Appendix B – Glossary
- accessories
- items used in conjunctions with reinforcing steel such as bar chairs, slab bolsters, etc.
- curtain wall
- an enclosing wall which provides no structural support
- dunnage
- wooden boards and timbers used to hold material in place when being transported
- falsework
- temporary steel or wooden supports upon which final steel is erected
- girts
- horizontal or vertical framing member to which sash, siding or other finished material is attached
- grating
- an arrangement of parallel or latticed bars which serve as the floor of a platform, walkway, etc.
- miscellaneous iron products
- any steel product or component that is not main structural supporting member
- ornamental components
- non-structural steel, precast or composite members