- Bond Beam
- Bond Breaker
- Bond Grout
- Bond Strength
- Bonder
- Bonding Jumper
- Bracing
- Branch Circuit
- Breaking Joints
- Brick
- Brick Concrete
- Brick and Brick
- Brick grade
- Bridging
- Building Brick
- Built-up roof
- Bullnose block
- Buttering
- Buttress
- C/B ratio
- Cabinet
- Caisson
- Candela
- Candlepower
- Capacity insulation
- Cathodic protection
- Cavity Wall Tie
- Cavity wall
- Cement paint
- Centering
- Ceramic color glaze
- Chalk
- Chase
- Circuit Breaker
- Class of unit
- Clay
- Clay mortar-mix
- Cleanout
- Clean room
- Clear ceramic glaze
- Clinker Brick
- Clip
- Clipped Header
- Closer
- Closure
- Collar beam
- Collar joint
- Collar tie
- Column
- Composite lumber
- Composite wall
- Compressive strength
- Conduit Body
- Construction Documents
- Construction Drawing
- Construction Type 1
- Construction Type 2
- Construction Type 3
- Construction Type 4
- Construction Type 5
- Continuous Duty
- Continuous Load
- Control Joint
- Coping
- Corbel
- Core
- Correction Factor
- Corrosion
- Course
- Course Bond
- Covered Conductor
- Cross Bracing
- Culls
- Curing
- Curing Agent
- Curtain Wall
- Curtained Doorway
- Customized Masonry
- Cutback Asphalt
- Cutout Box
- Damp Course
- Dampcheck
- Dampproofing
- Decontamination Enclosure System
- Demand Factor
- Derating Factor
- Direct Costs
- Disposal
- Dog’s Tooth
- Double-Walled Tank
- Dovetail Anchor
- Dowel
- Drilled Pile
- Drip
- Dry-Press Brick
- Dry Mortar
- Dry Stack
- Dwarf Wall
- EBM
- Eccentricity
- Economy Brick
- Effective Area of Reinforcement
- Effective Ground Fault Current Path
- Effective Height
- Effective Thickness
- Efflorescence
- Elevations
- Emission Standard
- Empirical Design
- Encapsulation
- Enclosure Wall
- Engineered Brick
- Engineered Brick Masonry
- Engineered Design
- Epoxy
- Equipment Bonding Jumper
- Equipment Decontamination System
- Expansion Joint
- Explosion Proof Apparatus
- Exposed Wiring Methods
- Exterior Wall
- Face Shell
- Face Shell Bedding
- Faced Wall
- Facing brick
- Fascia
- Fat Mortar
- Festoon Lighting
- Filter Block
- Fire-Resistive material
- Fire Clay
- Fire Division Wall
- Fire Rating
- Fire Wall
- Fire brick
- Fireproofing
- Flame Detector
- Flare Header
- Flashing
- Floor brick
- Fluorescent Lamp
- Flux Oil
- Fly Ash
- Footcandle
- Foundation Wall
- Foundation Wall
- Frog
- Furring
- Furrowing
- Fuse
- Galvanized
- Gambrel
- Gauged brick
- General-Use Snap Switch
- General Lighting
- General Purpose Branch Circuit
- Glove Bag System
- Grid Pavers
- Ground-Fault
- Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter – GFCI
- Ground Fault Current Path
- Ground Fault Protection of Equipment
- Grounded
- Grounded Conductor
- Grounded Effectively
- Grounding Conductor
- Grounding Conductor Equipment
- Grounding Electrode Conductor
- Grout
- Grout Lift
- Grout Pour
- Grouted Masonry
- HEPA Filter
- Hacking
- Halogen Lamp
- Hand Cleaning
- Harc
- Hard-Burned
- Head Joint
- Header
- Heading Course
- Hepa Vacuum Equipment
- High-Bond Mortar
- High-Pressure Sodium Lamp
- High-lift Grouting
- High Intensity Discharge Lamp – HID
- Hoistway
- Hollow Masonry Unit
- Hollow Wall
- Hollow brick
- Hollow concrete masonry unit
- Hot-Rolled Steel
- Hot Specs
- Hydrated Lime
- Hydraulic Limestone
- Illuminance
