Glossary

French: sceller

German: abdichten

Spanish: sellar

Italian: sigillatura, sbarramento

Portuguese: selar

Dutch: afdichten

French: effet saisonnier

German: jahreszeitlicher Einfluß

Spanish: efecto estacional

Italian: effetto stagionale

Portuguese: efeito sazonal

Dutch: seizoeneffect

A pile drilled so as to overlap, or cut into, an adjacent pile.

French: pieu transversal

A wall formed by a series of overlapping concrete piles that are drilled and grouted in place, and generally reinforced with a steel core beam.

French: compression secondaire

German: Sekundärdruckbelastung

Spanish: consolidación secundaria

Italian: compressione secondaria, cedimento secondario

Portuguese: compressao secundaria

Dutch: secundaire druk(-belasting)

Slurry wall panel cast against previously concreted panels.

French: panneau secondaire

French: coupe

German: Schnitt

Spanish: sección

Italian: sezione

Portuguese: sucção

Dutch: doorsnede

French: roche sédimentaire

German: Sedimentgestein

Spanish: roca sedimentaria

Italian: roccia sedimentaria

Portuguese: rocha sedimentar

Dutch: sedimentgesteente

Soil particles deposited at the base of wet-processed bored piles or drilled shafts.

French: matière en suspension

Small quantity of water percolating through a soil deposit or soil structure such as an earth dam. The quantity of subsurface water leaking into a cofferdam or a building’s underground ( basement) area.

French: percolation

German: Durchsickerung, Versickerung

Spanish: filtración

Italian: filtrazione

Portuguese: percolação