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FINISH: Any completion of a work in which decorative elements are in use. For example: the moldings
in doors, windows, lintels, corners, etc. Ended as his name indicates it they are all the works that are
realized to give him completion to the works.

RECORD OF BEGINNING: Document written in the place of the work to certify that the corresponding
construction works are beginning.

RECORD OF COMPLETION: The same one is granted as soon as the corresponding construction
works were reached.

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ADDITIVES: Material different from the aggregation, used to modify, to improve or to give special
properties to the miscellanies of concrete.

AGGREGATIONS: They understand the sand, natural gravels and the crushed stone used to prepare
mortars and concrete.

BRICKLAYING: Term applied to any thing constructed with stone, brick, tiles, cement, concrete and
similar materials.

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ANALYSIS OF UNIT PRICE: Calculation realized to the games that shape a budget, in accordance
with the prices that manage on the market.

SCAFFOLD: They are provisional constructions that facilitate the possibility of reaching all the points
of a work in order to allow its realization.

SIFTED SAND: Aggregate used for the manufacture of mortar.

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SEWER: A sewer is a work of factory destined to evacuate the domestic wastes water or another
type of secondhand waters.

ASPHALT: Asphalt is a viscous, sticky and black material, used as a binder in asphalt mixtures for
road construction.

HARNESS: Device of subjection destined to stop the falls, that is to say, component of a system anti
falls. The protection harness can be constituted by bands, elements of adjustment, buckles and
others, ready and exact in suitable form.

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DANCER: Equipment used for the realization of compacted filling and work with percussion
generated by pressure.

BLOCK CEMENTED: The cement blocks are a few prefabricated elements, they are characterized
for have a size bigger that elements are the traditional cooked brick in general more heavy ones and
less insulators than the bricks.

BIDET: it is a low receptacle with running water and sewer pipe generally made of china or faience.

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PIT: Exploration that is done in foundations of buildings, walls, etc., to determine the used materials.

WHEELBARROW: Small hand car, generally of only one rolls, with a drawer to put the load and in
the back two poles to direct it and two feet n that rests, used in the works to move sand and other
materials.

CEMENT: Miscellany of calcareous materials and clayish.

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METRIC CALCULATIONS: Measurement of the games performed at the site of the work or in
drawings.

ABRAHAM'S CONE: Element used to measure the establishment of the concrete one.

CORE-DRILL: A test that is done by removing a portion of concrete from a given element and then
compressing it to determine its resistance.

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GANG: Group of persons destined to realize a series of certain works of construction.

CUARTÓN: Piece of serrated wood from 2 to 4 inches of thickness (5 to 10 cm) and 2 to 4,5 inches
wide (5 to 11,2 cm).

CURED: It includes all the operations that improve hydration after it has hardened the concrete.
Curing produces a stronger and more waterproof concrete.

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CERAMICS: The art of making for cooking products of mud, flagstone or china of big hardness.

EASEL: it is a furniture that constitutes a vertical help to exhibit or to fix something that rests on him.

DITCH: Ditch on each side of the road to collect the rainy waters.

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MIXING DESIGN: Process by which the design of a particular mixture is projected, for a certain
resistance.

DRY-WALL: Element constructed by means of plaster and plastic, used in the construction for the
division of ambiences and ceiling.

WORKS DIARY: leafed book where the data and events of the works that can affect the previous
decisions are recorded in chronological order.

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FORM WORK: Enclosures or moulds of wood or metal that retain the fresh concrete until its setting
and hardening.

TEAMS: Collection of tools, instruments and special devices for a certain end.

SCARIFY: Tearing the surface of U material to serve as a basis for a next layer.

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POND: Raft built to Remanse or collect water.

BUILDING: Construction whose main function is to accommodate people, animals or things.

GROUNDED: Shoring is equipment such as a portable wall that is placed in the ditches to maintain
the walls of the ditches so that there are no landslides.

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STIRRUP: they are pieces, generally metallic, of diverse forms that allow to rise on something.

SPLICE: union or bond of two things.

SCLEROMETER: is a measuring instrument used, generally, for the determination of the

compressive strength in concrete.

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FAÇADE: External parameter of a building, especially the main one.

FILTRATION: Failure that can be produced by capillary water, crabs and porosities in the pipes.

FINISHER: Major machinery that is used for the placement and leveling of the asphalt mixture used
in roads.

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MANAGEMENT: Process by which it is addressed to a group that is part of a society or establishment.

GRANULOMETRY: Quantity and size of the aggregates, which are important due to their effect on
the dosage, workability, economy, porosity and contraction of the concrete.

GRANZÓN: Small crushed stone that, mixed with sand and cement, is used in construction.

FAUCET: set of keys that serves for the passage of water.

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BOATSWAINS: structure necessary to perform height work, where it is impossible to access

personnel by other means of elevation.

GEOTEXTILES: They are manufactured in oriented Polypropylene; light and easy to install, they are
applied as floor reinforcement.

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IRONWORK: set of pieces of iron or steel with which an object is decorated or reinforced.

HOROMETER: is a device that records the number of hours that an engine or a device, usually electric
or mechanical, has been operating since the last time.

PILING: prefabricated concrete pipe.

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SWITCH: Circuit breaker that blocks the current way opening the circuit automatically when there
happens more current of the one that the circuit can take.

PRIMER: It is the process by which a surface is prepared for a later painting. To the surface already
primed.

TOILET: It consists of a seat fixed to the floor by bolts or other removable part.

