Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

asiento

English translation:

settling

Added to glossary by liz askew
Oct 6, 2008 15:15
15 yrs ago
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Spanish term

asiento

Spanish to English Tech/Engineering Construction / Civil Engineering pilotes
En el caso de realizar pruebas de carga, si éstas produjesen ***asientos*** excesivos y se demostrase que ello se debía a defecto del pilote, por causas imputables al Contratista, el Director de las Obras podrá ordenar la ejecución, a cargo del Contratista, de nuevas series de control sobre tres (3) pilotes, por cada pilote defectuoso encontrado. En el caso de realizar pruebas de carga suplementarias, se aplicará sobre el pilote una carga máxima del ciento veinticinco por ciento (125%) de la de trabajo.
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Oct 20, 2008 07:24: liz askew Created KOG entry

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settling

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Solving drainage problems in turf, tree and landscaping plantings
Although excessive drainage can be a problem on some coarser textured sandy soils and ... or excessive settling, moisture and aeration problems will result. ...
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Contained plantings
In freestanding planters, this can be as simple as drainage holes in the bottom ... compacting just enough to support the plant without excessive settling. ...
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Remediation Manual for Petroleum Contaminated Sites - Google Books Result
by David L. Russell - 1992 - Science - 175 pages
Unless the backfill is properly compacted, excessive settling of structure ... 1 shows a typical layout of a drainage system. Note that the water table is ...
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Collins Sp-En

asiento =

settling, sediment
Peer comment(s):

agree Jennifer Levey : Yes, that is the usual term
3 mins
Yep. Thank you!
agree Rodrigo Tejeda
36 mins
agree Carla Selyer
2 hrs
agree Sam Rios : Este es el termino que se utiliza en la construccion
6 hrs
agree eski : In case of poor soil conditions, the foundation is usually placed on piles. Even with the foundation placed on piles, settling can still occur from ...Saludos!
11 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Selected automatically based on peer agreement."
2 mins

settlements

me parece que esta palabra quedaría bien
Peer comment(s):

neutral Jennifer Levey : 'settl' is OK, but the correct term ends with 'ing'
21 mins
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9 mins

sinkage

An option.
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