Glossary

French: matelassage, amortissement

German: abschirmen, abdämpfen

Spanish: almohadillado

Italian: antivibrazione, ammortizzare

Portuguese: almofada

Dutch: dempen

French: conteneur, cadre

German: Behälter

Spanish: contenedor

Italian: container

Portuguese: contentor

Dutch: container

Walls formed by closely-spaced piles installed by augered, cast-in-place method or bored cast-in-place method. Typically used as earth-retaining walls. Also called tangent pile walls.

A pneumatic, electric or hydraulic drilling machine to which is connected a string of helical augers and a cutting head, used to bore holes in the earth, into which a pile section or a tieback is set or concrete is cast-in-place.

French: pieu à la tarière continue creuse (CFA)

German: Schneckenbohrpfahl

Italian: palo trivellateo ad elica continua

Portuguese: estaca executada com trado contínuo (CFA)

Dutch: avegaarpaal

Joint provided in concrete members to control contraction as concrete sets.

French: joint de retrait

French: entrepreneur

German: Unternehmer

Spanish: contratista

Italian: impresario

Portuguese: empreiteiro

Dutch: aannemer

French: tir contrôlé

German: gerichtete Sprengung

Spanish: voladura controlada

Italian: esplosione controllata

Portuguese: explosão controlada

Dutch: gecontroleerd springen (opblazen met explosieven)

A diesel hammer which can be operated either open-end (single-acting) or closed-end (double-acting).

French: transporteur

German: Förderband, Förderer

Spanish: transportador

Italian: trasportatore

Portuguese: transportador

Dutch: lopende band

French: carotte de sondage

German: Kern, Bohrkern

Spanish: testigo

Italian: foro, campione di trivellazione, carota

Portuguese: carote (nucleo)

Dutch: boorkern