Glossary

The creosote, as on a pile surface, that resembles fresh paint which has been poured rather than brushed. On hot days creosote will “bleed” out of the pile.

French: garnissage

German: Aussparung, verkeilen

Spanish: bloqueo

Italian: bloccaggio, intasamento

Portuguese: blocos de encunhamento, calços

Dutch: verstopping (van verticale drains)

Device to form a recess or apperture in a poured concrete wall.

1. The observed blows of the pile hammer per increment of pile penetration. 2. Blows on soil sampler in standard penetration test. See also N Value, and Penetration Resistance.

German: Rammschläge pro Längeneinheit

Italian: conto dei colpi

Portuguese: contagem de pancadas

Dutch: kalender (bij heien)

The person who monitors the number of the hammer blows for each increment of pile advance.

German: Schlagzähler

Italian: contacolpi

Portuguese: contador de pancadas

Dutch: klappen teller

A method of removal of the soil(s) from the interior of open-ended piles. See also “Airlift”

Upward movement of soil material in the base of a cofferdam or excavation because of groundwater pressure; normally associated with insufficient toe penetration of sheeting. Also called Blowout, Boiling, Piping.

Soft, wet land underlain by decayed moss and vegetable matter and covered with grass and vegetation.

French: marais, marécage, fondriére

German: Torf

Spanish: pantano

Italian: palude

Portuguese: turfeira

Dutch: moeras, drassig land

See Blowing – Upward movement of soil material in the base of a cofferdam or excavation because of groundwater pressure; normally associated with insufficient toe penetration of sheeting. Also called Blowout, Blowing, Piping.

French: sable en boulance

German: hydraulischer Grundbruch

Spanish: fenómeno de arenas vivas

Italian: ebollizione di sabbia

Portuguese: passagem a movediça

Dutch: opbarsten van zandbodem (bijvoorbeeld door piping)