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A half-inch videotape format that has better
audio and video quality than VHS....
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Conveyance vehicles designed for moving hazardous chemicals in R&D facilities. The use of safe carts helps prevent and contain potentially harmful spills....
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An alternative term for a
high-containment lab....
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Flow of an uncured sealant within a joint that
results in the loss of the sealant's original shape....
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The effect on the activity coefficient due to salts in the solution. (www.omega.com)
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A land disposal site employing an
engineered method of disposing of solid wastes. The process minimizes
environmental hazards by spreading the solid wastes in thin layers,
compacting the solid wastes to the smallest practical volume and
applying and compa...
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The Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization
Act. Passed in 1986, SARA strengthened the Superfund legislation and
authorized $8.5 billion in new funds for hazardous waste cleanup. See
also Superfund....
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Office center providing technology and administrative support, located near employee residences and used full time by employees living closest to the satellite site. See also Alternative Officing, Remote Telecenters, Telecommuting, Virtual Office....
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See Sick Building Syndrome....
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A format that enables two-dimensional images to be displayed in XML pages on the Web. Vector images are created through text-based commands formatted to comply with XML specifications. They are scalable to the size of the viewing window and will adjust in...
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Transition from small-scale pilot
manufacturing to large-scale production of industrial quantities....
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An electron microscope that uses a beam of electrons—accelerated to high energy and focused on the sample—to scan the sample surface, ejecting secondary electrons that form the picture of the sample.
A Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM)...
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This stand-alone atomic force microscope images an area of 90 x 90 microns, in constant or intermittent contact modes, and can profile surface heights of up to 10 microns. Manufactured by Quesant.
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Technique for analysis of replicates of polished composite cross-sections as well as ion beam thinned composite sections. This method allows the determination of assemblages and microchemical composition of the matrix and fiber/matrix interfacial regions ...
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An energy-saving lighting
control strategy where lights are dimmed during hours when a building
space is unoccupied....
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The first of an architect's basic services. The architect, by consulting with the owner, determines the basic requirements of the project and prepares schematic designs consisting of drawings and documents showing the scale and relationship of the variou...
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The Schumann Resonance is a set of spectrum peaks in the extremely low frequency (ELF) portion of the Earth's electromagnetic field spectrum.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page)...
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See Severe Combined Immunodeficiency Mice. ...
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See Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility. ...
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The visual efficiency curve for the pigment of the "rods" of the retina. It determines the size of the pupil; a small pupil will increase depth of field, increase visual acuity and decrease the amount of accommodation needed for near tasks. Thus...
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In open plans, any element—file bank, workstation, freestanding divider, partition—that acts as a barrier to direct propagation of speech from one point to another. It usually refers to elements that do not extend to the ceiling....
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The washing of impurities from any
process gas stream....
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An elastomeric material with adhesive qualities that joins components of a similar or dissimilar nature to provide an effective barrier against the passage of the elements. See also Cohesive Failure and Adhesive Failure....
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Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) is a condition in which a person feels depressed at a certain time each year. Most people experience SAD during the fall and winter months when days are shorter and there is less light.
The cause of SAD is not clearly ...
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A form of outsourcing that allows users to purchase defined desktop and networking services from an outside vendor in order to avoid escalating IT costs....
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Enclosures that surround primary containment for hazardous materials. Outer bottles, piping, tank vaults and even chemical storage buildings are forms of secondary containment. See also Primary Containment....
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Drawings used as a starting point for new drawings and that contain standard settings.
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Part of the Bioterrorism Act of 2002. A Select Agent is defined in the Act as belonging to one of four categories: pathogens that affect humans; animal pathogens; plant pathogens; and agents that are toxic to both humans and animals. Eighty-two Select Age...
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Sometimes referred to as low-bay process areas. Areas in research facilities that have all of the lab services provided but lack research benches or hoods. This type of space is useful for trial manufacturing operations, special projects, or prototype job...
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An element that has an electrical resistivity in the range between conductors (such as aluminum) and insulators (such as silicon dioxide). Integrated circuits are typically fabricated in semiconductor materials such as silicon, germanium, or gallium arsen...
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A type of usable energy such as hot or cold air, or most commonly heat itself.
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A secure facility that meets the requirements of government specification DIAM 50-3 to protect activities occurring in the facility from espionage. The specification dictates requirements for STC ratings, acoustical control in duct work, man bars, constru...
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The study of how the variation in the output of a model (numerical or otherwise) can be apportioned, qualitatively or quantitatively, to different sources of variation." However, when the assumptions are uncertain, and/or there are alternative sets o...
