Glossary

See Seawall

Colloquial term for the top of a pile, originally referring to the widest part of of a timber pile or tree trunk, normally driven with the narrowest part, or tip, down first. See also Pile Head.

A structural member constructed on the tops of piles to transmit and distribute the load of the structure down to the head of a pile, a row of piles, or a pile group.

French: casque (pieux)

German: Pfahlkopfplatte

Spanish: encepado

Italian: piastra di collegamento di pali, pulvino

Portuguese: encabecamento de estacas

Dutch: paalmuts

A highly organic soil consisting chiefly of fragmented remains of vegetable matter which was sequentially deposited. Typically has a spongy consistency.

French: tourbe

German: Torf

Spanish: turba

Italian: torba

Portuguese: turfa

Dutch: veen

Long handled tool similar to a cant hook but with a steel point at its end and a hinged hook for turning piles or timbers .

French: croc à levier/grappin

French: caillou/pierraille

German: Kieselstein

Spanish: morrillos

Italian: ciottolo

Portuguese: pedra, seixo, cascalho, calhau

Dutch: kiezelsteen

A cast-in-place concrete end-bearing pile, frequently patented, constructed so that concrete is placed or forced out into a bulb or pedestal at the base of the pile. See also Compacted Concrete Pile.

French: socle, pédestal

German: Sockel

Spanish: pedestal

Italian: piedestallo

Portuguese: soco, embasamento

Dutch: voetstuk

A tree trunk from which all of the bark has been removed before treating and /or driving

French: écorcé/déroulé

See Leads, Swinging

French: injection de pénétration

German: Eindringinjektion

Italian: iniezione a penetrazione

Portuguese: injecção de penetração

Dutch: groutinjectie