Construction Terms

Who is responsible for overseeing every step of the construction process, from planning to completion?

• Foreman

• Superintendent

• Material

• Base

What term describes any substance used in building a structure?

• Fill

• Material

• Lift

• Berm

What is the term for the area that you are okay to be in, often cleared for jobs?

• Right of Way

• Cut

• Slope

• Bench

What do you call the process when you have to remove material?

• Fill

• Cut

• Base

• Pitch

What is the term for building up material, typically taken from a cut and sent to a fill?

• Subgrade

• Fill

• Finish Grade

• Berm

What is the term for where a hole is stair-stepped down into the hole?

• Lift

• Bench

• Base

• Material

What are layers of material backfilled in intervals called?

• Lift

• Fill

• Subgrade

• Berm

What goes over subgrade, serving as the foundation for whatever you are building?

• Base

• Pitch

• Right of Way

• Cut

What is dirt that is angled, with the toe being the bottom of the ditch, called?

• Slope

• Fill

• Bench

• Material

What is the term for rise over run, where a 1:1 slope has a 45-degree angle?

• Pitch

• Slope

• Base

• Lift