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In the laboratory animal care field, a sentinel animal is a healthy animal living among the research animals that is routinely tested for the presence of disease. This allows for the non-testing of the valuable research animals themselves. An environmen...
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A shared device such as a printer, file
storage or modem connected to a local area network....
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A corridor in a facility that is used as a distribution pathway for building services such as cable, compressed air, deionized water, etc. A dedicated service corridor can sometimes be a functional block because people will rarely cross it to go into anot...
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These
rodents, used in research, have no immune systems. See also Nude Mice....
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Strategic Facility Plan. See Strategic Facility Planning....
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Two or more employees sharing a single, assigned workspace and work tools, either simultaneously or on different shifts or schedules....
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Services shared by tenants of a building. Telephone is usually the primary shared service. Advances in telephone systems permit building owners to offer a host of other services, including integrated data and teleconferencing, security, energy management ...
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The strain in or failure of a structural
member at a point where the lines of force and resistance are
perpendicular to the member....
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Detailed drawings prepared by the
contractor or subcontractor to show the exact configuration of an item
or assembly proposed for use on the project and how it fits into the
surrounding construction. Shop drawings are reviewed by the architect
(and co...
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A single circuit intercom that can
be used to broadcast messages. A person speaks into the phone and
connects with all parties on the line, whether they are within the
building or even across the country. The person receiving the message
need not pick up ...
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Areas that have the entry and exit requirements of showering and changing of clothes. Such requirements are meant to keep contaminants from entering and hazardous agents from leaving the area. An area can also be just shower-in or just shower-out. See ...
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See Site Investigation. ...
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A malaise that affects
occupants of a contaminated building during the time they spend in the
building and then diminishes during periods when they are away from the
building. Cannot be traced to specific pollutants or sources within the
building. The...
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see Special Interest Group. ...
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A single-direction signal, as opposed to full duplex or two-way communication. In reference to videoconferencing, simplex means that one location is sending video, audio, and data. See also Full Duplex....
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A roof surfacing that employs a
single sheet of membrane manufactured under factory control.
Manufacturers of single-sheet roofing membrane materials claim that
roofs can be waterproofed at a lower cost and have a longer life than
conventional built-up ro...
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The step following preliminary assessment in a hazardous waste cleanup under the Comprehensive Environmental Resource, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA). The SI involves visiting the site to collect all data required for ranking the hazard potential...
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A methodology that provides businesses with the tools to improve the capability of their business processes. This increase in performance and decrease in process variation leads to defect reduction and vast improvement in profits, employee morale and qual...
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Exterior walls of a building. Also the
exterior building materials attached to the structural system to enclose
the building_precast concrete, brick, glass, etc....
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An informal area much like a workshop
or garage where scientists can experiment with instruments and processes
or manufacture prototypes without interrupting production lines. The
idea originated in the polymer processing and chemicals fields, from
which ...
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The relative lateral movement of adjacent
components of a built-up membrane. It occurs mainly in roofing membranes
on a slope, sometimes exposing the lower piles or even the base sheet to
the weather....
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An impinger-type sampling device used to determine the concentration of a known, viable spore that has been placed in an aerosol at a specific location. Fluid from the slit sampler is placed aseptically on an appropriate media and incubated to ascertain i...
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Same as freeze-frame video, but in
teleconferencing, refers to a scan converter that accepts graphic
materials only one line at a time, requiring that the object in front of
the camera remain stationary for several seconds. The converter operates
diff...
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A mixture of water and any finely divided insoluble material such as clay or portland cement and water.
...
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Smart buildings are facilities that employ building automation controls and communications technologies that connect systems that usually function independently - such as electrical, fire, HVAC, life safety, and security. By taking advantage of informatio...
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A security system access card that has a microprocessor with memory capabilities. Biometrics can be measured; e.g. a fingerprint. This will eliminate the problem of stolen or borrowed cards. This card can be used not only for security, but for other em...
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A smoke pencil is typically a hand-held device that emits a chemical smoke when squeezed. Smoke pencils can be used to quickly and accurately determine the air pressure relationship between two spaces--for example, between the indoors and outdoors or betw...
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Short for Simple Mail Transfer Protocol, a protocol for sending email messages between servers. Most email systems that send mail over the Internet use SMTP to send messages from one server to another; the messages can then be retrieved with an email clie...
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Flexible hoses at the benchtop which
provide localized exhaust....
