Glossary

A natural aggregate of minerals that cannot readily be broken by hand. The ultimate soils material upon which to base a foundation. The compressive strength of good stone is greatly in excess of that of masonry. Limestones may be subject to caving as a re

French: roche, roc

German: Fels

Spanish: roca

Italian: roccia

Portuguese: rocha

Dutch: rots, gesteente

High Tensile bars or cables grouted into holes drilled into rock. See Appendix C

French: ancrage

German: Felsanker

Spanish: anclaje en roca

Italian: ancoraggio per roccia

Portuguese: ancoragem em rocha

Dutch: rotsanker

French: boulons d'ancrage

German: Felsanker, Felsnagel

Spanish: perno para roca

Italian: bullone per roccia

Portuguese: chumbadoros em rocha

Dutch: rotsanker

Pile toe protection point specifically designed to develop a toe hold on rock, or to improve penetration into boulder infested soils.

French: pourcentage de carotte

German: Wiedergewinnung

Spanish: recuperación

Italian: recupero

Portuguese: recuperação

Dutch: herstel

A temporary wood or steel sheet piling, braced, single-walled, rectangular-shaped enclosure installed to permit construction of a foundation below ground or water level.

French: refus

French: semelle rectangulaire

German: rechteckiges Fundament

Spanish: zapata rectangular

Italian: base di fondazione rettangolare

Portuguese: sapata retangular

Dutch: rechthoekige fundering

French: point de référence

German: Bezugspunkt

Spanish: punto de referencia

Italian: punto di riferimento

Portuguese: marca, referencia

Dutch: referentiepunt

The condition reached when a pile or soil sampler being driven by a hammer has negligible penetration per blow (as when the point of the pile reaches an impenetrable bottom such as rock), or when the effective energy of the hammer blow is no longer suffic

A tube with injection ports installed in a tieback, tiedown or a minipile, and used for secondary grouting.