Glossary

Steel accessory placed over a pile to prevent damage from driving. It contains a well or recess on top for cushion material and for seating the anvil, if used. The bottom is formed to accept a specific shape pile, along with its cushion if used. The out

A member interposed between a pile hammer and a pile to transmit blows when the pile head is below the reach of the hammer. Also called a Dolly.

French: faux pieu

German: (Ramm) jungfer, Schlagjungfer

Spanish: seguidor

Italian: prolungi di battitura

Portuguese: adicional de cravação de estaca

Dutch: follower

The lower end of a driven pile, pile tip.

See Footing

Type of foundation typically installed at a shallow depth and constructed to provide an area of bearing on the supporting soil or rock.

French: semelle/embase

German: Fundament

Spanish: zapata

Italian: base d'appoggio, fondazione, plinto

Portuguese: sapata

Dutch: fundament

The energy in foot-pounds delivered per blow by the ram of a pile hammer.

French: coup selon système pied-livre

Colloquial term for inclination of the pile toe away from the pile driver. Also called Positive Batter or Forward Batter.

The supervisor of a pile crew.

French: chef d'équipe

French: formation

German: Formung, Aufbau, Schichtung

Spanish: formación

Italian: formazione

Portuguese: formação

Dutch: formatie, laag

A system or arrangement of structual members through which the loads from a building are transferred to supporting soil or rock

French: fondation

German: Gründung, Fundament

Spanish: cimentación, cimiento

Italian: fondazione

Portuguese: fundação

Dutch: fundering