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Used for the spot exhaust of fumes from
sensitive laboratory experiments or tests. Snorkels are flexible units
that resemble an inverted funnel or elephant trunk; they can be
positioned above a particular benchtop experiment. Snorkels are HVAC
efficie...
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A condition that exists when the bottom of all of the feet of the machinery components are not on the same plane (can be compared to a chair with one short leg). Soft foot is present if the machine frame distorts when a foot bolt is loosened or tightened....
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Interaction areas such as circulation lounges and breakout areas that bind together the heavily programmed areas of a facility. This type of space can be thought of as a facility's "connective tissue."...
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See Thermal Chimney....
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Non-liquid, non-soluble materials
ranging from municipal garbage to industrial wastes that contain complex
and sometimes hazardous substances. Waste treatment plants, water supply
treatment plants, air pollution control facilities and industrial,
mining a...
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A unit for
disposal of solid hazardous wastes, as defined by the 1976 Resource and
Conservation Recovery Act (RCRA). Units may include waste piles,
landfills, ponds, landfarms and incinerators....
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Any liquid or gas that can dissolve other substances. Liquid Chromatography requires the large use of solvents thus creating code compliance and ventilation problems. Some solvents are toxic and their use creates significant occupational health issues....
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Systems that are designed to recover the solvent for reuse, as well as those that prevent escape of hazardous materials into the atmosphere. Configurations range from simple filters to complex systems, which require extensive process instrumentation and c...
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A cylindrical fiber form used in forming plaster, half-round, quarter-round, and obround columns. Also used as stub piers for elevated ramps, outdoor signs, pole and fence-pole bases, flagstones, and round steps. A "trade name" that seems to have reached ...
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Describes the drop-off of sound
between two locations outdoors or between two workstations in an
open-plan office. The amount of sound attenuation that occurs between
open-plan workstations depends on (1) the distance between the
workstations, (2) the shi...
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The power level of a noise source is the total energy emitted in one second, expressed in watts. Sound power level is this figure expressed in decibels. The formula is: SWL = 10 log (W/W0) dB where W (watts) is the sound power of the source and W0 is the ...
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The magnitude of a sound wave. The human ear, which detects sound waves logarithmically, reacts to the average value of pressure in a sound wave. Sound pressure is expressed in decibels. The formula for sound pressure level (SPL) is: SPL = 20 log (P/P0) d...
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A measure of the evenness of sound loudness (decibels) over a given area. With a spatial variation of ñ2 dB, the sound variance would not likely be perceived as someone moves through the space....
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In electronic mail, a
distribution list of people who share a common interest in a particular
topic....
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Mice that are
free of specific diseases such as salmonella....
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Customarily taken to refer to the book of written material that, along with the drawings, constitutes the contract documents describing in full the requirements and terms of the agreement between owner and contractor. More properly called the Technical Sp...
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A receiving area in a laboratory
where specimens are held before they are distributed....
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A spectrophotometer is a photometer (a device for measuring light intensity) that can measure intensity as a function of the color, or more specifically, the wavelength of light. There are many kinds of spectrophotometers. Among the most important distinc...
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An instrument for dispersing radiation into a spectrum for visual observation or emission or absorption....
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With respect to acoustics, spectrum is the
range of frequencies that make up a sound. It can also be referred to as
the distribution of noise with frequency. ...
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A rating schedule for elements—i.e., partitions, ceilings—in the contemporary open-plan office. A Class-A, or excellent, rating for vertical elements is NIC' 25; a minimum of NIC' 21 is required for Class-B. See also Noise Reduction Coefficien...
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See Specific-Pathogen-Free Mice. ...
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Lumens distributed by a luminary which are outside the beam spread....
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Holding tanks used to collect chemicals
discharged from a chemical storage facility. Usually located away from a
facility on a tank farm, individual spill tanks are connected to
different waste-line systems to prevent the mixing of incompatible
chemicals....
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Air flow from a bench with a canopy hood; e.g. a grill, not being exhausted enough and spilling air out through the front of the bench....
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A spray rack can be used in conjunction with a blower door to test the rain resistance of a particular building assembly. The blower door establishes an air pressure differential across a window or a wall to simulate the effect of wind acting on the outsi...
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The theoretical area that will be covered by a gallon of coating at the manufacturer's recommended wet film thickness....
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Abbreviation of structured query language, and pronounced either see-kwell or as separate letters. SQL is a standardized query language for requesting information from a database. The original version called SEQUEL (structured English query language) was ...
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A term used by roofers to indicate an amount
of roof area equal to 100 square feet (92.2 square meters). It refers to
roofing material sufficient to cover 100 square feet of roof area....
