Glossary

A foundation unit that provides support for the structure by transferring loads either by end-bearing to soil or rock at considerable depth below the structure or by side friction in the soil or rock in which it is placed. Piles are the most common type

French: foundation profonde

German: Tiefgründung

Spanish: cimentación profunda

Italian: fondazione profonda

Portuguese: fundação profunda

Dutch: paalfundering

French: vitesse limite de fluage

German: Grenzkriechmaß

Italian: limite di creep

Portuguese: limite de fluência

Dutch: kruipmaat

A timber pile impregnated with coal tar creosote to minimize deterioration.

French: pieux en bois traités à la créosote

German: Holzpfahl mit Creosot imprägniert

Spanish: pilotes de madera creosotada

Italian: pali in legno lubrificato (con creosoto)

Portuguese: estacas de madeira creosotada

Dutch: met creosoot geimpregneerde houten paal

The on-site personnel who will physically install piling on a project, including the crane crew, as applicable. Also call Dockbuilders, Bridgemen or Pile Bucks.

French: équipe de montage

A structure built of round or square timbers, or reinforced precast concrete members, laid in courses with the pockets filled with riprap or rubble.

French: cabane/hutte

French: mur gabionné

German: Krippenwand, Wand (Holzsenkkasten)

Spanish: muro jaula

Italian: muro a sacco

Portuguese: muros de suporte celulares

Dutch: ?? (zoals een berlinerwand)

French: traction critique de fluage

German: Kritische Kriechkraft

Italian: carico limite di creep

Portuguese: carga crítica de fluência

Dutch: kritische kruipbelasting

Top section of a fixed, semi-fixed or extended pile driver lead with sheaves for carrying lines holding pile and hammer over top of leads. See Appendix B. Also call Head Block, Sheave Head Assembly, or Top Head.

French: traverse/crosse

A down-hole quality assurance test in which the ultrasonic pulse velocity (UPV) through the foundation material is measured at closely spaced intervals over the full depth of the foundation to assess uniformity. Requires access tubes or boreholes over the

1. The downward thrust of Kelly bar or auger caused by mechanical reaction against the weight of the boring rig. It is used when boring becomes difficult in hard soil formations. 2. Lateral thrust to hold a pile in position when it tends to drift.

French: faire entrer de force