Glossary

Shipworm

See Marine Borer

French: taret/terrède/ver de bateaux

Shoe Plates

Reinforcing plates added to flanges and possible web of H-section to reinforce the point to improve penetration into dense materials. See Pile Shoe.

Shook Out

Running steel sheet piles up and down in the interlocks to insure they are free sliding before driving

Shop Drawing

Detailed drawing expanding on information shown on design drawing. Work can be constructed from this drawing.

French: plan/dessin d'exécution

shoring

1. Support for the sides of any excavation. 2. Support for structure, especially in underpinning. See Bracing

French: étayage

German: Abstützung

Spanish: apuntalamiento

Italian: puntellamento

Portuguese: escoramento

Dutch: afschoring, stempeling

shotcrete

French: béton projeté

German: Spritzbeton

Spanish: hormigón lanzado

Italian: calcestruzzo proiettato, calcestruzzo spruzzato

Portuguese: betáo projectado

Dutch: spuitbeton

Shoulder Pipe

See End Pipe.

shovel

French: pelle

German: Schaufel

Spanish: pala, lampa

Italian: pala, badile, draga

Portuguese: pá

Dutch: shovel

shrinkage

French: retrait

German: Schwinden

Spanish: retracción

Italian: ritiro

Portuguese: contracção, retracção

Dutch: krimp

Side Batter

Colloquial term for inclination of a pile left or right from the boom direction