Glossary

See Line Oiler. Lubricator or Oiler also refers to the assistant equipment operator.

French: graisseur/lubrificateur

Maintained Load Test. Load test accomplished by applying an increasing load in defined increments and holding each level until such time that the pile top (head) displacement stabilizes or a specified time period is attained. A force vs displacement cur

French: remblai

German: aufgeschütteter Boden

Spanish: terreno de relleno

Italian: terreno di riporto

Portuguese: aterro

Dutch: aangebrachte grond

French: essai de chargement par palier

German: lastgesteuerte Probebelastung

Italian: carico di prova costante

Portuguese: ensaio de carga

Dutch: test met aangehouden belasting

An empty closed-end tubular section, driven into the ground within operating radius of a pile rig. Corrugated shell is lowered into the hole to facilitate inserting a mandrel, thereby allowing the use of shorter leads or longer lengths of shell. The she

A core that is inserted into a closed-end thin-shell tubular pile for driving; after installation the mandrel is contracted and withdrawn; (1) Solid or semi-solid mandrel – A heavy tubular section that will transmit the hammer energy to either the casing

French: mandrin/burin

Any below ground man-made object, such as concrete, timber, building rubble, abandoned utilities, which cannot be easily removed by clamshell bucket or drilling tool.

French: manchon, chemise

German: Mantel, Hülle, Verbindungsmuffe

Spanish: manguito

Italian: manicotto del mandrino

Portuguese: camisa, involucro

Dutch: mantel, mouw

One of several species of mollusks (Teredo – “Shipworm,” Bankia, Pholad) and crustaceans (Limnoria-tripunctata, quadripunctata, Lignorum) that bore into untreated wood and concrete. Preservative pressure treatment is effective in protecting wood from the

French: taret/tarrède/ver de bateaux/xylophage marin

French: dépôt marin

German: Meeresablagerung

Spanish: depósito marino

Italian: deposito marino

Portuguese: depósito marinho

Dutch: marine afzetting