CONSTRUCTION 1

Includes such as activities as specification development, process control, product acceptance, laboratory and technician certification, training, and communication.

• Construction Management

• Quality Management

• Quality Control

• Building Construction

The maximum volume that can be placed in the bucket without spillage based on a specified angle of repose for the material in the bucket.

• Heaped Volume

• Waterline Capacity

• Struck Capacity

• Dragline

The process of increasing the density of a soil by mechanically forcing the soil particles closer together, thereby expelling air from the void spaces in the soil.

• Dynamic Compaction

• Vibratory Compaction

• Compaction

• Surcharging

Placing of additional weight on the soil surface, has long been used to densify cohesive soils.

• Dynamic Compaction

• Vibratory Compaction

• Compaction

• Surcharging

Represents that component of vehicle weight which acts parallel to an inclined surface.

• Rolling Resistance

• Grade Resistance

• Fixed Time

• Variable Time

Involves smoothing slopes, shaping ditches, and bringing the earthwork to the elevation required by the plans and specification.

• Grading

• Finishing

• Balancing

• Trimming

The construction operations involved in the production of concrete include
I. Batching
II. Mixing
III. Transporting
IV. Placing
V. Consolidating
VI. Finishing; and
VII. Curing

• I, III, V, and VII only

• II, IV, and VI only

• I, II, III, IV, and V only

• All of the above

Normal-weight concrete usually weighs __________, depending on the mix design and type of aggregate used.

• Less than 160 lb/cu ft

• 140 to 160 lb/cu ft

• More than 90 lb/cu ft

• 15 to 90 lb/cu ft

___________________ provides 190% of Type I strength after 1 day of curing. It also produces about 150% of the heat of hydration of normal cement during the first 7 days.

• Type I (normal) portland cement

• Type II (modified/moderate) portland cement

• Type III (high early strength) cement

• Type IV (low heat) cement

Water/cement ratios normally used range from about _______________ by weight.

• .30 to .60

• .40 to .70

• .50 to .80

• .60 to .90