Glossary

French: fondation ou base d'une jetée ou d'un puits

German: Pfeilergründung

Spanish: arranque de un espigón

Italian: fondazione di pile, fondazione a pozzo

Portuguese: pegão, fundação por poços, tubulão

Dutch: paal fundament

A perforated pipe installed in the ground to measure groundwater pressure / head in any desired stratum. It is typically sealed along its length, open to atmosphere at the top and perforated only in the desired stratum to allow water inflow from that stra

French: piézomètre

German: Pegel

Spanish: piezometro

Italian: piezometro

Portuguese: piezometro

Dutch: waterspanningsmeter

French: hauteur, charge piézométrique

German: Pegelhöhe

Spanish: altura piezométrica

Italian: altezza piezometrica

Portuguese: altura piezometrica

Dutch: waterspanningshoogte

French: surface piézométrique

German: Pegelniveau

Spanish: nivel piezométrico

Italian: superficie piezometrica

Portuguese: superficie piezometrica

Dutch: piezemetriach oppervlak

Plug-like device used to clean out a pipeline. Also used in a tremie pipe to keep concrete separate from water or slurry at the start of placement. See also Go Devil

French: furet/râcleur

A slender deep foundation unit, made of wood, steel, or concrete, or combinations thereof, which is either pre-manufactured and placed by driving, jacking, jetting, or screwing, or cast-in-situ in a hole formed by driving, excavating, or boring. A pile c

French: pieu

German: Pfahl

Italian: palo

Portuguese: estaca

Dutch: paal

French: sonnette

German: Rammgerüst

Spanish: machina

Italian: attrezzatura per l'infissione dei pali

Portuguese: bate-estacas

Dutch: heiframe

French: pouvoir portant des pieux

German: Pfahltragfähigkeit

Spanish: carga de hundimiento de un pilote

Italian: capacità portante del palo

Portuguese: capacidade de carga de estaca

Dutch: paaldraagvermogen

Two or more piles driven in a row transverse to the long dimension of a structure, such as a bridge foundation, and fastened together by capping and/or bracing.

Colloquial term for a member of a pile crew