Nov 13, 2014 15:07
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French term

voiles par passes

French to English Tech/Engineering Construction / Civil Engineering
This relates to excavation work prior to building a new building, when the excavations touch an adjoining building. I've found some info here that might help: http://www.roissy-tp.fr/activites/voiles/

All suggestions welcome - this is found in a legal document and is not at all my area of expertise!

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retaining wall, constructed section by section

The voile is most likely a retaining wall, a structure built to stabilise the ground before a structure is built in places where there is not enough space to create embankments/shallower slopes.

From this link, it would appear that the "par passes" means that the concrete is applied "section-by-section" (in this example by being sprayed, rather than poured).

http://www.chantiers.gfc-construction.fr/hotelregionauvergne...

This link indicates the difference between "par passes" and "continu" (slide 22):

http://www.cfms-sols.org/sites/default/files/manifestations/...

And this explanation outlines how you basically create the wall "bit by bit" rather than trying to do the whole thing at once:

Réaliser un voile en passe alternée demande beaucoup de moyens en matériel.

La passe alterné veut dire qu'au lieu d'ouvrir sur toute la longeur du mur, vous allez devoir terrasser par zones de 1.50m / 2m de long. Réaliser la fondation et le mur puis re-terrasser a côté et recommencer à faire la fondation et mur en faisant le clavetage avec le mur que vous aviez réaliser avant.

"Un petit conseil si vous souhaitez faire çà, faites faire une étude de sol pour vérifier que le terrain peut permettre cette technique et faites venir un huissier pour faire un état des lieux de la maison de votre voisin. Si il y a des fissures qui se créé sur sa maison, il y aura problème."

[Source: http://www.forumconstruire.com/construire/topic-265612-reali...
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