Building Construction Terms I

Question 1

Architect/ Arkitekto

Answer 1

Designs buildings or other structures and that has complete schooling is licensed by the state as an architect.

Question 2

Carpenter/ Karpentero

Answer 2

Construct, install, and repair structures and fixtures made from wood and other materials. They are involved in many different kinds of constructions, like building of highways and bridges.

Question 3

Contractor/ Kontratista

Answer 3

A person or company that undertakes a contract to provide a service or do a job.

Question 4

Painter/ Pintor

Answer 4

Someone who’s job is to paints walls, doors, and some other parts of buildings.

Question 5

Mason/ Kantero

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A craftsman that has an expertise in the construction trade with the use of materials brick or stone.

Question 6

Foreman/ Kapatas

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Construction worker with greater years of experience than a laborer and in-charged with the overall construction of a particular project under a particular contractor.

Question 7

Laborer/ Piyon

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Offers work like cleaning construction sites and loading or unloading building materials to be used in the construction.

Question 8

Tinsmith/ Latero

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In charge of constructing and installing cut out and shaped elements of various types of tin, depending on the needs of the investor they works for.

Question 9

Carpentry/ Karpentaria

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A skilled trade and craft in which primary work performed is to construct, install, and repair various structures and fixtures made from wood and other material. They are also involve in the construction of buildings, highways, bridges, ships, concrete formwork, etc.

Question 10

Masonry/ Kantaria

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Stone, brick, concrete, hollow-tile, concrete block, or other similar building units or materials, normally bonded together with mortar to form a wall.

Question 11

Plaster/ Palitada

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A building materials used for protective and decorative coating/ element of the walls and ceilings.

Question 12

Tinsmithing/ Lateria

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Involves cutting, forming, straightening, and repairing metal sheet surfaces. Also includes sanding and grinding the shaped or repaired metal surface to comply with the required finish.

Question 13

Foot/ Piye

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Unit of length in the imperial and U.S. customary measurements. And is equal to 0.3048 meter exactly.

Question 14

Meter/ Metro

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Fundamental unit of length in the metric system and in the international systems of unit (SI). It is equal to 39.37 inches.

Question 15

Inches/ Pulgada

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Unit of length (British) Imperial and Unites States customary systems of measurements. Equal to 1/36 yards of 1/12 of a foot.

Question 16

Weight/ Bigat

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The measure of the intensity of the force imposed to the object by the local gravitational field.

Question 17

Force/ Puwersa

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Measured using force meter. In which the unit is called Newton.

Question 18

Hip Roof/ Quatro Aguas

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A roof that rises by inclined planes from all four sides of a building.

Question 19

Lean-to-Roof/ Sibe

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Defined as free standing, single-sloping roof. Which is another way of saying its a roof that leans on another structure.

Question 20

Astragal/ Batidura

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A molding, attached to one of a pair of swinging double doors, against which the other door strikes.

Question 21

Beam/ Biga

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A structural member transversely supporting a load. A structural member carrying weight from one support to another. Sometimes called a “girder”.

Question 22

Balusters/ Barandilla

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Vertical members in a railing used between a top rail and bottom rail or the stair treads. Sometimes referred to as “pickets” or “spindles”.

Question 23

Baseboard/ Rodapies

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A trim board placed against the wall around the room next to the floor.

Question 24

Bathtub/ Baniera

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A tub, usually installed in a bathroom, in which to bathe.

Question 25

Bottom Chord/ Tirante

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The lower or bottom horizontal member of a truss.

Question 26

Brick/ Ladrillo

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Building material used to make walls. Pavements and other elements in masonry construction.

Question 27

Canopy/ Media Agua

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Overhead roof or a structure over which a material covering is attached, this is able to provide shade or shelter from weather conditions such as sun or rain.

Question 28

Cast Iron/ Hiero or Pondido (Pondidong Bakal)

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Is a group of iron-carbon alloys with a carbon content more than 2%. Its usefulness derives from it relatively low melting temperature.

Question 29

Ceiling/ Kisame

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A part of a building which encloses and its exposed overhead in a room or circulation space. It helps to create an enclosure and separation between spaces.

Question 30

Ceiling Joists/ Kostilyahe

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One of a series of parallel framing members used to support ceiling loads and supported in turn by larger beams, girders, or bearing walls. Also called "roof joists".

Question 31

Cement Tile/ Baldosa

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Or hydraulic tiles are handmade colorful tiles used as floor and wall tiling.

Question 32

Column/ Kolumna or Poste

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A vertical structural compression member which supports loads.

Question 33

Concrete/ Larga Masa or Konkreto

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The mixture of cement, sand, gravel, and water. Used to reinforce with steel rods (rebar) or wire screening (mesh).