{"id":30256,"date":"2021-06-08T17:08:14","date_gmt":"2021-06-08T16:08:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=30256"},"modified":"2021-06-09T10:55:38","modified_gmt":"2021-06-09T09:55:38","slug":"ihbc-seeks-input-on-heritage-construction-slang-to-inform-first-wiki-listing-by-2021-school-marketplace-stallholder-dbw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=30256","title":{"rendered":"IHBC seeks input on heritage \u2018Construction Slang\u2019 to inform first Wiki listing by 2021 School (#IHBCBrighton2021) MarketPlace Stallholder DBW"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/DBW_logo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-30257\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/DBW_logo.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"157\" height=\"157\" \/><\/a>The IHBC seeks input on heritage-specific slang <em>etc.<\/em> to the Wiki-list of slang-style terms \u2018frequently used or understood by those working on UK building sites\u2019, listed by School <a href=\"https:\/\/marketplace.ihbc.org.uk\/stallholderlisting\/\">MarketPlace<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/marketplace.ihbc.org.uk\/stallholderlisting\/#dbwiki\">Stallholder<\/a> at the IHBC\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/brighton2021.ihbc.org.uk\/\">2021 Brighton School<\/a>: Designing Buildings Wiki (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Home\">DBW<\/a>).<\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/MarketPlace_graphic_241120_v8.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-28492 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/MarketPlace_graphic_241120_v8-1024x631.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"218\" height=\"134\" \/><\/a><\/h3>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><span style=\"color: #33cccc;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #33cccc;\" href=\"https:\/\/ihbc.wufoo.com\/forms\/z1hxiwrz0mzn0ps\/\">LIST ON IHBC\u2019S MARKETPLACE FROM c.\u00a3100+VAT<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><span style=\"color: #33cccc;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #33cccc;\" href=\"https:\/\/ihbc.wufoo.com\/forms\/z1hxiwrz0mzn0ps\/\">SECURE FREE DAY SCHOOL PLACE 18 JUNE<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>IHBC Director Sean O\u2019Reilly said: \u2018IHBC members and the wider public are free to add their suggestions to the Wiki-style listing being developed by DBW.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Improving mutual understanding \u2013 even, and indeed especially, slang &#8211; helps the conservation and heritage sectors engage ever more effectively with the wider construction and development sector within which so many of our key operations and activities sit.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u2018As ever, it is up to us to contribute our knowledge, and the Wiki format, including especially our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Conservation_wiki\">Conservation Wiki<\/a>, is critical to managing that interface successfully.\u2019<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">\u2026 engage ever more effectively with the wider construction and development sector\u2026<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">\u2026 our <a style=\"color: #800080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Conservation_wiki\">Conservation Wiki<\/a>, is critical\u2026<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n<p>DBW writes:<\/p>\n<p>The following terms, some slang, some general or outdated are frequently used or understood by those working on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/UK\">UK<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Building_site\">building sites<\/a>. If you know others, click the &#8216;Edit this article&#8217; button and add them to the list.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Banker\">Banker<\/a> \u2013 a mason, typically involved in cutting and smoothing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Building\">building<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Stone\">stone<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Banksman\">Banksman<\/a> \u2013 a person qualified to direct <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Vehicle_movement\">vehicle movements<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Bagging \u2013 slang term for heavy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Duty\">duty<\/a> hose (normally with bauer couplings) for temporary pumping.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Brickie\">Brickie<\/a> \u2013 a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Bricklayer\">bricklayer<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Brush_hand\">Brush hand<\/a> \u2013 a young or untrained assistant to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Professional\">professional<\/a> painter, often with limited experience.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Butcher\">Butcher<\/a> \u2013 often applied to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Carpenter\">carpenter<\/a> with limited <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Skills\">skills<\/a> and abilities.<\/li>\n<li>Brunnel &#8211; bridge-<a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Tunnel\">tunnel<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Chancer\">Chancer<\/a> \u2013 a person who does <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Works\">work<\/a> that would normally be undertaken by a skilled craftsman. They are typically not properly qualified, or have not <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Completed\">completed<\/a> the required training or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Apprenticeship\">apprenticeship<\/a> for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Works\">work<\/a> they are doing and so are taking a chance on their ability to do the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Works\">work<\/a> to the required standard.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Chippy\">Chippy<\/a> \u2013 a popular <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Site\">site<\/a> term for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Carpenter\">carpenter<\/a> (i.e one who &#8216;chips&#8217; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Wood\">wood<\/a>).<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Cowboy\">Cowboy<\/a> \u2013 a charlatan, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Chancer\">chancer<\/a>, one who masquerades as a skilled craftsman but who in reality has few qualifications or skills to do the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Works\">work<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Cowboy\">Cowboys<\/a> often have more success with those of limited <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Knowledge\">knowledge<\/a> concerning <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Building\">building<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Construction\">construction<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Dirty_money\">Dirty money<\/a> \u2013 given as additional <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Payment\">payments<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Workers\">workers<\/a> who undertake tasks that are of an unpleasant nature, e.g having to descend into a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Sewer\">sewer<\/a> to clear a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Blockage\">blockage<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Dyker \u2013 a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Builder\">builder<\/a> of dry-<a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Stone\">stone<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Walls\">walls<\/a>, usually a mason.