Glossary

French: tranchée

German: Graben, Schlitz

Spanish: trinchera

Italian: trincea

Portuguese: trincheira, vala

Dutch: paneel

See Hydromill Excavator.

A large heavy tool dropped on a line down a bore hole to advance the excavation in rock under water.

French: trépan/foret à couronne

1. A temporary work bridge to provide access to work site and support equipment; frequently used in rivers for access to pier construction. 2. A timber, reinforced concrete or steel structure, which is used to support a pile rig during driving. 3. A bridg

French: 1. pont monté sur échafaudage

1) A rod or cable grouted or fixed to an in-ground anchor to resist soil or other pressure on walls or structures. See Anchor Pile. 2) A system consisting of a Helical Screw Anchor, screw anchor extension shafts and a tieback plate used to resist soil o

French: tirant

German: Verankerung, Bodenanker

Spanish: tensor anclado

Italian: tiranti

Portuguese: tirante ancorado

Dutch: verankering

Device cast into the wall intended to permit the installation of a tieback through the wall and the transfer of the tieback load to the wall. Also, called tieback sleeve.

A type of Tieback installed vertically to resist upward forces

French: tirant

German: Zugstange

Spanish: tirante de anclaje

Italian: tirante (di collegamento)

Portuguese: tirante

Dutch: trekstang

French: sous-abattage

German: festverbunden, dicht

Spanish: hermético

Italian: chiuso, a tenuta

Portuguese: rocha saliente sobre o perfil de explosão

Dutch: dicht

Dense heterogeneous mixture of fine-grained and coarse-grained material of glacial origin and compaction. It often contains significant quantities of boulders and cobbles. See Glacial Till and Hardpan.

French: moraine glacaire

German: umgelagerter Boden und Geröll, Mergel

Spanish: till

Italian: till, detrito glaciale, morena glaciale

Portuguese: moreia, conglomerado argilo-arenoso

Dutch: glaciale afzetting, keileem