Glossary

“5S” is a method to create a safer, cleaner, and better-organized workplace, using five Japanese words:

Seiri – “Sort”
Seiton – “Set in Order”
Seiso – “Shiny Clean”
Seiketsu – “Standardized Cleanup”
Shitsuke – “Sustain” (sometimes “Sustained Discipline”)

Aluminium Composite Panel (ACP) or Aluminium Composite Material (ACM) is a widely-used term describing flat panels that consist of a non-aluminium core bonded between two aluminium sheets. Aluminium sheets can be coated with PVDF or Polyester paint.

Brand of Aluminium Composite Panel manufactured by Alcan

A dark brown to black, highly viscous, hydrocarbon produced from the residue left after the distillation of petroleum. Asphalt is used on roofs and highways as a waterproofing agent.

A dark brown to black cementitious material in which the predominating constituents are bitumens, which occur in nature or are obtained in petroleum processing. Asphalt is a constituent in varying proportions of most crude petroleum and used for paving, roofing, industrial and other special purposes.

The Business Activity Statement (BAS) is a form submitted to the Australian Taxation Office by all businesses to report their taxation obligations.

These include Pay As You Go (PAYG), Fringe Benefits Tax (FBT), Wine Equalisation Tax (WET) and Luxury Car Tax (LCT).

A supporting member that transfers weight from one location to another.

A structural member, usually horizontal, whose main function is to carry loads transverse to its longitudinal axis.

A structural member, usually horizontal and narrow in proportion to its depth, which supports superimposed loads primarily by its internal resistance to bending. The bending effect at any point in a beam is found by calculating the bending moment. The principal structural materials for beams are: steel, light alloy, timber, reinforced concrete, prestressed concrete or composite materials.

A metal rod that has a head on one end and threads on the other and is used to fasten together timber, metal or other materials.

An economic system in which goods and services are exchanged for one another or money, on the basis of their perceived worth.

Every business requires some form of investment and a sufficient number of customers to whom its output can be sold at profit on a consistent basis.

The Business Activity Statement (BAS) is a form submitted to the Australian Taxation Office by all businesses to report their taxation obligations.

These include Pay As You Go (PAYG), Fringe Benefits Tax (FBT), Wine Equalisation Tax (WET) and Luxury Car Tax (LCT).

To make watertight or airtight by filling or sealing.

To apply caulking (example: he caulked all around the door frame)

A usually impermeable substance used for caulking. Also called caulking compound.

A soft pliable material used to seal cracks (such as around windows and door frames) and is normally applied from a tube in a caulking gun.

A short horizontal member that ties opposing rafters together immediately below the ridge board.

A strip of wood fastened across a door to add strength. Also a strip fastened to a wall to support a shelf, fixture, or other objects.

Support member ie To support cabinet construction or support open countertop.

A short nail with a flat head.

A nail with a large flat head used for securing roofing felt, plasterboard, sheet metal to wood etc.

Round headed bolts with square shoulders that resist rotation when located or driven into place. They can be called coach bolts or carriage bolts depending on which part of the world you live in. The head end of the bolt does not need a washer, but the other end of the bolt (the nut end) usually does.

In financial accounting, cost of goods sold (COGS) includes the direct costs attributable to the production of the goods sold by a company. This amount includes the materials cost used in creating the goods along with the direct labor costs used to produce the good.

A strong hard building material composed of sand and gravel and cement and water.

A mixture of sand, gravel, water and portland cement which hardens to a stonelike condition when dry.

A principle of art, contrast refers to the arrangement of opposite elements (light vs. dark colors, rough vs. smooth textures, large vs. small shapes, etc.) in a piece so as to create visual interest, excitement and drama.

The colors white and black provide the greatest degree of contrast. Complementary colors also highly contrast with one another.

An artist can employ contrast as a tool, to direct the viewer's attention to a particular point of interest within the piece.

Customer Estimate outlining the scope of work and agreed price for the job. This is signed off as agreement to complete defined work as per the terms and conditions, these are ideally printed on the back of the estimate/quote.

Brand of Aluminium Composite Panel manufactured by Alcan

Any of the three linear measurements, length, breadth and depth.

metric system
When using the metric system for building, millimetres (mm) are the common unit to use. One millimetre is about the thickness of a pin. There are 10 millimetres in a centimetre and 1000 millimetres in a metre.

standard system
When using the standard system for building, inches are the common unit to use. One inch is about the thickness of a pack of playing cards. There are 12 inches in a foot and 3 feet (36 inches) in a yard.

use of " and ' symbols
1' = 1 foot
1" = 1 inch
1 x 3 = 3/4" x 2 1/2"
1" x 3" = true 1" x 3"

both standard and metric
1 inch = approx 25 millimetres
1 foot = approx 305 millimetres
1 yard = approx 915 millimetres

A method of joining wood at corners by the use of wedge-shaped interlocking pins and tails.

A joint in which wedge-shaped parts are interlocked to form a tight bond. This joint is commonly used on furniture parts, such as the corners of drawers.

A tenon (pin) that is shaped like a dove's spread tail to fit into a corresponding mortise (tail).

A round wooden pin that is used to reinforce a wood joint.

The round wooden pin fits into corresponding holes in adjacent pieces of wood and helps fastens them securely together.

Customer quote outlining the scope of work and agreed price for the job.

Exterior horizontal visible flat front trim board that caps the rafter tail ends.

Runs horizontally across the ends of the roof rafters ends, creating the "edge" of the roof.

The front facing surface of trim on a house above the soffit but below the roofline.

This tape is particularly suitable for pin striping, multicolor and other custom painting applications. It is a thin, conformable green polypropylene film tape with a special finish that resists paint runoff. The adhesive adheres instantly and offers good holding power, resists lifting and curling.

Excellent to be used for masking vinyl for trimming on vehicles.

Any piece of material, usually metal or plastic, installed to prevent water from penetrating the structure.

Sheet metal or other material used in roof and wall construction to protect a building from water seepage.

Sheet metal or roll roofing pieces fitted to the joint of any roof intersection, penetration or projection (chimneys, copings, dormers, valleys, vent pipes, above windows and doors, etc.) in order to prevent water leakage.