| A | B |
|---|
| Commercial | Any structure related to commerce. |
| Target | Commercial Structure |
| Defense | Military bases, armories and missile silos are classified as |
| Public Works | Structures such as the Lincoln Memorial and the Washington Bridge |
| Residential | Structures in which people live in |
| Residential Housing | Most common type of structure |
| Health Center | promotes mental and physical health? |
| Transportation Structures | transporting of goods or people from one location to another |
| Alaska Pipeline | Public works |
| Commercial, Residential, Transportation | involved in supplying building materials to a contractor building your new home |
| Commercial, Public Works, Transportation | involved in supplying Water and chemical supplies to a community center |
| Defense, Industrial, Public Works | involved in the military transporting chemical weapons to a manufacturing facility |
| Stone | mineral matter |
| brick | processes clay/sand mixtures that are fired |
| ceramics | inorganic, non-metallic |
| wood | renewable building material |
| softwoods | used primarily in framing residential structures |
| hardwoods | mainly used as decorative floors and wall panels |
| concrete | composite material |
| metals | good conductors |
| glass | super cooled liquid |
| plastics | common name for polymers |
| composites | two or more distinct, structurally complementary substances combine to produce structural or functional properties not present in any individual component |
| membrane | thin sheet of natural or synthetic material stretched on a framework |
| composites | made from two or more distinct, structurally complementary substances |
| metals | good conductors of heat and electricity |
| ceramics | processed clay/sand mixture fired to high temperatures |
| concrete | most common structural material in the world |
| plasticity | continuous deformity of a material without rupture or relaxation |
| toughness | a material's ability to absorb impact before breaking |
| brittle | a material fails suddenly after surpassing its elastic point |
| ductile | A structural material that changes shape easily, without breaking under load |
| sun | breaks down the composition of plastics, making them become brittle and fragile over time |
