Glossary for GEM Taxonomy
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Reinforced concrete cast onto steel decking, supported by beams or load bearing walls. They are sometimes overlaid with light-weight roofing. This system is similar to the floor system called Composite Steel Floor Deck and Concrete Slab. Composite...
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Reinforced concrete cast onto steel decking, supported by beams or loadbearing walls. Composite steel deck and concrete slab (SteelDecking, UK) Steel trusses (open web steel joists) supporting composite steel and concrete floor system, Canada (S....
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Complex irregular [RSH9]https://taxonomy.openquake.org/terms/complex-irregular-rsh9
The roof is an irregular shape, consisting of forms that are not of regular configuration. Irregular curved roof, Experience Music Project Museum, Seattle, USA (S. Brzev) An irregular roof, an arrangement of multiple roof shapes and pitches on a single...
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Cold-formed steel members [SL]https://taxonomy.openquake.org/terms/cold-formed-steel-members-sl
Steel members that are formed from folded (cold-formed) sheet steel. Typically used in steel framed house construction in conjunction with sheet materials that may provide bracing. Cold-formed steel framing, Canada (S.Brzev) Cold-formed steel framing...
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All types of clay tile and concrete tile roofing. Overlapping and sometimes fastened to wood battens. Also includes flat roofs that are covered with paving tiles (laid over some type of membrane), but does not include stone slabs. Clay tiles, Cuba (S....
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Changes in vertical structure when the structural system and/or structural material changes up the height of the building. This also covers the irregularity referred to as "Offset Structure" in some building codes. The Offset Structure refers to a case...
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Fibre cement or asbestos boards, and fibre-reinforced concrete (FCR) and glass reinforced concrete (GRC) panels. Exterior walls made of corrugated asbestos sheets, Canada (S. Brzev)
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Cement mortar [MOC]https://taxonomy.openquake.org/terms/cement-mortar-moc
Cement mortar between masonry units consists of a cement and sand mix. Cement mortar has a light grey colour (similar to concrete). It is considered a high-strength mortar, and it cannot be easily removed from the wall. However, mix proportions for...
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As per Cast-in-Place Concrete, but where primary members of the Lateral Load-Resisting System are post-tensioned with steel cables or rods. A typical prestressing cable (S. Brzev) Prestressing cables laid out before the concrete pour (Canada, S. Brzev)...
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Cast-in-place concrete [CIP]https://taxonomy.openquake.org/terms/cast-in-place-concrete-cip
Concrete that has been cast on site in its final location in the structure. Cast-in-place construction (columns), California (A. Charleson) Cast-in-place concrete beam construction (note reinforcement and formwork), Canada (S. Brzev) Cast-in-place...
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Reinforced concrete slabs are supported by columns or load-bearing walls. Flat slabs are supported by columns with capitals and/or drop panels, while flat plates are supported by columns without capitals. This floor system also includes waffle slabs...
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Reinforced concrete slabs are supported by columns or load-bearing walls. Flat slabs are supported by columns with capitals and/or drop panels, while flat plates are supported by columns without capitals. This floor system also includes waffle slabs...
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Reinforced concrete slabs are supported by beams. This includes cast-in-place slabs with beams on all sides, waffle slabs with beams, slab band system (common in Canada), one-way joist system (common in North America), and clay tile coffered reinforced...
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Reinforced concrete slabs are supported by beams. This includes cast-in-place slabs with beams on all sides, waffle slabs with beams, slab band system (common in Canada), one-way joist system (common in North America), and clay tile coffered reinforced...
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Braced frame [LFBR]https://taxonomy.openquake.org/terms/braced-frame-lfbr
A framework of beams and columns in which inclined, often diagonal, structural members brace the building and provide strength and rigidity. The bracing can take a variety of forms. If diagonal members are stocky they resist both tension and...
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Bolted connections [BOL]https://taxonomy.openquake.org/terms/bolted-connections-bol
Structural steel or timber members are bolted together with steel bolts and nuts. Bolted connection of three steel members joined at a column, Canada *S. Brzev)
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The surface of the roof is made from reed materials such as bamboo, straw or thatch; laid onto wood battens, with a primary structure of wood members. No sheet material is used for the roofing. Thatch roof, Nepal (M. Schildkamp) Straw roof, Chile (S....
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The wall is bamboo-, cane-, or rope-reinforced, as sometimes used in adobe walls. Mud wall with bamboo reinforcement, Kenya (K. Jaiswal) Adobe wall with vertical cane reinforcement, Peru (M. Blondet) Adobe wall with cane reinforcement, Peru (S. Brzev)
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Adobe blocks [ADO]https://taxonomy.openquake.org/terms/adobe-blocks-ado
Sun-dried (or air-dried), unfired mud (clay) masonry, where the clay is cast into blocks (and sometimes into bricks) and then laid, as opposed to walls constructed in-place out of earth, as in earth construction (cob or rammed earth). Adobe blocks can...
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A building, usually located on a street corner, with adjoining or attached buildings on two sides. This includes mid-terrace buildings, buildings which are a part of the row of at least three buildings, or corner buildings with adjoining buildings on...
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