Glossary

Cable device used to lift reinforcing steel cages with minimal distortion.

French: élingue de levage

French: aggrégats légers

German: Leichtgewichtzuschlagstoff

Spanish: agregados ligeros

Italian: aggregati leggeri

Portuguese: agregados leves

Dutch: lichtgewicht toeslag

Steel columns installed in soil or embedded in cast-in-place bored piles or drilled shafts used as vertical support for temporary working platform or decking for deep excavation works

French: poinçon de faîte

A unit of force or load equal to 1,000 lbs.

French: kilopound/1000 livres

Also called sonic logger in Asia. Device used to measure a continous profile of a slurry-filled borehole or excavation by the sonic caliper method – Used to monitor diameter or width and verticality of bored piles or drilled shafts, barrettes, and diaphra

1. To raise and slip an interlock of a pile, such as a steel sheet pile, into the interlock of an adjoining pile. Also called Thread. 2. To raise and slip a pile hammer into pile hammer leads so that its side channels properly engage to slide upon the

French: brêler

The act of interlocking sections of sheet pile to form a wall. Also called Threading.

French: brêlage

A pile to which longitudinal pieces (lags) are fastened to provide mechanical protection to a pile or increase friction contact area. See Lags.

French: pieu enrobé

The horizontal members, usually of timber or concrete, spanning between soldier piles. See Lags.

French: retard, déphasage

German: Holzbohlen

Spanish: entrablonado, tablones de revestimiento

Italian: parete di tavole

Portuguese: atraso, desfasagem

Dutch: keerwand

1. Plates, blocks or structural sections secured to a pile to increase its bearing or friction area. Also called Lagging. 2. Thin slats on creosoted piles in marinas to reduce creosote stains on boats.