A construction method using long continuous studs that run from the sill plate to the roof eave line. Lacks any type of fire stopping within the wall cavity.

A non-load-bearing wall, often of glass and steel, fixed to the outside of a building and serving especially as cladding.

a permanent and unchanging load, including the weight of the structure itself, plus any other elements that are permanently attached to the structure.

A concealed space between the top floor and the roof of a structure.

The edge of a pitched roof that overhangs an outside wall.

The period of time a building component such as wall, floor, roof, beam or column can confine a fire or maintain its structural integrity or both, when tested.

Fire-rated wall with a specified degree of fire resistance, built of fire-resistive materials and usually extending from the foundation up to and through the roof of a building, that is designed to limit the spread of a fire within a structure or between adjacent structures.

Solid materials, such as wood blocks, used to prevent of limit the vertical and horizontal spread of fire and the products of combustion in hollow walls or floors, above false ceilings, in penetrations for plumbing or electrical installations, in penetrations of a fire-rated assembly, or in cocklofts and crawl spaces.

Wood with high moisture content.

Metal or wood plates used to connect and strengthen the joints of two or more separate components.

Type of building construction that uses renewable, environmentally friendly or recycled materials.

horizontal structural members used to support a ceiling or floor.

Structural support made from a long steel bar that is bent at a 90-degree angle with flat or angular pieces welded to the top and bottom.

Structural supports constructed of 2- x 3-inch or 2- x 4-inch (50 mm by 75 mm or 50 mm by 100 mm) members that are connected by gusset plates.

Bricks, blocks, stones, and unreinforced and reinforced concrete products.

A continuous and unobstructed path of exit travel to a public way, including exit access, the exit, the exit discharge, doors, hardware, arrangement, capacity, marking and illumination, allowing prompt exit from a building or structure in the event of an emergency:

A wall, usually interior, that supports only its own weight.

A wooden structural panel formed by gluing and compressing wood strands together under pressure.

A truss constructed with the top and bottom chords parallel. These trusses are used as floor joists in multistory buildings and as ceiling joists in buildings with flat roofs.

Portion of the exterior walls of a building that extends above the roof.

Interior non-load bearing wall that separates a space into rooms.

A load-bearing wall shared by two adjacent structures.

A construction method in which a floor assembly creates an individual platform that rests on the foundation. Wall assemblies the height of one story are placed on it.

Steel structural members that are covered with either spray-on fireproofing (an insulating barrier) or fully encased in an Underwriter Laboratories Inc. (UL) designed system

Horizontal member between trusses that supports the roof.

Inclined beam that supports a roof, runs parallel to the slope of the roof, and top which the roof decking is attached.

A second roof constructed over an existing roof.

Steel bars placed in concrete forms before the cement is poured. Short for Reinforcing bars.

The horizontal line at the junction of the top edges of two sloping roof surfaces.

Expansion of excess moisture within masonry materials due to exposure to the heat of a fire, resulting in tensile forces within the material, and causing it to break apart.

Structural failure of a building or any portion of it resulting from a fire, snow, wind, water, or damage from other forces

An upright post in the framework of a wall for supporting sheets of lath and plaster,wallboard, or similar materials.

Walls with a surface layer of attractive material laid over a base of common material.