Your definition of “light” construction?
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What’s your def. of “light” construction?
Client asked me, after going through some articles in some JLC that I supplied for project info.
I kinda’ muddled an answer.
I decided it was construction where one man could actually lift component parts of the structure – 2x, DW, ply, bundle of shingles, bucket of mud, LVL, CMU, stuff like that.
Any better or real answers?
Forrest – not a dam builder
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Non steel I-Beam framing.
SamT
Edited 6/28/2007 12:46 pm by SamT
Sam,
I would tend to lean your way on this subject. I see light construction as being wood-framed or steel-stud structures... of any size, for that matter.
The alternate would appear to be heavy construction which I would believe deals with iron work or precast concrete structures.
I am having alittle trouble with placing CMU structues though. Perhaps that would depend on the end-use. (commercial vs residential)
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Light construction to me would be building light fixtures.(-:.O.K. - Back on a serious note. I assume you're asking what guys mean when they advertise that they do "light construction". I think it means they do small jobs, like decks and maybe small room additions. But they don't wanna tackle big stuff, like building a new house.
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Doan look at me fer answers.I've done residential, civil, commercial, and industrial, but never weighed any of them.SamT
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my bad. I instigated tavern talk in a construction question on general discussion.
Im deleting.
be by the way I was referencing pink floyd
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Edited 6/28/2007 1:25 pm ET by rez
Edited 6/28/2007 1:26 pm ET by rez
hmmm -
I just think of it as bumping the thread to the top till someone wants to take a serious crack at it -
I'll delete if you want me to, but don't see anything to get excited about -
good job on the PF - went right over my head -
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3 to 1 it'll end in the tavern. A great proportion of architectural ornaments are literally hollow, and a September gale would strip them off, like borrowed plumes, without injury to the substantials. They can do without architecture who have no olives nor wines in the cellar. -Thoreau's Walden
Requires less calories taken at lunchtime, leading to a crew of "light" workers.
Uses those new kiln dried extra light studs, "lite" joint compound, Keystone light beer.
Alright I would guess it refers to residential construction and smaller commercial jobs, but I think someone just coined a phrase to sell a magazine.
I had always thought it was residential single family housing.
Light as opposed to heavy - needing mucho busto equipment for high rise, earth moving, industrial and commercial stuff
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That's where I would put it....single-family residential, and small commercial.....wherever it is in your locale that the diviiding line between union and non-union work is (most places I've worked, it's two-stories....two-stories or less, and it might go union, but probably non-union. More, and it's usually union). Heavy construction to me is skyscrapers, bridges, dams, things like that. Never heard of 'medium' construction, but there is obviously a middle ground between light and heavy.Cabinetmaker/college woodworking instructor. Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.
"Medium" construction would be the construction of Gyspy fortune tellers.
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Doh!Cabinetmaker/college woodworking instructor. Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.
Building stuff with 1/3 the calories of regular construction.
But it still tastes great...
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My assumption has always been standard wood-frame residental-style construction. You'd still be within the definition doing small wood-framed businesses, and "wood-frame-like" structures with metal framing. Would also include standard CMU construction in areas where that's common for residential.
A significant point here is that relatively little about these structures is "engineered" -- it's primarily "cookbook" construction using tried-and-true techniques and standard rules of thumb.
You get outside the definition when you get into stuff like engineered laminated roof beams, significantly cantilevered decks, or simply structures larger than your vanilla 2-stories-and-a-basement McMansion.
One man, alone, CAN build it... though sometimes slowwwwwly.
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-- George Washington
light construction, anything you can do in shorts and tennis shoes
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Forrest - disillusioned
It's funny when an ICF house has 100 yards of concrete, multiple 40' steel beams, precast slabs, elevators, requires 1000 cuyrds of fill to be recontured, has 800 amps of juice, and a computerized control center that rivals the hardware in many corporate IT departments and is lumped in with 800 sqft bungalows as light construction. :-)
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Light construction is anything that adds structure to "real property". Heavy construction adds "infrastructure" to our built environment. Heavy construction is things like highways, bridges, dams, harbors, railroads, etc. It, generally, falls within the area of service to the public. It's often a non profit type of construction, in that highways are not owned by individuals and on the open market for purchase. There are exceptions, such as power plants, mines, even golf courses but these may be considered "industrial" construction.Beat it to fit / Paint it to match
from qcfocus.com: "Home › Construction glossary light construction Categorized in Carpentry: a type of construction restricted to stud walls, floor and ceiling joists, and rafters or trusses. Light construction is primarily used for residential and some commercial construction.""...an open mind is a powerful thing. The ability to listen to others is invaluable."
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<One man, alone, CAN build it... though sometimes slowwwwwly. >
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"wishin' there were more hours in a day"
In my case, it ain't the hours... it's the (lack of) pace.
You are a "sprinter" to my "crawler"
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"A free people ought not only to be armed and disciplined, but they should also have sufficient arms and ammunition to maintain a status of independence from any who might attempt to abuse them, which would include their own government." -- George Washington
One of the things I never liked about the name Journal of Light Construction is that the term Light Construction is not widely used or clearly defined in the construction industry. My feeling is that light construction is primarily building (edifice) construction, as opposed to road construction, freeway construction, dam construction, etc.
"...an open mind is a powerful thing. The ability to listen to others is invaluable."
Jim Blodgett
<as opposed to road construction, freeway construction, dam construction, etc.>
LOL! Who would buy a mag entitled The Journal of Uncivil Construction!
Forrest
Light construction differs from regular construction only in that there are little perforations around the plenum before the HVAC system, allowing in more "fresh" air along with the flavorful air. This is of course a mere ruse by the evil construction companies, as during normal installation the perforated plenum is inserted past the lips of the HVAC system. The actual percent of flavored air cycled ends up being no different.
BTW, Did I mention I have an lawyer uncle who does battle with the tobbacco companies? ;)
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