Glossary

cored pile

A pile formed by removing earth prior to pile installation.

French: pieu de sondage

German: gekernter Pfahl

Italian: palo carotato

Portuguese: estaca revestida

Dutch: paal waarin een kernboring is gemaakt

Coring

Continuation of a soil boring into rock; a core may be recovered for examination and testing. See also Dry Sampling – A method of sampling soil by boring a hole in the ground with a sampler or sample spoon attached to the end of the auger. The object i

Corner Panel

Panel, not linear in plan, used to accomplish change in direction of wall.

coupler

French: coupleur

German: Koppelelement

Italian: gancio

Portuguese: acoplador

Dutch: koppeling

cover (concrete)

French: couverture

German: Betondeckung

Spanish: recubrimiento

Italian: copertura

Portuguese: recobrimento (betão)

Dutch: betondekking

CPM

Cycles per minute – A measure of frequency.

CPT

Cone Penetrometer Test; see publications by P.K. Robertson.

CPTU

Piezocone; Cone Penetrometer Test with pore pressure measurements.

crack

French: fissure, crevasse

German: Riß

Spanish: fisura

Italian: fessura, rottura

Portuguese: fissura

Dutch: scheur

Cradle, Hammer

A structure which slides on the rails of pile driver leads and carries the hammer forward of the lead rails.

French: berceau, marteau