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APPENDICES

APPENDIX B
TERMINOLOGY ON CONSTRUCTION
WORKS
In order to avoid some ambiguities which are common in the usual
language, it is recommended to use the following terms in accordance with
the definition given below.
• Construction works: Everything that is constructed or results from
construction operations. In accordance with ISO 6707 Part 1, this term
covers both building and civil engineering works. It refers to the
complete construction comprising both structural and non-structural
elements.
• Execution: The activity of creating a building or civil engineering
works. The term covers work on site; it may also signify the fabrication
of components off site and their subsequent erection on site.
• Structure: Organized combination of connected parts designed to
provide some measures of rigidity. This term refers only to load
carrying parts.
• Type of building or civil engineering works: Type of 'construction
works' designating its intended purpose, e.g. dwelling house, industrial
building, road bridge.
• Form of structure: Structural type designating the arrangement of
structural elements, e.g. frame, beam, triangulated structure, arch,
suspension bridge.
• Construction material: A material used in construction work, e.g.
concrete, steel, timber, masonry.
• Type of construction: Indication of principal structural material, e.g.
reinforced concrete construction, steel construction, timber construc-
tion, masonry construction, composite construction.
• Method of construction: Manner in which the construction will be
carried out, e.g. cast in place, prefabricated, cantilevered.
• Structural system: The load-bearing elements of a building or civil
engineering works and the way in which these elements are assumed to
function, for the purpose of modelling.

382 CEB-FIP Model Code 90

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