Glossary

A device at the base of the pile hammer leads which is closed arund the pile to maintain alignment between the pile and the leads

French: groupe de pieux

German: Pfahlgruppe

Spanish: grupo de pilotes

Italian: gruppo di pali

Portuguese: grupo de estacas

Dutch: paalgroep

General term for a machine which drives piling by impact or vibration. Power source may be mechanical, air,steam,diesel or hydraulic.

French: mouton

German: Pfahlrammhammer, Rammbär

Spanish: maza de hinca de pilotes

Italian: martello battipalo, maglio da battipalo

Portuguese: pilão do bate-estacas

Dutch: heinamer

Permanently frozen ground; very difficult to pentrate with piling, and unstable when disturbed.

French: gel permanent

German: Dauerfrost

Spanish: terreno helado permanentemente

Italian: permafrost, gelo perenne

Portuguese: terreno permanentemente gelado

Dutch: permafrost

French: tirant d'ancrage permanent

German: Daueranker

Italian: ancoraggio permanente

Portuguese: ancoragem definitiva

Dutch: blijvend naker

Old term; See Hydraulic conductivity

French: perméabilité

German: Durchlässigkeit, Permeabilität

Spanish: permeabilidad

Italian: permeabilità

Portuguese: permeabilidade

Dutch: doorlatendheid

French: injection d'imprégnation

German: Poreninjektion (Imprägntion durch Porenverfüllung)

Italian: iniezione di permeazione (impregnante)

Portuguese: injecção de impregnação

Dutch: impregnerend grouten

Measure of the alkalinity or acidity of a liquid using a logarithmic numerical scale of 0 to 14, set with 7.0 as neutral, less than 7.0 indicating acidity and greater than 7.0 indicating alkalinity. Based on the reciprocal of the Hydrogen ion concentrati

French: pH (potentiel Hydrogène)

French: ligne phréatique, niveau --

German: Sickerlinie, -oberfläche

Spanish: linea freática

Italian: superficie freatica

Portuguese: nivel freatico

Dutch: phreatisch oppervlak

1. A structure built perpendicular or oblique to the shoreline of a body of water for mooring ships. 2. A plain, detached mass of masonry,usually serving as a support: i.e. the pier of a bridge. 3. A deep foundation unit with a large length to diameter ra

French: pilier/jetée/môle/quai