Glossary

The minimum temperature of a combustible material at which there is sufficient vaporization to produce a combustible mixture with air […]

The rapid development of rigidity in a freshly mixed portland cement paste, mortar, or concrete, usually with the generation of

A resistance welding process in which metals are joined as a result of heat, obtained from the resistance to an

1. Descriptive of a roof, etc., having little or no slope. 2. One floor of a multistory building or a

A truss in which the top and bottom chords are approximately flat and parallel.

The cost of materials and labor without overhead or profit.