Construction & Buildings Slang, Jargon, and New Words from Double-Tongued Dictionary

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snagging report n. Once we had requested our snagging report from New Build Inspections (NBI), by using the easy to fill in application form online, we were delighted to receive a most expert and extremely prompt service from this company.…Our report has highlighted over 200 issues, which range from absolutely vital to mildly desirable and everything inbetween.…NBI suggested we negotiate with the builders to agree on completion dates for the work to be done before exchange of contracts. We will be working on this with our solicitor from now on. [English United Kingdom Architecture Construction & Buildings] [full cite] (Apr. 26, 2006)

snagging report n. Working with builders, investors, estate agents and private buyers InspectaHomeSpain have been providing new property inspections, more commonly known as snagging reports. [English Architecture Construction & Buildings] [full cite] (Apr. 26, 2006)

soft-story adj. City officials have decided to speed an analysis of what to do about so-called soft-story buildings because the wood-frame structures are ubiquitous in San Francisco - possibly numbering in the tens of thousands - and probably represent a greater risk simply because of their numbers. [Dutch Construction & Buildings Slang] [full cite] (Jul. 31, 2008)

soil cement n. Soil contaminated with metal is tougher to treat because the metal cannot be broken down. An alternative to using it in industrial landfills is creating what is known as “soil cement.” The metal is immobilized and the soil turned into a hard clay that can be used in roadbeds. [English Construction & Buildings] [full cite] (Jun. 26, 2006)

soil nailing n. Workers will use a technique called “soil nailing,” in which long pieces of steel are shot into the ground with a cannon-like device. [English Construction & Buildings] [full cite] (May. 1, 2008)

sparks n. Sparks: A welder. [English Construction & Buildings Employment Slang] [full cite] (Aug. 18, 2006)

starter castle n. Whether you call them by the pejorative moniker McMansions or more whimsical names such as Faux Chateaux or Starter Castles, super-sized houses are here—soon to be followed by negative impacts, according to conservationists. [English Architecture Construction & Buildings Houses & Housing] [full cite] (Jul. 2, 2005)

steel monkey n. This is where not being a sissy comes in. Steel monkeys as they are affectionately called, have to walk the steel girders in order to put the steel beams in place. They walk the beams a hundred feet in the air. One false step and it’s like trying to fly with one wing. [English Construction & Buildings Slang] [full cite] (Aug. 5, 2008)

stub v. When their streets reach the edge of the new development, construction is halted (or stubbed, in the parlance of the trade), awaiting further extension to occur when the adjacent property is developed. [English Construction & Buildings Urban Planning & Zoning] [full cite] (Aug. 27, 2006)

teardown n. A million-dollar “teardown,” real estate parlance for buying a home for the land or the view, is a new thing in Tacoma. [English Architecture Construction & Buildings] [full cite] (May. 19, 2006)

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