Glossary

French: diamétre de sondage

German: Bohrlochdurchmesser

Italian: diametro del foro di carotaggio

Portuguese: diametro do furo de sondagem

Dutch: diameter van het boorgat

1. A hole in the earth produced by various methods. 2. The method of exploring subsurface conditions by drilling or otherwise advancing a cased or uncased hole into the earth. Frequently, soil or rock samples are extracted from the boring for classifica

French: 1- Forage 2- Sondage/carottage

Soil or rock material obtained from off site for use as fill on a construction project.

French: matériaux d'excavation

German: Entnahmefüllmaterial

Spanish: material de préstamo

Italian: materiali di prestito

Portuguese: material de escavação

Dutch: uitkomende grond

1. A telescoping structural member used to attach the bottom of the leads to the crane base and used to position or incline leads in or out, left or right. Can be mechanically, hydraulically or pneumatically operated; it is used with either fixed leads o

Upward movement of soil in the base of a large excavation.

German: Sohlenhebung, Sohlauftrieb

Italian: sollevamento del fondo

Portuguese: deslocamento pela base

Dutch: zwel van de (bouwput)bodem

A rock with a diameter that is greater than 200 mm (International Standard) or 300 mm (ASTM D422)

French: gros bloc

German: Felsblock, Geröllstein, Findling

Spanish: bolo

Italian: trovante, blocco

Portuguese: godo grosso

Dutch: steen

French: argile de moraine á blocs

German: Geschiebemergel, Mergellehm

Spanish: arcilla glacial con bolos

Italian: argilla a blocchi, argilla morenica

Portuguese: conglomerado

Dutch: kleileem, klei met stenen

The pressure in the air compressed by the upward moving piston of a closed-end double acting diesel pile hammer.

Lead which is configured in the shape of a “U” with guiding rails for hammer in open portion of the “U.” Also called Steam Lead, “U” Lead. See sketches, Appendix B.

A pile made from two deep-arch sheet piles, channels or other structural steel shapes, welded along their contact lines. The box pile may be driven open or closed ended and filled with concrete or left empty.