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English Construction / Civil Engineering Translation Glossary

English term		English translation
hard soil		bedrock
heading = advance		advance heading [spec. term: tunneling, civil engineering]	Tony M
Entered by: Tony M
High (mechanical) energy work-up of substances bound in materials and/or article		mechanical stressing (testing)
in advance		whose location is (was) decided in advance
in situ surface		area of installed flooring
in the presence of		in the presence of
inches / feet and fractions / decimals		1. generally feet, sometimes inches, item stds differ - 2. for lay: always fractions	Tony M
Entered by: Tony M
inter-arcing		the skill of working with other cranes in the vicinity and avoid interference
landlord's fascia		front wall, fascia: horizontal flat part of architrave
Let out on hire		lease or rent
level references		establish horizontal reference lines with a spirit level	sazo
Entered by: sazo
live load vs. dead load		live load vs. dead load
load letter		letter indicating the predicted consumption of electric power...
long-term retarding admixture		substance added to cement/concrete, during mixing, to delay setting
mandoor		a door large enough for a person to enter the vessel/tank
Marking post		story pole
mass excavator		An excavator purpose-built for mass excavation
milestone criteria		requirements of a particular stage of construction
motor graders		see more below
mulilla de arrastre de arena		drag shovel..	airmailrpl
Entered by: airmailrpl
of building		of the (building) project
OHP		overhead premium (if the context allows)
overlapping (in this context)		overlapping material for making joints
PAO		polyalphaolefin
plant hire firms		a company (firm) that purchases equipment/systems/plants and then rents them to their customers	Ramona Ali
Entered by: Ramona Ali
pop-ups (in concrete)		obstructions/protrusions such as pipes, conduits, or rebar sticking up.	David Koppel
Entered by: David Koppel
pounded filled concrete		shall be covered with pounded, filled concrete floor
power of attorney		Poderes
programme		government program
rake		sloped edge of a roof
reinstatement		restoration to pre-building-work condition
released persons		dismissed persons/employees
rights of ways		rights of way
roof jack		roof bracket/flashing
sacred space		religious building	Nedra Rivera Huntington
Entered by: Nedra Rivera Huntington
scaffolds		framework to support workers
set in its own grounds		situated on its own land
shear strength vs. shear resistance		limit vs. proportion - see detailed answer
sheet rock		wall board
shift centers		each window will be at a different position relative to its room

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