Glossary

German: Fundament mit Profileisenraster

Spanish: emparrillado

Italian: piattaforma di fondazione reticolo di fondazione

Portuguese: fundação em grelha

Dutch: fundament van kruiselings gestapelde balken

French: broyer/triturer/moudre

German: zermahlen

Spanish: moler

Italian: macinare

Portuguese: moer

Dutch: slijpen

General Contractor

A device at the base of the pile hammer leads which is closed around the pile to maintain alignment between the pile and leads. See also Pile Gate.

French: vanne

German: Tor

Spanish: compuerta

Italian: saracinesca

Portuguese: comporta, portão

Dutch: poort

French: jauge

German: Messuhr

Spanish: aparato de medida

Italian: indicatore, misuratore

Portuguese: instrumento de medida, bitola, calibrador

Dutch: opnemer

Semi-rigid colloidal suspension of a solid in a liquid.

The generic name for a geosynthetic product from a polymeric (plastic) material extruded into long, connected, open-ended tubes in a honeycomb arrangement.

The generic name for a geosynthetic product consisting of numerous, closed cells created in an expansion or foaming process using a gas called a blowing agent. Geofoam materials may be polymeric (plastic), cementitious or glass in composition.

French: géologie

German: Geologie

Spanish: geología

Italian: geologia

Portuguese: geologia

Dutch: geologie

French: exploration géophysique

German: geophysikalische Untersuchung

Spanish: prospección geofísica

Italian: indagine geofisica

Portuguese: exploração geofisica

Dutch: geofysische exploratie