We have put together probably one of the most comprehensive pole building glossaries found on the internet today. And if you are like most people, if you can't see it, you still don't understand it very well.

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Accessory:	An extra building product.
ACZA:	Ammoniacal Copper Zinc Arsenate - a preservative treatment normally used on difficult to treat wood specie such as Douglas Fir.
Addition:	An extension or increase in floor area or height of a building.
Agricultural Building:	A structure designed and constructed to house farm implements, hay, grain, poultry, livestock or other horticultural products. This structure shall not be a place of human habitation or place of employment where agricultural products are processed, treated or packaged, nor shall it be a place used by the public.
Allowable Stress Design:	A method of proportioning structural members, such that elastically computed stresses produced in the members by nominal loads do not exceed specified allowable stresses (also called working stress design).
Aluminum Coated Steel:	Steel coated with aluminum for corrosion resistance.
Astragal:	A closure between the two leaves of a double swing or split sliding door to close the junction.
Attic:	The space between the ceiling beams (or joists) of the top story and the roof rafters (or purlins).
Awning:	An architectural projection providing weather protection, identity or decoration and is wholly supported by the building to which it is attached. An awning is comprised of a lightweight, rigid skeleton structure over which a covering is attached.