CONSTRUCTION

Facultad de Arquitectura
y Urbanismo
MATERIALS

HOMEWORK 1: TECHNICAL VOCABULARY A N D DEFINITIONS

SUBJECT: T E C H N I C A L E N GL IS H
STUDENT: JACKELINE SANTA CRUZ
TEACHER: ARQ. MERCEDES PADILLA G.
It’s formed by natural fibers of trees, is the lightest
construction material, resistant and easy to work. WOOD
Known as natural steel, it has high flexibility and
resistance. BAMBOO
 ADOBE
It’s a mass of mud and straw, molded in the shape
of brick and dried in the sun, used in construction.
It’s composed of fired clay, generally of rectangular
prism shape that is used in the construction of walls
and other structures.
BRICK
It’s an element made of baked clay, it is placed
discontinuously in sloping roof.
ROOF TILE
It’s the product resulting from the mixture of sand,
gravel, cement, water and additives. CONCRETE
It is a strong, dense and hard material. It is not
refractory, but it withstands high temperatures.
GRANITE
It is a metamorphic limestone, used in construction
and decoration.
MARBLE
It’s white limestone, its application in construction is as a
component, mixed with sand, in the preparation of
mortars or coatings.
LIME
 PORCELAIN
It’s a material that is used for the coating of
floors and walls.
 FINE SAND
It is usually used for mortar mixtures in general
construction and finishing works.
 GROSS SAND
It’s used for the manufacture of concrete,
used in structural elements.
It’s a hard and solid mineral that serves as a
coarse aggregate in the manufacture of concrete. CRUSHED STONE
It’s a solid, hard, fragile, transparent or translucent
material, it is placed as windows, doors, partitions. GLASS
It’s a translucent thermoplastic, easy to work, POLYCARBONATE
mold and thermoforming. ALVEOLAR
It’s used for the coating. insulation, waterproofing of ASBESTOS
structures and in the drywall system. CEMENT
 FIBERGLASS
It’s a thermal and acoustic insulation material
used in construction and industry.
It’s an ethylene copolymer in the form of a transparent or
colored flexible sheet. It is used in structural membranes. ETFE
 ALUMINUM
It’s a soft and light metal. Generally used in bridges,
pillars, bars, doors, windows and its frames.
Steel is an alloy of iron and carbon, used in
structures for different construction systems. STEEL