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Outer bark, inner bark, cambium layer, sapwood, heartwood |
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Plainsawing, Quartersawing |
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book match, herringbone, slip match, diamond match, random match |
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rotary sliced, flat (plain sliced),quarter sliced, half round, rift cutting |
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Five practices for GREEN Design |
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site planning, water efficiency, energy efficiency, conservation of materials, indoor environment quality |
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Leadership in Energy and Environment Design |
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Five reasons to go green: |
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operation cost efficiencies, best management practices, good PR, employee productivity, environmental responsibility |
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What is fueling shift to go green? |
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What is the GREEN design model? |
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collaborative model where each party involved with construction or design works with the architect to explore various options at the outset of a project. |
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Benefits of green building |
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environmental, economic, health and safety, community |
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rapidly renewable, recycled content, non-toxic products, sustainably harvested |
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Two types of light wood frame construction |
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platform (stick) and balloon |
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Dimensional lumber is typical from what part of the tree: |
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Four types of distortion in lumber |
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sequencing of veneer slices relative to position in log |
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sequencing of veneer slices relative to position in log |
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removed at rate of growth, "tree farm" |
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Selective tree cutting, preserves ECO SYSTEM |
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open web joists, i joists, paralam/glulam, medium density fiberboard (MDF),OSB, plywood, finger jointed studs. |
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to keep brick veneer off of wood |
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@ openings to support brick |
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Components of light frame wood construction |
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batter boards - foundation wall - floor framing - wall framing - frame upper floor - frame second floor - frame second story walls - roof rafter framing - roof/wall sheathing. |
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horizontal line of intersection between two sloping planes of roof |
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projecting structures out of roof |
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triangular portion of a wall |
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inclined projecting edge of sloping roof |
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roof having a single slope |
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overhanging lower edge of a roof |
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underside of overhanging roof eave |
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two boards parallel nailed together |
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perpendicular boards (t) with nail going through bottom |
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perpendicular boards (t) with nail going through top member at an angle into bottom |
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In concrete, tension is combated with |
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in concrete compression is |
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how to check for strength of conrete |
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slump test, cylinders, core tests |
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less water, lower rate of hydration, stronger, uses waste stream resource |
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disadvantages for fly ash |
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white powder on masonry walls from too much water |
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three ways to color concrete |
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admixtures, trowel on, stain |
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similar products to concrete |
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gypcrete, ardex, stucco, plaster |
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at points of maximum tension |
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