Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
Dirección de Obra
English translation:
Project Management
Added to glossary by
martagp
Apr 22, 2005 07:26
19 yrs ago
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Spanish term
Dirección de Obra
Spanish to English
Tech/Engineering
Construction / Civil Engineering
Projects
In Spanish, this can be the activity "project management" but also a sort of entity being one or more persons. This "entity" is the one responsible for signing material reports, delivery certificates, etc.
I wonder whether this is a legal figure that only exists in Spain.
Would "Project Management" or "Works Management" have this double meaning (activity and group of people)?
Some websites where you can find the term used in the sense I need to translate:
http://www.geoteknia.com/servicios/servicios_cont.htm
http://www.aytoalmeria.es/db/www.nsf/0/8e4c528c46ea3a48c1256...$FILE/PRESCRIPCIONES%20TECNICAS.pdf
http://www.cfnavarra.es/camara.comptos/cas/informes/resumen....
I wonder whether this is a legal figure that only exists in Spain.
Would "Project Management" or "Works Management" have this double meaning (activity and group of people)?
Some websites where you can find the term used in the sense I need to translate:
http://www.geoteknia.com/servicios/servicios_cont.htm
http://www.aytoalmeria.es/db/www.nsf/0/8e4c528c46ea3a48c1256...$FILE/PRESCRIPCIONES%20TECNICAS.pdf
http://www.cfnavarra.es/camara.comptos/cas/informes/resumen....
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +3 | Project Management |
tazdog (X)
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| 3 +2 | Site Management |
Paula McGowan
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| 3 +1 | works management |
Stefano Asperti
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Proposed translations
+3
22 mins
Spanish term (edited):
Direcci�n de Obra
Selected
Project Management
Yes, it can refer to both an activity and a group of people.
From the Penguin Building Dictionary:
Project management - see project manager
Project manager - A person appointed by a client to plan and control a large, complex project and coordinate the building team through all stages of design and construction, as a professional service aimed at saving time and cost.
Other definitions of Project Management:
http://www.google.es/search?hl=en&q=define: "project managem...
References where it's used to refer to the people involved in this activity:
All accommodation whether provided by the employer or the employee who is in receipt of the allowance must be approved by Project Management and the relevant Union party to this Agreement.
http://tinyurl.com/8uayf
Any agency or department of UCHSC or their pre-approved contractor or architect (pre-approved by Project Management).
http://tinyurl.com/axpl8
If you are not comfortable with using "project management" to refer to the people, you can say something like "project management team/staff."
From the Penguin Building Dictionary:
Project management - see project manager
Project manager - A person appointed by a client to plan and control a large, complex project and coordinate the building team through all stages of design and construction, as a professional service aimed at saving time and cost.
Other definitions of Project Management:
http://www.google.es/search?hl=en&q=define: "project managem...
References where it's used to refer to the people involved in this activity:
All accommodation whether provided by the employer or the employee who is in receipt of the allowance must be approved by Project Management and the relevant Union party to this Agreement.
http://tinyurl.com/8uayf
Any agency or department of UCHSC or their pre-approved contractor or architect (pre-approved by Project Management).
http://tinyurl.com/axpl8
If you are not comfortable with using "project management" to refer to the people, you can say something like "project management team/staff."
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "I didn't know this "define:" parameter, very useful indeed!"
+1
19 mins
Stefano Asperti
Italy
Italy
Italy
Reliable and precise
Native in: Italian
Works in: English to Italian, German to Italian
Spanish term (edited):
Direcci�n de Obra
works management
Declined
I put a low confidence level because I don't translate from Spanish. Yet, reading the explanations, I think that "dirección de obra" corresponds to the italian "direzione dei lavori" (lavori = works). That consists in: 1) superintending the works: the "direttore dei lavori" (works manager) visits the yard and gives orders and instructions to carry out the projected work in its different parts, etc., 2) making sure that the work is carried out in accordance with the structural project.
However, I can assure that it's not a legal figure that only exists in Spain. Bye!
However, I can assure that it's not a legal figure that only exists in Spain. Bye!
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Tatty
: I agree, its the job of the top engineer whose profile will be set out in the tender documents
28 mins
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+2
1 hr
Paula McGowan
Australia
Australia
Native in English
Australia
Specialising in creative translations
Native in: English 
Works in: French to English, German to English, Spanish to English
Spanish term (edited):
Direcci�n de Obra
Site Management
I would tend to go with Site Management, bearing in mind REA´s definitions of Obra as "Lugar donde se está construyendo algo".
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