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Accessories |
Additions to
the basic building, such as doors, windows, louvers, ventilators
etc. |
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Anchor Bolts |
Hooked bolts
cast in concrete foundations for anchorage of structural members. |
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Base Angle |
Continuous
angle fixed to floor slab or grade beam for attachment of all
panels. |
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Base Plate |
The plate of a
column or beam which rests on the supporting surface. |
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Beam |
Horizontal
structural member. |
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Beam-Column |
Building with
intermediate columns. |
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Brace Rods |
Rods placed
diagonally in roof and walls for transferring wind loads |
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Bridge Crane |
Overhead
traveling crane supported on beams and rails. |
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Built-up Member |
(B.U.)
Structural member formed by welding together web and flange
plates. |
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Caulking |
Sealant used in
making watertight joints. |
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Clear Span |
Building
without internal columns. |
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Closure |
(Foam Closure)
Profiled foam material used inside or outside profiled roof or
wall panels to form weather tight seal. |
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Cold Formed |
Various steel
shapes manufactured by roll - forming or pressing. |
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Column |
Vertical
structural member. |
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Crane Beam |
Support for
overhead traveling bridge crane. |
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Crane Rails |
Rails welded or
bolted to crane beams to form the track for bridge crane wheels. |
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Curb |
Raised flashing
around roof openings to form waterproof opening. |
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Damper |
Baffle plate in
a ventilator. |
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Dead Load |
Weight of the
structure. |
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D.S.D. |
Double slide
door. |
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Eave |
Top of the
sidewall. |
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Eave Height |
Height from top
of eave strut to finished floor level. |
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Eave Strut |
Structural
member at the eave which supports roof and wall panel. |
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Expansion Joint |
A break in the
construction to allow for thermal expansion. |
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Flange Brace
|
An angle from
the flange of columns or rafters to girts and purlins to provide
lateral support and stability. |
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Girt |
Secondary
horizontal member to which wall panels are attached, usually cold
formed "Z" |
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Grout |
Non-shrinking
sand cement mixture used under base plates to obtain uniform
bearing surface. |
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Haunch |
Intersection of
column and rafter. |
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Header |
Horizontal
member over an opening in a wall. |
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H.S.B. |
High strength
bolts. |
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Hot Rolled |
Steel shapes
formed while the steel is semi-molten. |
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Jack Beam
|
A beam used to
support a rafter instead of a column. |
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Jamb |
Vertical member
at the side of a wall opening. |
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Joist |
Horizontal
member for supporting floor or roof decking. |
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Knee
|
See Haunch. |
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Liner Panel |
Interior wall
sheeting. |
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Live Load |
Any variable
temporary load on the structure. |
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Main Frame |
Primary members
which support secondary members. |
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Mastic |
See
caulking-sealant. |
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M.B. |
Machine bolt. |
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Mezzanine |
Intermediate
floor between ground floor and first floor or roof. |
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Mono-Slope |
Single slope
roof. |
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Parapet |
Vertical wall
extension above the eave line. |
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Partition |
Internal wall. |
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Pitch |
Slope of the
roof. |
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Pop Rivet
|
Used for
joining flashing and light gauge metal trims. |
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Portal Frame |
Column and beam
bracing used in lieu of standard rod bracing, to provide clear
access. |
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Post & Beam
(P&B) |
Light endwall
framing. |
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Primer Paint
|
Factory applied
paint to structural members providing protection during shipping
and erection. |
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Purlin |
Secondary
horizontal member to which roof panels are attached usually cold
formed "Z" |
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Rafter |
Primary member
supported on columns. |
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Ridge |
Peak of gabled
building. |
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Rigid Frame (R.F.) |
Main frame of
the building comprising columns and rafters. |
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Sag Rod |
Tie rods used
to support flanges of girts or purlins. |
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Sealant |
See
mastic-caulking. |
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Secondary
Framing |
Secondary
members or framing such as girts, purlins, eave struts etc. |
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S.D.S |
Self drilling
screw - used for attaching panels and trims to girts and purlins.
Pre-drilling is not necessary. |
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S.T.S |
Self tapping
screw. Same function as S.D.S. but needs pre-drilled holes. |
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Shims |
Small steel
plates used to level base plates or packing between structural
members. |
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Sill |
The bottom
horizontal member of a door or windows opening. |
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Skylight |
Translucent
fiberglass panel used in the roof to transmit natural light. |
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S.S.D. |
Single slide
door. |
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Soffit |
Underside of
canopy, fascia or roof extension. |
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Span |
Distance from
out to out of wall girts. |
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Splice Plate |
Plate used to
connect two members. |
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Stiffener |
Plate welded to
a member to prevent buckling. |
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Stitch Screw |
Used to fasten
side laps of panels. |
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Truss |
Structural
member made up of several individual parts welded or bolted
together, the completed unit acting as a beam. |
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V.G. |
Valley gutter. |
