Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Feb 3, 2007 12:47
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Danish term
Ireland
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Works in: Danish to English, Norwegian to English, Swedish to English
spuns
Danish to English
Tech/Engineering
Construction / Civil Engineering
Af hensyn hertil tænkes ikke anvendt spuns eller lignende for afgrænsning af inddæmningen.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +1 | sheet piling |
Jens Kaestel
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| 4 | Retaining wall |
Lise Kristensen (X)
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| 4 | berm |
Suzanne Blangsted (X)
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| 3 | bung/ bunghole |
Michele Fauble
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| 1 | piles/buried supports |
William [Bill] Gray
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Jens Kaestel
Australia
Australia
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&
English
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Australia
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sheet piling
Or possibly "pile planking". 'Spuns' is sometimes used instead of 'spunsvæg'. Please refer to examples and links (some from Cph Metro stage 3 construction)
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Note added at 21 hrs (2007-02-04 10:30:01 GMT)
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Sorry, forgot to mention that "spunsvæg"="pile planking", "sheet piling", "interlocking piles" according to Allan Warrern dansk-engelsk teknisk ordbog.
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Note added at 21 hrs (2007-02-04 10:30:01 GMT)
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Sorry, forgot to mention that "spunsvæg"="pile planking", "sheet piling", "interlocking piles" according to Allan Warrern dansk-engelsk teknisk ordbog.
Example sentence:
Nedramning af spuns. (August 2004) // Spunsvægge sættes omkring 12 meter ned i jorden.....
...and backfill to the sheet pile abutments until “Stent”, the sheet piling contractors, have finished their work and left the site.
Reference:
http://www.m.dk/etape3_billeder
http://www.wiltshire.gov.uk/transport/bridge-strengthening/bridges-currently-under-construction.htm
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bung/ bunghole
Translations for: Bung
Dansk (Danish)
1.
n. - spuns, tap
v. tr. - spunse
bung (bŭng) pronunciation
n.
1. A stopper especially for the hole through which a cask, keg, or barrel is filled or emptied.
2. A bunghole.
www.answers.com/topic/bung
Dansk (Danish)
1.
n. - spuns, tap
v. tr. - spunse
bung (bŭng) pronunciation
n.
1. A stopper especially for the hole through which a cask, keg, or barrel is filled or emptied.
2. A bunghole.
www.answers.com/topic/bung
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William [Bill] Gray
Norway
Norway
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piles/buried supports
Sounds like some kind of piling, and that they do not want to make holes in the clay sediment in the bottom. Will this fit your context?
My imagination allows that they may use weights/heavy material to hold back the water dike, not piles.
But as I say, I'm guessing a bit.
My imagination allows that they may use weights/heavy material to hold back the water dike, not piles.
But as I say, I'm guessing a bit.
Note from asker:
| Mmmm. Yes, I think you are probably right. The problem is that the construction site in the middle of a small lake (in the centre of Copenhagen) will be used to build an enormous shaft to lower tunnel boring machines down about 30 metres to build the new Metro system. So I can't imagine a few extra piles would make all that much difference. |
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Retaining wall
According to Per Aarsleff A/S ' s English version om their homepage - when looking at the same pages in English and Danish.....
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berm
http://www.answers.com/topic/berm
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Note added at 2 hrs (2007-02-03 15:17:04 GMT)
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berm (bûrm)
n.
A narrow ledge or shelf, as along the top or bottom of a slope.
Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, & West Virginia. The shoulder of a road.
A raised bank or path, especially the bank of a canal opposite the towpath.
A nearly horizontal or landward-sloping portion of a beach, formed by the deposition of sediment by storm waves.
A mound or bank of earth, used especially as a barrier or to provide insulation.
The flat space between the edge of a ditch and the base of a fortification.
tr.v., bermed, berm·ing, berms.
To provide with a berm or berms.
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Note added at 2 hrs (2007-02-03 15:17:04 GMT)
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berm (bûrm)
n.
A narrow ledge or shelf, as along the top or bottom of a slope.
Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, & West Virginia. The shoulder of a road.
A raised bank or path, especially the bank of a canal opposite the towpath.
A nearly horizontal or landward-sloping portion of a beach, formed by the deposition of sediment by storm waves.
A mound or bank of earth, used especially as a barrier or to provide insulation.
The flat space between the edge of a ditch and the base of a fortification.
tr.v., bermed, berm·ing, berms.
To provide with a berm or berms.
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