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English Construction / Civil Engineering Translation Glossary

English term		English translation
sign onto		it mean that it ensures that all employees who have signed the Permit are protected under the Permit	airmailrpl
Entered by: airmailrpl
Skil		Skil is a name....	Rahi Moosavi
Entered by: Rahi Moosavi
skipping concrete		pouring concrete from a skip
slab-on-grade construction		slab placed at ground level
snagging		the process of checking a new building for minor faults that need to be rectified.
spec'ed		specified	Ramona Ali
Entered by: Ramona Ali
spider		rotary distributor/spider concrete placing boom
spreader boom		concrete spreader (placing) boom
statutory undertakings		bodies such as water, gas, electricity, communications and railways	Ramona Ali
Entered by: Ramona Ali
steel pieces used for shuttering?		retaining wall plates/sheets
Steel slitting		steel produced by a slitter
stinct		typo for "distinct"
striking		taking down / dismantling / removing	Tony M
Entered by: Tony M
Stub-in (branch connection)		branch connection pipe welded directly into main pipe run
studs and cats		Vertical and horizontal timber elements of stud wall
take-off		estimation (process)
the Towers		the Twin Towers in NYC that were rammed by airplanes on September 11, 2001
thermopane		type of glass that protects against sound, heat, heat loss or moisture	Marijke Singer
Entered by: Marijke Singer
to become		Omit it
toe board		fall protection
trim		trim
uncrackable		crack-resistant
under bridge		underbridge: bridge underneath a larger bridge
unguided column		column with unrestricted direction of movement
uniform		Concrete must be poured in a steady....
venitate		ventilate
vertical steel plate: height or depth?		height	Rolf Keiser
Entered by: Rolf Keiser
Waler gang forming system		system of connect forming reinforcer bar -system of a group/batch of reinforcer bars for forming
walls to mews		walls parallel to mews (former stables now mainly living accomodation)
waste		waste collection and disposal
water-conservative toilets		low water consumption toilets
What do you call a steel plate where concrete is poured [when making a floor/roof]...?		a steel deck (also called: 'steel decking')
wiggie		tester	Teresa Reinhardt
Entered by: Teresa Reinhardt

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