CCI: Certified Commercial Inspector

CCPIA: Certified Commercial Property Inspectors Association

Ceiling Joist: One of a series of parallel framing members used to support ceiling loads and supported, in turn, by larger beams, girders or bearing walls. Also called a roof joist.

Ceiling Plenum: Space below the flooring and above the suspended ceiling that accommodates the mechanical and electrical equipment and that is used as part of the air distribution system. The space is kept under negative pressure.

CFM: Cubic feet per minute

Channel Flashing: A type of flashing that forms a channel to direct water to designated drainage areas. Used at roof-wall intersections on tile roofs with pan tiles, cover tiles, or S-tiles, as well as chimneys, dormers, and curbed penetrations.

Chimney: A structure containing one or more flues for removing gases to the outside atmosphere.

Circulation Path: An interior or exterior passageway people use to move through a building and use its components, including hallways, ramps, and stairways.

Cladding: Something that covers or overlays, often used to describe exterior wall coverings or metal that covers windows, doors or fascia for weather protection.

Cleanout: An accessible opening in the drainage system used for the removal of possible obstructions and for inspections; an opening in a chimney that provides access to the flue for cleaning purposes.

Clear Floor Space: The unhindered area providing wheelchair mobility.

Clear Span: The unobstructed and unsupported distance between two supports of a beam.

Clear Width: The measured distance between walls or fixed points.

Clearance: The minimum distance through air measured between the surface of something heat-producing and the surface of something combustible.

Clearly Identifiable: Capable of being recognized by a person of normal vision.

Cleat: A crosspiece that forms the step of a fixed ladder’s rectangular cross-section.

Client: The party that retains the inspector and pays for the inspection.

CMI: Certified Master Inspector

CO: Carbon monoxide

CO2: Carbon dioxide

Coal Tar Pitch: A bituminous material that is a byproduct of the coking of coal and used as the waterproofing material for tar-and-gravel built-up roofing.

Code Official: The officer or other government-designated authority charged with enforcement of building codes.

Combustible: Describes any material that will burn.

Combustion Air: The air supplied to burn fuel for an appliance.

Commercial cooking appliances: Appliances used in a commercial food service establishment for heating or cooking food.

Commercial Property: A commercial property refers to the buildings, structures, and site improvements located on a parcel of commercial real estate (CRE). It is real property primarily used for business, institutional, or income-generating purposes. This includes properties used for industrial, retail, office, hospitality, medical, mixed-use, educational, or institutional functions. It also includes multi-family residential buildings with more than four units, or as otherwise defined by the authority having jurisdiction (AHJ).

Commissioning: Start-up of a building that includes testing and adjusting HVAC, electrical, plumbing, and other systems to assure proper functioning and adherence to design criteria. Commissioning also includes the instruction of building representatives in the use of the building systems.

Common Brick: Basic bricks typically used for structural purposes or in non-visible areas of buildings, such as building sides. They are typically simple designs and finishes.

Common Use: Interior and exterior circulation paths, rooms, spaces and elements that are not for public use and available for shared use of two or more people.

Component: A permanently installed or attached fixture, element, or part of a system.

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