Building Construction
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| What is the most common building material used in North America | show 🗑
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| Wall that is used for structural support | show 🗑
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| Wall, usually interior, that supports only its own weight | show 🗑
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| show | A party wall
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| show | Partition wall
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| show | The size of the wood and its moisture content
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| show | Green Wood
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| show | The charring process
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| show | masonry
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| show | A rated wall with a specified degree of fire resistance, extends from foundation through the roof, designed to limit the spread of fire within or between structures.
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| show | bricks, blocks, stones and unreinforced and reinforced concrete products
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| Walls that extend beyond the structure that supports them... | show 🗑
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| show | veneer walls
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| What portion of masonry is susceptible to damage following exposure to fire/heat? | show 🗑
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| show | It may crack or shatter when rapidly cooled with water and bolts/connections that hold the cast iron to the building can fail causing large heavy sections of metal to come crashing down.
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| show | steel
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| What sort of damage may happen to steel when it is exposed to heat? | show 🗑
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| A 50' section of | show 🗑
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| show | Wood
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| Wall that is used for structural support | show 🗑
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| Wall, usually interior, that supports only its own weight | show 🗑
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| show | A party wall
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| show | Partition wall
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| show | The size of the wood and its moisture content
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| show | Green Wood
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| Applying water to burning wood minimize damage by stopping what? | show 🗑
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| show | masonry
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| show | A rated wall with a specified degree of fire resistance, extends from foundation through the roof, designed to limit the spread of fire within or between structures.
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| Masonry consists of what type of materials? | show 🗑
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| Walls that extend beyond the structure that supports them... | show 🗑
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| walls with a surface layer of attractive material laid over a base of common material | show 🗑
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| show | The mortar between the bricks, blocks and stone may be degraded by heat and should be checked for signs of weakening.
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| show | It may crack or shatter when rapidly cooled with water and bolts/connections that hold the cast iron to the building can fail causing large heavy sections of metal to come crashing down.
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| What is the primary material used for structural support in the construction of large modern buildings | show 🗑
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| What sort of damage may happen to steel when it is exposed to heat? | show 🗑
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| show | 4", 1000º F
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| show | 1000º F
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| show | Concrete that is internally fortified with steel reinforcement bars(rebar) or wire mesh.
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| show | Spalling
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| What properties of gypsum give it excellent heat-resistant and fire retardant properties? | show 🗑
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| show | Gypsum
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| What is the NFPA section that describes the five construction classifications? | show 🗑
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| show | Type I fire resistive, type II noncombustible, type III ordinary, type IV heavy timber, type V wood frame
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| show | International codes council (ICC), NFPA 5000, Building construction and safety code (published by NFPA)
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| show | construction that maintains it's structural integrity during a fire and is intended to allow occupants time to exit the building.
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| show | Mainly reinforced concrete with structural members that are protected by blown on insulation or automatic sprinklers.
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| what is the primary fire hazard with fire resistive construction? | show 🗑
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| show | resist direct flame impingement, confines fire well, little collapse potential, impervious to water
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| show | difficult to breach, difficult to ventilate, massive debris following collapse, retains heat
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| show | same materials as fire-resistive construction except that the structural components lack the insulation or other protection of type I construction.
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| show | fire-resistance rating on all parts of the structure, can be all metal buildings, materials with no fire-resistance rating may only be used in limited quantities.
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| show | flat, built-up roofs....these consist of combustible or noncombustible roof deck covered by combustible felt, noncombustible insulation, and roofing tar.
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| What are the strengths of noncombustible construction? | show 🗑
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| show | difficult to breach, unprotected steel structural components can fail, roofs less stable than type 1, steel components subject o weakening by fire and rust/corrosion, massive debris following collapse.
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| Exterior walls and structural members are made of noncombustible or limited combustible materials (concrete blocks) and interior structural members are completely or partially of wood. | show 🗑
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| show | Fire and smoke spreading through concealed spaces, fire blocking.
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| show | Resists fire spread from the outside, relatively easy to vertically ventilate.
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| show | Interior structural members vulnerable to fire involvement, fire spread potential through concealed spaces, susceptible to water damage
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| show | Heavy timber construction
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| show | Massive amount of combustible contents and tremendous amounts of heat in fire conditions.
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| show | Resists collapse, structurally stable, relatively easy to ventilate, relatively easy to breach, manageable debris following collapse.
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| What are the weaknesses of heavy timber construction? | show 🗑
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| show | type V wood framed construction
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| show | Type V wood framed construction
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| show | Easily breached, resistant to collapse from earthquakes, collapse debris relatively easy to manage.
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| show | Susceptible to fire spread from outside, susceptible to rapid flame spree inside, susceptible to total collapse due to fire or explosion, susceptible to water damage.
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| show | Age of the building, construction materials, roof type, renovations or modifications, dead loads
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| What are the two primary types of dangerous conditions that may be posed by a particular building? | show 🗑
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| show | Fire load
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| Some of the earliest fire regulations ever imposed in north america related to what parts of construction | show 🗑
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| How large is the collapse zone? | show 🗑
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| Unprotected lightweight steel and wooden trusses can fail after how long? | show 🗑
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| show | Lightweight steel truss
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| show | Lightweight wood truss
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| These types of trusses may be found in structures with rounded or arched roofs | show 🗑
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| This type of force is typically applied to the bottom chord of a truss | show 🗑
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| This type of force is typically applied to the top chord of a truss | show 🗑
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| show | 5-10 minutes
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| show | A rain roof
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