Glossary home
Fabricate
To make, build or construct.
Facade
The face of a building accentuated architecturally.
Faucet
A valve on the end of a water pipe by means of which water can be released from, or held within, the pipe.
Financial Services Authority (FSA)
An independent non governmental agency tasked with policing the financial services industry. The Financial Services Authority is empowered by the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000
Fire wall
A wall of fire resistant materials intended to slow the progress and spread of a fire from one area to another.
Fire door
A fire-resistant door to prevent the spread of fire within a building; an emergency exit.
Fit out
To equip and supply the necessary equipment to fit out the building ready to take occupation.
Fixed beam
A beam with a fixed end.
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Flexible pavement
A pavement that has a wearing surface of bituminous material such as asphalt, as opposed to concrete, which is considered a rigid pavement.
Float glass
Glass which has its bottom surfaces formed by floating on molten metal, the top surface being gravity formed, producing a high optical quality of plate glass with parallel surfaces and, without polishing and grinding.
Floated finish
A screed, rendering or plasterwork finished by floating.
Floating foundation
A raft like concrete slab foundation, which is used to distribute loads over a large area to reduce bearing pressure on the underlying soil.
Force
That which tends to accelerate a body, or to change its movement - the weight of a body is a force, which tends to move it downwards.
Formation
The surface of the ground in its final shape after completion of the earthwork - in road making this would be prior to the tar macadam being laid.
Formwork
Making temporary wooden structures to support and shape concrete until set
Foundation bolt
An anchor bolt embedded in a footing or floor slab, usually to fasten down a mudsill and generally having a right angle bend at the bottom for better anchorage.
Frame
The skeletal beams and uprights of a building - an open structure that gives shape and support to the envelope of the building.
French drain
Field drains with the pipe surrounded by filter material like gravel.
Friction
A resistance encountered when one body moves relative to another body with which it is contact - a force that always opposes motion.
Friction pile
A bearing pile supported wholly by friction with the earth surrounding it - it carries no load at its point, unlike an end bearing pile.
Frog
A recess in a brick to reduce its weight.
Frost heave
The up-thrust and cracking of a ground surface through the freezing and expansion of water underneath.
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Frustrum1
The part of the solid, such as a cone or pyramid, contained between the base and a plane parallel to the base that intersects the solid.
Frustrum2
A single drum of a column or a single stone used to construct a pier.
Fungal decay
Any one of a number of wood destroying fungi that may attack timber that is persistently wet and has moisture content of over 20%.