1. Visual Dictionary Materials, Methods, and Equipment 1

2. Air Barrier Paper: a sheet material used as both a vapor retarder and an air barrier 

7. Backhoe: is a piece of excavating equipment or digger consisting of a digging bucket on the end of a two-part articulated arm

8. Batter Boards: a temporary frame built just outside the corner of an excavation to carry marks that lie on the surface planes of the basement that will be built in the excavation 

22. Bulldozer: A heavy, driver-operated machine for clearing and grading land, usually having continuous treads and a broad hydraulic blade in front

58. Gypsum Board: an interior facing panel consisting of a gypsum core sandwiched between paper faces

66. Lintel: a beam that carries the load of a wall across a window or door opening Concrete Lintel 

69. Oriented Strand Board: a nonveneered panel product composed of long shreds of wood fiber oriented in specific directions and bonded together under pressure 

75. Plywood: a wood panel composed of an odd number of layers of wood veneer bonded together under pressure Veneer: a thin layer, sheet, or facing

77. Rebar:  Rebar in elevator shaft #4 rebar ½” diameter Deformations/ surface ribs are better for bonding with concrete

101. Waterproofing: Rolled on waterproofing An impervious membrane applied to the outside of a foundation concrete masonry units. It prevents water from entering the building through concrete masonry units.

102. Weep Hole: a small opening whose purpose is to permit drainage of water that accumulates inside a building component or assembly

103. Welded Wire Fabric:  The welded wire fabric grid was about 5’ x 6’