- Illumination
- Immersion Detection Circuit Interrupter – IDCI
- Incandescent Filament Lamp
- Indirect Costs
- Indirect Lighting
- Individual Branch Circuit
- Inductive Load
- Initial Rate of Absorption
- Insulated Conductor
- Interlocking Block Paver
- Intermittent Duty
- Isolated Ground Receptacle
- Isolating Switch
- Laitance
- Lateral Support
- Latex Paint
- Lean Mortar
- Lime & Cement Mortar
- Lime Putty
- Lintel
- Load Center
- Loadbearing
- Loadbearing Wall
- Locked Rotor Current – LRC
- Low-Pressure Sodium Lamp
- Low-lift Grouting
- Lumens
- Luminaire Fixture
- Lux
- Main Bonding Jumper
- Major Arch
- Masonry
- Masonry Cement
- Masonry Unit
- Maximum Continuous Current – MCC
- Maximum Overcurrent Protection – MOP
- Mercury Lamp
- Metal-Enclosed Power Switchgear
- Metal-Halide Lamp
- Minimum Circuit Ampacity – MCA
- Minor Arch
- Modular Masonry Unit
- Moisture Content
- Mortar
- Mortar Bond
- Motor-Circuit Switch
- Motor Control Center
- Multioutlet Assembly
- Multiwire Branch Circuit
- Natural Asphalt
- Natural Cement
- Net Section
- Neutral Conductor
- Neutral Point
- Nominal Dimension
- Nominal Voltage
- Non-Combustible Material
- Non-Loadbearing Wall
- NonIncendive Field Wiring
- Nonadjustable Circuit Breaker
- Noncoincidental Loads
- Nonincendive Circuit
- Nonlinear Load
- Norman brick
- Panel Wall
- Panel Wall
- Panelboard
- Parapet Wall
- Pargeting
- Particulates
- Partition Wall
- Party Wall
- Paving brick
- Perforated Wall
- Permissive Rules
- Petroleum Asphalt
- Phenolic Resin
- Photometry
- Pilaster
- Plasticizer
- Plenum
- Plumb Rule
- Portland-Pozzolana Cement
- Portland Cement
- Power Outlet
- Power Supply
- Prefabricated Brick Masonry
- Preformed asphalt joint filler
- Preheated Fluorescent Lamp Circuit
- Prism
- Raggle
- Rainproof
- Raintight
- Rapid Start Fluorescent Lamp Circuit
- Rated-Load Current
- Rate of Rise Detector
- Receptacle
- Receptacle Outlet
- Reinforced Masonry
- Relieving Arch
- Resistive Load
- Roman brick
- Rowlock
- SCR brick
- Salmon brick
- Salt Glaze
- Saturation Coefficient
- Screen Block
- Sealable Equipment
- Sealant
- Separately Derived System
- Series-Rated System
- Service Cable
- Service Conductors
- Service Equipment
- Service Lateral
- Service Point
- Sewer brick
- Shale
- Shear Wall
- Short-Circuit Current Rating
- Short Circuit
- Shoved Joints
- Show Window
- Shower Room
- Shrinkage
- Signaling Circuit
- Single Wythe Wall
- Slag Cement
- Slenderness Ratio
- Slushed Joints
- Smoke Alarm
- Smoke Detector
- Soffit
- Soft-mud Brick
- Solar Photovoltaic System
- Solar Screen
- Solderless Pressure Connector
- Solid Concrete masonry unit
- Solid Masonry Unit
- Solid Masonry Wall
- Spall
- Spandrel Wall
- Split-Circuit Receptacle
- Stacked Bond
- Standard Network Interface – SNI
- Stiff-mud brick
- Stretcher
- Stringing Mortar
- Struck Joint
- Suction
- Surfactant
- Surge Arrester
- Surge Protective Device
- Surge Suppressor
- Switchboard
- Temper
- Terminal
- Thermocouple
- Thermopile
- Tooling
- Toothing
- Traditional Masonry
- Transfer Switch
- Transformed Section
- Transient Voltage Surge Suppressor
- Trimmer Arch
- Troffer
- Tuck Pointing
- UL Listed
- UL Recognized
- Undergrounded
- Undergrounded Conductor
- Utility-Interactive Inverter
- Utilization Equipment