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BOARD OF CONSTRUCTION: Rigid, immovable joint, which is established between two contiguous
parts of a construction.

DILATATION MEETING: They are used to prevent cracking due to thermal dimensional changes in
the concrete.

JAMB: Vertical element of a door frame.

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LOSACERO: Slab built with 8cm steel plates. of width of variable thickness which will take on the
concrete mortar.

SOLID SLAB: Monolithic structure of preponderant dimensions in the longitudinal and transverse
directions armed in a single direction.

GROUT: Cement and water mixture.

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ARREST KEY: It essentially consists of an external connection body to the pipe and to the hose
coming from the shower.

SOLID BRICK: Reinforced concrete slabs.

LAJA: it's a kind of flat rock.

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WELDED MESH: Material constructed in longitudinally and transversally welded electro-welded steel
used in the construction of floors, sidewalks, etc.

WORKFORCE: It is part of the direct cost, it implies all the workers or specialized personnel hired for
the execution of a work.

ASPHALT MANTOP: Element composed of l petroleum alloy and fiberglass, used to waterproof
roofs.

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MATERIALS: Set of the wide range of materials used in the construction of a building.

MORTAR: Any pasty material with sufficient consistency to cover walls, partitions and roofs of a
building. Formerly, a mortar based on lime, sand, fiber and water was used. Nowadays, the mixture
of Portland cement with sand and water is used.

GAVIÓN WALL: Solid wall that is built for defenses and containments, made of concrete and large
stones.

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NERVES: Vein constructed of reinforced concrete used in the construction of roofs.

LEVEL: Also known as the level of air bubbles. It consists of a glass tube almost filled with alcohol or
ether, in which a movable air bubble remains.

COVENIN NORMS 2000-92: Construction sector standard that establishes the criteria for
determining measurements and coding the items for studies, projects and construction.

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ORGANIZATION: Important term that allows to carry in an orderly manner any work or activity to be
carried out.

ADDITIONAL WORK: those items not included in the original contract are considered.

WATERWORKS: Hydraulic construction or hydraulic infrastructure is understood as a construction,

in the field of civil engineering, where the dominant element has to do with water. It can be said that
hydraulic works constitute a set of structures constructed with the purpose of managing water,
whatever its origin, for the purpose of exploitation or defense.

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P.V.C: Pipe of polyvinyl of chloride, which is used generally in sanitary tubes.

PAVEMENT: It is a floor or artificial surface formed by various materials and with different constructive
solutions, which have the mission of making the floor of streets, houses and buildings in general is
solid, resistant and meets the conditions necessary for a perfect use.

PILE: Pillar buried in a field. There are two basic types of piles, according to the way they work:
Compressed tip; compression (pillar). Floating; lateral pressure of the ground.

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PLUMMET: Instrument composed by a cylindrical or conical weight of metal that submits to the end
of a rope so that it is tightened by the force of the gravity, I pointed out the vertical line.

WORK BUDGET: It is the quantification of the value of a work, in which the items are reflected, their
unit, quantity and unit price.

STRUT: Vertical uprights that are called poles when, instead of being equipped with skates or resting
on basement plates, they enter the ground.

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PAINTING: liquid miscellanies, which applied by pulverization, extension, or immersion form a layer
in the surface of which it protects. These in general are colored.

MARBLE POWDER: Coating form in which marble powder and lime mortar are used. Also called
marble.

PENDING: Inclination that is given to the roof so that the waters go down easily. It is the degree of
unevenness of a roof or deck.

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RESISTANCE TO THE COMPRESSION: Maximum effort of compression that can resist a material
without breaking. I test to determine the resistance of the concrete one in a long period. Rcc = 28
days, is the most common measurement.

RULE: it is a measuring device with form of thin and rectangular iron that includes a graduated scale
split into units of length,

RELATION WATERS DOWN / I CEMENT: The relation well-known water / cement like a/c, it is the
proportion used to obtain the different miscellanies so much securing of mortars concretes.

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SINK: Cistern or depression at the point where a downpipe discharges, to prevent any foreign body
from entering the sewer.

SUPERSTRUCTURE: Part of a construction that is above ground level.

SOCATE: device for assembling bulbs.

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BOARD: Wooden element of flat surface used in the construction for formwork of concrete elements.

TALUD: Inclination of the parameter of a wall or a terrain.

TARRAJA: Less tool used in the construction for the threads making in tubes. (Plastic arts,
metallurgies, etc.)

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RULING PEN: Instrument used in outlining to plan straight and curved lines that are not circle arches.

OUTLET: Device where the bar is inserted.

TRUMBLER: Electrical tool that is used to cut materials (wood, iron, steel, etc.).

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STRUCTURAL TUBE: Metal element of hollow iron that is used in the construction for columns,
beams and belts.

SKYLIGHT: It is a window located on the ceiling or top of a wall used to provide light to a room.

TEFLÓN: it is a polymer similar to the polyethene, in which the hydrogen atoms have been replaced
with atoms fluorine

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EMPTYED: Action to empty concrete.

VIBRATED: Used to eliminate air or holes in concrete.

CROWN BEAM: Element built with concrete and steel, used to tie and support weight, located
between walls and floors.

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CAST: product prepared from a natural rock called aljez by dehydration.

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TRENCHES: Excavation carried out on the ground or land for settlement of beams or channels.

ZAPATA: It is the basis of a punctual body as a pillar; works basically with compression.

PLINTH: also called baseboard, is a lower frieze of a wall, or lower member of a pedestal.

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