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Author:
Alex Greenland
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2001-05-18 |
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My question is one of terminology, not engineering. I am a translator faced with a French term, appui préfondé, literally "prefounded support". This, apparently, is a pile that is partially exposed, either because part of it stands above ground and is used as structural framing, or because a ground-level slab is cast on top of the piles and the ground around the piles is excavated in top-down construction.
Does this concept have a name in English?
Thanks very much for any help.
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Author:
Tom Sklucki
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2001-07-02 |
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The only closely related term I've come across is 'plunge column' to describe a steel column section inserted into the top of a cast in situ concrete pile.
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