The surveying act of putting stakes in the ground where the piles are to be driven.
French: jalonnement/bornage
stanchion
Prefabricated steel or concrete columns pre-installed in bored piles or drilled shafts to be used as support for Top-Down construction of below-grade structures.
French: étançon/contre-fiche/soutien
Standard Penetration Test
See N Value.
Sonic Driver
A machine designed to drive piles using high frequency vibrations in the lower sonic range that cause the pile to resonate.
French: Fonçage par vibrations acoustiques
Sonic logging
See cross-hole sonic logging
sonic test
French: essai d'ausculatation sonique par réflexion
German: Ultraschallversuch
Italian: prova sonica
Portuguese: ensaio sónico
Dutch: (ultra-)sonore, akoestische test
sounding
A method of examining soil to 20 to 30 ft depth by driving or hydraulically pushing a cone, steel rod or small diameter pipe (gas pipe) into the ground with a hammer or maul. With experience, the movement of the rod or pipe under each hammer blow can giv
French: sondage
German: Sondierung
Spanish: sondage
Italian: scandaglio
Portuguese: sondagem
Dutch: sondering
spacer
Device attached to the face of a reinforcing cage to position the cage in the excavation, and provide the required concrete cover.
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