Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
à pleine fouille
English translation:
options
Added to glossary by
Jean-Paul VIGUIÉ
Sep 26, 2010 16:02
13 yrs ago
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French term
France
TOEIC 985
Native in: French
Works in: English to French, French to English, Spanish to French, and 3 more.
à pleine fouille
French to English
Tech/Engineering
Construction / Civil Engineering
dans la phrase:
"la partie inférieure des massifs sera bétonnée à pleine fouille"
J'ai bien compris que c'est la première couche celle qui est en contact avec la terre et sur la quelle, en principe, repose le ferraillage qui ne sera pas en contact avec la terre du fond de l'excavation. Je cherche l'expression typiquement anglaise.
Merci d'avance pour le coup de main
"la partie inférieure des massifs sera bétonnée à pleine fouille"
J'ai bien compris que c'est la première couche celle qui est en contact avec la terre et sur la quelle, en principe, repose le ferraillage qui ne sera pas en contact avec la terre du fond de l'excavation. Je cherche l'expression typiquement anglaise.
Merci d'avance pour le coup de main
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 | options |
Bourth (X)
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| 5 | against earth |
Richard Hedger
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| 5 | directly into the excavation. |
Sanjay Kesharwani
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| 4 | whole excavation |
narasimha (X)
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| 4 | without formwork |
kashew
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| 1 | against natural ground |
Alain Mouchel
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Proposed translations
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Selected
options
I can't think of a specific expression for this. You can try some of these:
Others are supported by concrete pads POURED DIRECTLY INTO THE GROUND and others are supported by concrete piers which are poured into holes ...
www.wooden-garden-sheds.info/foundation-choices-for-wooden-...
buildings built on footers POURED DIRECTLY INTO THE GROUND with no form. ..... Pouring concrete without forms is only for mad dogs and ...
www.homesteadingtoday.com › ... › Shop Talk
Slab is a flat concrete pad POURED DIRECTLY INTO THE GROUND. It works well on level sites in warmer climates. Basement foundation areas are used to open up ...
basementireland.com/Services.html
1. It appears you're boring holes for reinforced concrete pilings , POURED DIRECTLY INTO THE GROUND. Whatever that "soil" is from the hole, ...
www.machinistweb.com/forum/showthread.php?p=3552
POURED DIRECTLY ONTO THE GROUND, the footers serve as the base that ...
www.ehow.com/how_6159078_pour-concrete-footers.html
Generally, concrete is POURED DIRECTLY ONTO THE GROUND and encases the tops of the piles to a depth of about 75 mm. The thickness of the cap must be ...
books.google.com/books?isbn=0419258302...
A concrete slab is POURED DIRECTLY ONTO THE GROUND in a basement. The lower temperature of the ground under the slab from the inside air causes heat to ...
www.isolofoam.com/anglais/appli_isolation/dalle.php
A slab foundation is usually CONCRETE POURED DIRECTLY ONTO THE GROUND. You would dig the perimeter footings and then you would also remove enough of the ...
www.diynetwork.com/remodeling/a-strong.../index.html
Concrete in smaller pools is 4 in. instead of 6 in. thick, and is POURED DIRECTLY INTO THE EXCAVATION without cinders or gravel underneath. ...
books.google.com/books?id=g98DAAAAMBAJ...
Concrete is sometimes CAST AGAINST THE EXCAVATION, but care must be taken that this does not give inferior results, caused by the earth absorbing water from ...
seam.ustb.edu.cn/UploadFile/20091020085837984.ppt
Concrete protection for reinforcement shall be at least 3” to earth when the concrete is POURED AGAINST THE EARTH. (ACI 318-05 section 7.7.1). F. Mortar keY ...
www.sandiego.gov/development-services/industry/pdf/.../ib22...
foundations POURED AGAINST THE EARTH require the following ... detail all concrete walls and beams on the shop drawings in ...
www.thomcoent.com/bidopps/Eglin Safe Room/.../(o)-09013-s1....
However, when the soil is exposed and the concrete foundation is POURED AGAINST THE SOIL, we would probably need to be more conservative in ...
www.eng-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=58381&page=9
The concrete code specifies that CONCRETE POURED AGAINST THE SOIL must provide a minimum of 3in [76mm] of concrete cover {protection) for the steel and ...
books.google.com/books?isbn=047114066X...
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Note added at 14 hrs (2010-09-27 06:26:11 GMT)
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As I initimated to Barbara below, these are options. Up to you, on the strength of your context, to decide if the concrete foundation is in/on rock, earth, etc.
If rock foundations are not particularly sound, before the actual foundation concrete is poured it may be necessary to carry out what is called "dental work", removing loose rock, removing earth from cracks, filling dips and dents with concrete, like fillings in teeth. This would tend to be for large foundations.
