Construction and Development Glossary
319 terms
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A
- A/C
- Abandoned Projects
- Above building standard
- Accessibility
- Accessible kitchen
- Accessory buildings
- Acre
- Acreage zoning
- Acre Foot
- AC systems
- Admiral Mountain Great House
- Aesthetics
- Agreed boundary
- Aluminum-clad window
- Architectural styles
- Architrave
- As-built drawing
B
- Bamboo Homes
- Bamboo Luxe
- Basement
- Beams and columns
- Bellefield Great House
- Bellevue Great House
- Bloomfield Great House
- Blue Mountain Modern
- Blueprint
- Board house
- Bonnet roof
- Brimmer Hall Great House
- Bromley Great House
- Brutalist architecture
- Bubble diagram
- Building approval
- Building Authority
- Building Code
- Building code compliance
- Building Line Or Setback
- Building permit
- Building process
- Building Restrictions
- Building Surveyor
- Butterfly roof
C
- Cadastral Map
- Cadastral survey
- Cantilever
- Caribbean Revival
- Change of use
- Chattel Houses
- Cincinnati Mushroom House
- Cinnamon Hill Great House
- City block
- Clipped gable roof
- Cluster Development
- Colonial Architecture
- Colour washing
- Commissioned Land Surveyor
- Common Areas
- Community planning
- Concrete foundation
- Concrete panel
- Construction
- Construction budget
- Construction documents
- Construction load categories
- Container Module House
- Contemporary architecture
- Contemporary style
- Contiguous lots
- Contour lines
- Contours
- Core-Periphery
- Cross hipped roof
D
- Damper
- Dangerous Structures
- Deck, patio, or porch
- Deep-seal floor drain
- Density
- Density test
- Deposited plan
- Design
- Design/Build
- Detailed planning
- Developer
- Development
- Development Orders
- Development scheme
- Devon House
- Dimension lines
- Dis-tempering
- Disabled access
- Dormer roof
- Downspouts
- Drainage plan
- Dropped ceiling
- Dutch Colonial Style
- Dutch gabled roof
E
F
- Facade
- Firefly
- Flat roof
- Floor Area Ratio (FAR)
- Floor plan symbols
- Foundation
- Foundation plan
- Framing
- Front elevation
- Fully grilled property
- Future Architecture
G
- Gabled roof
- Gambrel roof
- Georgian style
- Golden Grove
- Good Hope Great House
- Gothic Jamaican Kitchen Design
- Gothic Kitchen
- Gothic Revival Architecture
- Greek Revival style
- Green Park Great House
- Greenwood Great House
- Gutter
H
- Halse Hall Great House
- Hayfield House
- Health and Safety
- Hectare
- High density
- Highgate House
- Hip roof
- Hybrid construction
I
- Indestructible security
- Infrastructure in real estate
- Inspection chamber
- Insulated Concrete Forms (ICFs)
- Insulation
- Integrated Development Plan (IDP)
- Interior
- International Property Measurement Standard
- Intersecting rood gable to gable
- Island Chic Villas
- Izba
J
K
L
- Landscape plan
- Landscaping
- Land Survey
- Land Surveyors Association of Jamaica (LSAJ)
- Land use
- Laser measure
- Lateral living
- Level access
- Liberty Hill Great House
- Lift access
- Lightweight Steel Frame construction
- Living Island Kitchen
- Local Planning Authority
- Local regulations
- Loft
- Lot
- Lot number
- Low density
- Lumina Basilica
M
- M-shaped roof
- Manhole
- Mansard Roof
- Map legend
- Maps
- Marshall's Pen Great House
- Masonry wall system
- Measured survey
- Mechanical systems
- Minard and New Hope Estates
- Modern Black House
- Modern homes
- Modern Living
- Mona Great House
- Monolithic Dome Construction
N
O
P
- Painting
- Parapet gable roof
- Parcel Identification Number (PIN)
- Party Walls
- Permit
- Petrol Filling Station Applications
- Planning
- Planning Developments
- Planning Permission
- Planning Register
- Plastering
- Pointing
- Polished concrete
- Population density
- Port Maria Civic Centre
- Pre-application process
- Pre-checked Plan
- Principal contractor
- Property identification
- Property Survey
- Prospect Great House
- Pyramid hip roof
Q
R
- Ramble Great House
- Rammed Earth
- Ramped access
- Real estate development costs
- Real estate development projects
- Real Estate In Jamaica
- Rear elevation
- Rebuild Jamaica
- Receptacles
- Reggae Contemporary
- Regional accounting
- Regional development
- Regional planning
- Renovate
- Roaring River Great House
- Roof plan
- Room
- Rose Hall Great House
- Rumah Gadang
- Rural planning
- Rustic
S
- Saltbox roof
- Saltbox Style
- Sand & Stone Residences
- Scale
- Schematic designs
- Seaman’s Valley
- Septic tanks
- Setback
- Seville Great House
- Shed roof
- Side elevation
- Site Plan
- Site Preparation
- SkyBox Container Residences
- Socio-physical Project
- Socio-spatial
- Solar Panel
- Space Home
- Spatial planning
- Spatial Planning Framework (SPF)
- Split-level style home
- Sprocketed eaves
- Square and curved turrets
- Square Footage
- Steel framing
- Step-free access
- Stepped terrac
- Stokes Hall Great House
- Street Map
- Subcontractor
- Subdivision approval
- Suppressed gable or gambrel roo
- Surface excavation
- Survey
- Survey Diagram
- Surveying
- Survey Notice
- Surveyor’s Report
T
- Tactile flooring
- Tallawah Retreat
- TCPA
- Temporary Buildings
- The Appeals Process
- The Development Process
- The Horizon Mirage
- The Island Heritage House
- The Kingston and St. Andrew Building Act
- The Kingston Noir
- The Palm Tower
- Thetford Great House
- Tilt-Up Construction
- Timber framing
- Tortuga Haven
- Traffic flow
- Transmission lines
- TriVue Haven
- Tropical Haven
- Trusses
- Tryall Great House
- Tube house
U
- Unequal duo-pitch roof
- Upside down House
- Urbanization
- Urban Land Use
- Urban planning
- Urban Slimline Villas
- Urban Sprawl
V
- Valuation Roll
- Varnishing
- Vaulted Ceiling
- Vendor or developer
- Vertical Oasis Residences
- Victorian Styleclose
- Vintage
- Visual Aesthetics
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