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Fixer\">Fixer<\/a> \u2013 someone who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Build\">builds<\/a> with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Stone\">stone<\/a> provided by a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Banker\">banker<\/a> (see above). The term can also apply to any <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Site\">site<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Operative\">operative<\/a> who fixes a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Component\">component<\/a> into position e.g <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Skirting_boards\">skirting boards<\/a>. OR sometimes short for \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Steel\">Steel<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Fixer\">fixer<\/a>\u2018 see below<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Ganger\">Ganger<\/a> \u2013 a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Foreman\">foreman<\/a> who supervises a gang of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Workers\">workers<\/a> or general <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Operative\">operatives<\/a>; usually <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Works\">works<\/a> under a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/General_foreman\">general foreman<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Jobbing_builder\">Jobbing builder<\/a> \u2013 someone who undertakes small jobs for various people, usually to do with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Maintenance\">maintenance<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Repair\">repair<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Making_good\">Making good<\/a> \u2013 see &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Snagging\">snagging<\/a>&#8216;.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Mate\">Mate<\/a> \u2013 an unqualified or part-qualified assistant to a skilled <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Operative\">operative<\/a> such as a roofer or painter.<\/li>\n<li>Nappy \u2013 portable <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Bund\">bund<\/a> to contain spills<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Navvy\">Navvy<\/a> \u2013 usually applied to manual <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Labourer\">labourers<\/a>, especially those who dig <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Trenches\">trenches<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Excavation\">excavations<\/a>, and especially on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Civil_engineering\">civil engineering<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Project\">projects<\/a>. The term derives from the \u2018navigators\u2019 who dug <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Canal\">canals<\/a> (navigations).<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Rubber\">Rubber<\/a> duck \u2013 slang for a wheeled excavator (as opposed to a tracked excavator)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Saw_doctor\">Saw doctor<\/a> \u2013 one who sharpens and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Repair\">repairs<\/a> saws and cutting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Tools\">tools<\/a>. Also applied to those performing the same task in a saw mill.<\/li>\n<li>Shoddy \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Works\">work<\/a> that is of dubious or low <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Quality\">quality<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Snagging\">Snagging<\/a> \u2013 the identification and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Rectification\">rectification<\/a> of faults, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Defects\">defects<\/a>, mistakes or omissions in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Completed\">completed<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Construction\">construction<\/a>, whether new or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Refurbishment\">refurbishment<\/a>, and making them known to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Contractor\">contractor<\/a> in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Snagging_list\">snagging list<\/a> (or &#8216;punch&#8217; list).<\/li>\n<li>Spark \/<a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Sparky\">sparky<\/a> \u2013 an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Electrician\">electrician<\/a>, usually a skilled <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Operative\">operative<\/a> who is fully qualified to undertake the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Works\">work<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Spread\">Spread<\/a> \u2013 a plasterer.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Steel\">Steel<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Fixer\">fixer<\/a> \u2013 someone who erects <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Steel_reinforcement\">steel reinforcement<\/a> for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Reinforced_concrete\">reinforced concrete<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Structure\">structures<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Tupper\">Tupper<\/a> \u2013 a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Workers\">worker<\/a> who carries the hod for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Bricklayer\">bricklayer<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Waster \u2013 someone who does no or little <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Works\">work<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Works\">Working<\/a> on the lump \u2013 receiving wages \u2018gross\u2019, without any deductions for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Tax\">tax<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/National_Insurance\">national insurance<\/a>. In other words, the money is received as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Lump_sum\">lump sum<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>See the list at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Glossary_of_construction_slang_and_other_terms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">See the list&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>See more on the IHBC\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Conservation_wiki\">Conservation Wiki<\/a><u>\u2019<\/u><\/p>\n<p>See the full School Programme on the IHBC\u2019s special Brighton 2021 School <a href=\"https:\/\/ihbc.org.uk\/resources\/IHBC%20CPD%20Circular%20\u2013%20Brighton%202021%20School%20Special%20Edition.pdf\"><em>CPD<\/em> <em>Circular<\/em><\/a> or linked from the <a href=\"https:\/\/brighton2021.ihbc.org.uk\/\">Brighton School website<\/a><\/p>\n<p>See more on the 2021 Brighton School\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/marketplace.ihbc.org.uk\/\">Heritage MarketPlace<\/a><\/p>\n<p>See DBW\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/marketplace.ihbc.org.uk\/stallholderlisting\/#dbwiki\">Stallholder<\/a> Billboard<\/p>\n<p>See the IHBC\u2019s own <a href=\"https:\/\/marketplace.ihbc.org.uk\/stallholderlisting\/\">Stall \u2018Billboard\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The IHBC seeks input on heritage-specific slang etc. to the Wiki-list of slang-style terms \u2018frequently used or understood by those working on UK building sites\u2019, listed by School MarketPlace Stallholder at the IHBC\u2019s 2021 Brighton School: Designing Buildings Wiki (DBW).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30256","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ihbc-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30256","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=30256"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30256\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30277,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30256\/revisions\/30277"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=30256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=30256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=30256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}