On the other hand, your massifs might be little more than concrete blobs at the bottom of fenceposts, at the bottom of a hole dug in the earth.
Or anything in between. Using "excavation" would get round this issue if there is any doubt.
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Note added at 16 hrs (2010-09-27 08:23:06 GMT)
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soil (1) [s.m.] In the engineering sense, soil is gravels, sands, silts, clays, peats and all other loose materials including topsoil, down to bedrock. In agriculture only the A-, B-, and C-horizons are soil.
[Scott/Penguin Dict. of Civil Engineering]
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Note added at 16 hrs (2010-09-27 08:26:03 GMT)
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The opening lines of "Soil Mechanics" by R.F. Craig [Chapman&Hall] read "To the civil engineer, soil is any uncemented or weakly cemented accumulation of mineral particles formed by the weathering of rocks, the void space between the particles containing water and/or air ..."
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Note added at 16 hrs (2010-09-27 08:35:33 GMT)
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The first page of "An Introduction to the Mechanics of Soils and Foundations" by John Atkinson [McGraw-Hill International Series in Civil Engineering" reads " Most people have some direct personal experience of soil mechanics and geotechnical engineering. Children at the beach digging holes in the sand, making sand-castles and building dams across streams or, in the kitchen, playing with sugar, salt, or flour, or in the playroom using plasticine, or in the country losing their boots in the mud are learning about soil mechanics and geotechnical engineering. Soils behave in a variety of ways. Dry sand will pour like water but it will form a cone, and you can make a sand-castle and measure its compressive strength as you would a concrete cylinder. [ ... ] Clay behaves more like plasticine or butter. [...] Engineering soils are mostly just broken up rock, which is sometimes decomposed into clay, so they are simply collections of particles. In the ground they are usually saturated so the void spaces between the grains are filled with water. Rocks are really strongly cemented soils but they are often cracked and jointed so they are like soil in which the grains fit very closely together. Natural soils and rocks appear in other disciplines such as agriculture and mineral exploitation but in these cases their biological and chemical properties are more important than their mechanical properties. Soils are granular materials and principles of soil mechanics are relevant to storage and transportation of other granular materials such as mineral ores and grain".
Others are supported by concrete pads POURED DIRECTLY INTO THE GROUND and others are supported by concrete piers which are poured into holes ...
www.wooden-garden-sheds.info/foundation-choices-for-wooden-...
buildings built on footers POURED DIRECTLY INTO THE GROUND with no form. ..... Pouring concrete without forms is only for mad dogs and ...
www.homesteadingtoday.com › ... › Shop Talk
Slab is a flat concrete pad POURED DIRECTLY INTO THE GROUND. It works well on level sites in warmer climates. Basement foundation areas are used to open up ...
basementireland.com/Services.html
1. It appears you're boring holes for reinforced concrete pilings , POURED DIRECTLY INTO THE GROUND. Whatever that "soil" is from the hole, ...
www.machinistweb.com/forum/showthread.php?p=3552
POURED DIRECTLY ONTO THE GROUND, the footers serve as the base that ...
www.ehow.com/how_6159078_pour-concrete-footers.html
Generally, concrete is POURED DIRECTLY ONTO THE GROUND and encases the tops of the piles to a depth of about 75 mm. The thickness of the cap must be ...
books.google.com/books?isbn=0419258302...
A concrete slab is POURED DIRECTLY ONTO THE GROUND in a basement. The lower temperature of the ground under the slab from the inside air causes heat to ...
www.isolofoam.com/anglais/appli_isolation/dalle.php
A slab foundation is usually CONCRETE POURED DIRECTLY ONTO THE GROUND. You would dig the perimeter footings and then you would also remove enough of the ...
www.diynetwork.com/remodeling/a-strong.../index.html
Concrete in smaller pools is 4 in. instead of 6 in. thick, and is POURED DIRECTLY INTO THE EXCAVATION without cinders or gravel underneath. ...
books.google.com/books?id=g98DAAAAMBAJ...
Concrete is sometimes CAST AGAINST THE EXCAVATION, but care must be taken that this does not give inferior results, caused by the earth absorbing water from ...
seam.ustb.edu.cn/UploadFile/20091020085837984.ppt
Concrete protection for reinforcement shall be at least 3” to earth when the concrete is POURED AGAINST THE EARTH. (ACI 318-05 section 7.7.1). F. Mortar keY ...
www.sandiego.gov/development-services/industry/pdf/.../ib22...
foundations POURED AGAINST THE EARTH require the following ... detail all concrete walls and beams on the shop drawings in ...
www.thomcoent.com/bidopps/Eglin Safe Room/.../(o)-09013-s1....
However, when the soil is exposed and the concrete foundation is POURED AGAINST THE SOIL, we would probably need to be more conservative in ...
www.eng-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=58381&page=9
The concrete code specifies that CONCRETE POURED AGAINST THE SOIL must provide a minimum of 3in [76mm] of concrete cover {protection) for the steel and ...
books.google.com/books?isbn=047114066X...
