Welcome to our go-to Construction and Inspection Glossary! Think of this as your personal guide to all the lingo that makes our industry tick. Whether you’re a seasoned pro, just starting out, or simply curious about how things are built and inspected, we’ve got clear, easy-to-understand definitions waiting for you. Browse and learn something new about the built world!
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- Absorb
- Adsorption
- Aggregate
- Air Admittance Valve
- Anchor Bolts
- Aumbry
- Backdrafting
- Brick Pointing
- Cantilevered
- Corbel
- CSST
- Cullet
- Dooks
- Efflorescence
- Energy Recovery Ventilator
- Fascia
- Fenestration
- Ghosting
- Heat Recover Ventilator
- Hydrostatic Pressure
- Lally Column
- Local Adoption
- Messenger (overhead service)
- Moment Frame
- Monolithic Slab
- Nominal Tonnage
- Parapet
- PEX
- Post On Pipe
- Quoin
- R-Value
- Ridge Beam
- Scupper
- Soffit
- Solar Heat Gain Coefficient
- Spalling
- T-astragal
- Thermal Bridge
- Thermal Bypass
- Tuckpointing
- Tusk Tenon
- U-factor
- U-value
- Wind Washing