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Contract clauses and provisions that
reduce the equity share of joint venture partners when other partners or
outside parties invest more money in the project to cover unanticipated
capital needs....
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The tendency of buildings to be hotter on the upper floors....
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The minimum gas velocity in a laboratory facility's air exhaust stack that is required to effectively dilute a given gas into the environment....
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The pressure of a fluid exerted in
all directions that is equal and opposite to the pressure tending to
compress the fluid. In ventilation applications, static pressure is
usually the difference between the pressure in an exhaust system and
atmospheric pr...
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A biopsy procedure that uses a computer and a three-dimensional scanning device to find a tumor site and guide the removal of tissue for examination under a microscope.
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Fluids which may be demonstrated to be free of viable contaminating microorganisms. Such liquids may be obtained by sterilization of the preparation in a suitable container or by filtration through a filter that is 0.45 micron or smaller....
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The process of destroying all forms of microbiological life on and in an object.
...
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The ratio of the force required to create a certain deflection or movement of a part expressed as (Force/deflection) pounds/inch or grams/cm.
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The process of incorporating corporate long-range goals and philosophies into a responsive facilities building plan. See also Strategy....
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A programming method that establishes optimum facilities design parameters for a given organization on the basis of the identification, grouping, and graphical representation of the information flow between people and groups that is crucial to the strateg...
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An agreement which allows organizations to take advantage of market opportunities and respond to customer needs in collaboration, enabling them to do so more efficiently and effectively than they could separately.
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From the Greek strategia meaning generalship, maneuvers. A set of decisions and policies made in the context of present conditions to achieve a planned advantage. A strategy specifies an organization's long-range objectives and prescribes well-defined man...
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To make something such as a business, organization, or manufacturing process more efficient, especially by simplifying or modernizing it.
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A support system of specialized beams that allow for underground excavation and construction alongside existing structures....
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Conventionally reinforced
pan-joist, skip joist, post tensioned flat slab, post tensioned beams
and/or joist, precast, composite concrete and steel. ...
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A pointing and drawing device shaped like a pen used with a digitizing tablet or touch screen.
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That point in a project when
the owner may occupy the premises for the purpose intended (beneficial
occupancy), even though not all items of work may be 100 percent
complete. Under standard A.I.A. forms of agreement, most monies withheld
are released ...
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A surface, foundation, or base.
...
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A communal housing facility for students from multiple schools that lack the endowments or land to build their own....
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The program operated under the
legislative authority of CERCLA and SARA that funds and carries out EPA
solid waste emergency and long-term removal and remedial activities. See
also CERCLA and SARA....
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A natural topographic
depression, artificial excavation or dike arrangement with the following
characteristics: used primarily for the holding, treatment or disposal
of waste; constructed above, below or partially in the ground or in
navigable waters; wit...
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The area outside training or conference rooms that is needed to accommodate the increased people traffic occurring when classes or conference sessions all end at the same time. Also shell space that can be quickly fitted and occupied when needed....
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Small particles in water, including silt, plumbing pipe debris and colloids. Suspended particles can clog valves, lab tubing, reverse osmosis membranes and conductivity meters. A 10- to 20-micron prefilter is often placed as the first component in a water...
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Sustainable design is the art of designing physical objects to comply with the principles of economic, social, and ecological sustainability. Examples include green buildings that conserve energy, water and resources without polluting either indoor or out...
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Sustainable development implies economic growth together with the protection of environmental quality, each reinforcing the other. The essence of this form of development is a stable relationship between human activities and the natural world, which does ...
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Space in a building that is used to
house workers who must be moved out of their permanent space during a
renovation program. Swing space can be a separate facility or a fixed
area within a building, or it may be "floating" space that is freed up
in diffe...
| | 11.8.06
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A device that opens or closes a circuit. In
telecommunications, switches route telephone calls properly through the
maze of equipment found in a typical system....
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Also called optical shutters. A glazing system used to change reflectivity in response to heat, light or electricity. By using glazing panel sandwiches filled with thermochromic material that turns nearly opaque and highly reflective at given preset tempe...
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See Solid Waste Management Unit....
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Strength, Weakness, Opportunity, Threat. A strategic planning process....
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An interaction between two chemicals such that their combined effect is greater than the effect of either acting alone....
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The final stage in the
installation of HVAC systems in which sensors, power controls, dampers,
fan speeds and other system variables are adjusted to meet the air flow,
pressurization, humidity, temperature, cleanliness and stability
specifications for the...
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