--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 14 hrs (2010-09-27 06:26:11 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------
As I initimated to Barbara below, these are options. Up to you, on the strength of your context, to decide if the concrete foundation is in/on rock, earth, etc.
If rock foundations are not particularly sound, before the actual foundation concrete is poured it may be necessary to carry out what is called "dental work", removing loose rock, removing earth from cracks, filling dips and dents with concrete, like fillings in teeth. This would tend to be for large foundations.
On the other hand, your massifs might be little more than concrete blobs at the bottom of fenceposts, at the bottom of a hole dug in the earth.
Or anything in between. Using "excavation" would get round this issue if there is any doubt.
--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 16 hrs (2010-09-27 08:23:06 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------
soil (1) [s.m.] In the engineering sense, soil is gravels, sands, silts, clays, peats and all other loose materials including topsoil, down to bedrock. In agriculture only the A-, B-, and C-horizons are soil.
[Scott/Penguin Dict. of Civil Engineering]
--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 16 hrs (2010-09-27 08:26:03 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------
The opening lines of "Soil Mechanics" by R.F. Craig [Chapman&Hall] read "To the civil engineer, soil is any uncemented or weakly cemented accumulation of mineral particles formed by the weathering of rocks, the void space between the particles containing water and/or air ..."
--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 16 hrs (2010-09-27 08:35:33 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------
The first page of "An Introduction to the Mechanics of Soils and Foundations" by John Atkinson [McGraw-Hill International Series in Civil Engineering" reads " Most people have some direct personal experience of soil mechanics and geotechnical engineering. Children at the beach digging holes in the sand, making sand-castles and building dams across streams or, in the kitchen, playing with sugar, salt, or flour, or in the playroom using plasticine, or in the country losing their boots in the mud are learning about soil mechanics and geotechnical engineering. Soils behave in a variety of ways. Dry sand will pour like water but it will form a cone, and you can make a sand-castle and measure its compressive strength as you would a concrete cylinder. [ ... ] Clay behaves more like plasticine or butter. [...] Engineering soils are mostly just broken up rock, which is sometimes decomposed into clay, so they are simply collections of particles. In the ground they are usually saturated so the void spaces between the grains are filled with water. Rocks are really strongly cemented soils but they are often cracked and jointed so they are like soil in which the grains fit very closely together. Natural soils and rocks appear in other disciplines such as agriculture and mineral exploitation but in these cases their biological and chemical properties are more important than their mechanical properties. Soils are granular materials and principles of soil mechanics are relevant to storage and transportation of other granular materials such as mineral ores and grain".
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "thanks a lot very helpful"
13 mins
Alain Mouchel
Native in French
Experience and accuracy
Native in: French 
Works in: English to French, Danish to French
Related KudoZ points
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21
against natural ground
against natural ground
Note from asker:
| thanks |
25 mins
whole excavation
Concreting is done in the whole/entire excavation while putting the foundation, on which the piles with reinforcement come up. This is necessary to ensure that the reinforcement are not in direct contact with the soil, and usually this area of concreteing will be more than the area of the pile or beam(in some cases) to take the load of the structure depending on the condition /strength (load bearing capacity) of the soil.
Note from asker:
| thnaks |
31 mins
without formwork
DTU 13.11 norme P11-211:
§ 3.3
Les semelles peuvent être bétonnées à pleine fouille, c'est à dire sans coffrage latéral si les parois présentent une tenue suffisante.
§ 3.3
Les semelles peuvent être bétonnées à pleine fouille, c'est à dire sans coffrage latéral si les parois présentent une tenue suffisante.
1 hr
Richard Hedger
Switzerland
Switzerland
Native in English
Specializes in field
Switzerland
Related KudoZ points
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450
against earth
I do not think this is the blinding layer as you seem to suggest. I believe its the part of the foundation that is simply below ground to ensure greater adherence - generally the case when there is little or no rebar work involved.
Note from asker:
| thanks |
20 hrs
Sanjay Kesharwani
Native in English
Works in field
Patent, Technical & Legal Translator
Native in: English 
, Hindi
Works in: French to English, German to English, Hindi to English, and 7 more.
directly into the excavation.
In my opinion, the phrase:- la partie inférieure des massifs sera bétonnée à pleine fouille" simply means -
- In the lower part of the massif, concreting will be done directly into the escavation -
Perhaps, an earlier proz.com entry would be helpful.
- In the lower part of the massif, concreting will be done directly into the escavation -
Perhaps, an earlier proz.com entry would be helpful.
Example sentence:
In geology, a massif is a section of a planet's crust that is demarcated by faults or flexures. In the movement of the crust, a massif tends to retain its internal structure while being displaced as a whole.
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