Glossary Index
This is a list of commonly used terms with their definitions. This list is not intended to be all inclusive, but rather to provide enough information to get a user comfortable with Pre-Engineered Metal Buildings and Building Systems Terminology.

 

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A

Accessory
Agricultural Building
Aluminum Coated Steel
Anchor Bolts
Anchor Bolt Plan
Approval Drawings
ASD
Assembly
Astragal
Automatic Crane
Automatic Welding
Auxiliary Crane Girder
Auxiliary Hoist
Auxiliary Loads
Axial Force

 

B

Bar Joist
Base Angle
Base Plate
Base Tube
Bay
Beam
Beam and Column
Bearing End Frame
Bearing Hot Rolled
Bearing Plate
Bent
Bill of Materials
Bird Screen
Blind Rivet
Box Girder
Bracing
Bracket
Bridge (Crane)
Bridge Crane
Bridging
British Thermal Unit (BTU)
Builder
Building
Building Aisle
Building Code
Built-Up Roofing
Built-Up Section
Bumper
Butt Plate
Bypass Girt

 

C

"C" Section
Cab-Operated Crane
Camber
Canopy
Cantilever Beam
Capillary Action
Cap Plate
Capacity
Caulk
Channel, Hot Rolled
Cladding
Clip
Closure Strip
Cold Forming
Collateral Loads
Column
Component
Components and Cladding
Concealed Clip
Connection
Continuity
Continuous Beam
Contract Documents
Covering
Crane
Crane Aisle
Crane Girder
Crane Rail
Crane Runway Beam
Crane Span
Crane Stop
Crane Support Column
Curb
Curtain Wall

 

D

Damper
Dead Load
Dealer
Deflection
Design Loads
Design Professional
Diagonal Bracing
Diaphragm Action
Direct Tension Indicator
Door Guide
Downspout
Drift (Sidesway)
Drift (Snow)
Drift Pin

 

E

Eave
Eave Gutter
Eave Height
Eave Strut
Edge Strip
Effective Wind Area
Elastic Design
Electric Operated Crane
Electric OverHead Traveling Crane
End Approach
End Bay
End Frame
End Post
End Stop
End Truck
End Wall
End Wall Column
End Wall Overhang
End Zone
Engineer / Architect of Record
Erection
Erection Bracing
Erection Drawings
Erector
Expansion Joint
Exterior Framed

 

F

Fabrication
Facade
Fascia
Field
Filler Strip
Film Laminated Coil
Fixed Clip
Fixed Base
Flange
Flange Brace
Flashing
Floating Clip
Floor Live Load
Flush Frames
Footing
Foundation
Framed Opening
Framing Plans

 

G

Gable
Gable Overhang
Gable Roof
Galvanized
Gantry Crane
Girder
Girt
Glaze
Glazing
Grade
Grade Beam
Ground Snow Load
Grout
Gusset Plate
Gutter

 

H

"H" Section
Hair Pin
Hand Geared (Crane)
Haunch
Haunch Brace
Header
High Strength Bolts
High Strength Steel
Hinged Base
Hip
Hip Roof
Hoist
Horizontal Guide Rollers
Hot-Rolled Shapes

 

I

"I" Beam
Ice Dam
Impact Load
Impact Wrench
Importance Factor
Insulation
Internal Pressure

 

J

Jack Beam
Jack Truss
Jamb
Jib Crane
Jig
Joist

 

K

Kick-Out (Elbow) (Turn-Out)
Kip
Knee
Knee Brace

 

L

Lean-To
Length
Leveling Plate
Lift (Crane)
Lifting Devices (Crane)
Liner Panel
Live Load
Load Indicating Washers
Longitudinal
Longitudinal (Crane)
Louver
Low Rise Building
LRFD