Online Heavy Construction Dictionary

Look up your industrial construction needs with the following dictionaries:

· CSR Glossary -- This commercial glossary gives commonly used concrete terms and their definitions. You can click on the tab at the bottom of the page to get a printer-friendly version, making it easy to take the glossary to work sites.

· Home Building Manual Construction Glossary -- Although this glossary is for home builders, those who need information relating to commercial buildings may find quite a few crossover terms. Large print makes this dictionary easy to read.

· Glossary of Building Pathology -- A few tongue-in-cheek comments open this extensive glossary. You can search by letter with this site, but be assured each entry is thorough. In fact, there are 23 entries for "brick." A listing of additional dictionaries and resources can be found on the opening page, as well as some article links.

· Glossary of Roofing Terms -- Pages 27 through 45 of this online heavy construction dictionary offer an extensive listing of roofing-related terms. This publication was put out by the department of the Army in 1999, so some new terms or materials may not be included. Since it is a PDF file, be sure to have the free Adobe Acrobat Reader software downloaded on your computer.

· The Urban Conservation Glossary -- Alphabetically listed terms highlight this online heavy construction dictionary supported by a school in the United Kingdom. For those in the United States, however, some relevant terms may be unfamiliar or not listed.

· Road Design and Construction Terms -- Although this online heavy construction dictionary was published by the state of Nebraska, this 36-page PDF file has a massive listing of terms. Scroll through the pages or search by letter grouping.

· Bridges Dictionary -- This is an online dictionary that gives short definitions to commonly used terms in bridges and bridge building. Click on the "home" button and you will be taken to the homepage, where links to bridge materials, designs, and more can be found.

· Bridge and Tunnels Terminology -- Use the sidebar links under "Terminology" to find short listings of definitions relating to engineering, masonry, metal, bridge, tunnel, and mapping. Although the rest of the website relates to the Bridges and Tunnels of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, the terminology section can be relative to everyone interested in bridge and tunnel work.

When a city or county is considering various companies to take on their heavy construction projects, they will often seek out bids. Members of the city council or county board of supervisors are often not versed in the language used in bids, so learning the terminology is a must. Additionally, board of directors or heads of corporations looking to build massive commercial sites may need to find out what the language means.

Online heavy construction dictionaries can provide useful information that will help those outside of the industry make sense of the bids they receive. The following dictionaries may be useful for understanding terms of bids:

· Construction Management Terms -- This online heavy construction dictionary goes over terminology that is a must for most people in the process of accepting bids. Definitions are provided for terms like contract performance bond, Gantt chart, preliminary lien notice, pre-qualification of prospective bidders, and more.

· Dictionary by Department of Energy -- The DOE's online heavy construction dictionary includes general construction terms and bidding terms. Terms like bid package preparation, cost plus awards fee contract, definitive estimate, and government estimates are all helpful in sorting out bids. This is a 26-page appendix and offers a wide range of construction-related terms.

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