Glossary

The amount deducted from the contract sum by a change order.

On a building project, a type of insurance policy stipulating that in the event of loss, the insured is liable

A cross painted or carved on the wall of a church to indicate any one of the twelve spots touched

A street, the title of which has been yielded by an owner, either permanently or temporarily, to the authorities for

The separating of building elements to reduce the transfer of heat, sound, or physical loads from one element to another.

Stone that functions as architectural decoration.