PROGRAMA

PROGRAMA ACADÉMICO
ACADÉMICO DE DE
FORMACIÓN
FORMACIÓN GENERAL
GENERAL

GLOSSARY OF CIVIL
ENGINEERING TERMS

INGLÉS
DICTIONARY FOR CONSTRUCTION WORKERS
AND ENGINEERS

UNIVERSIDAD SEÑOR DE SIPAN

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UNIVERSIDAD SEÑOR DE SIPÁN

FACULTY OF ENGINEERING, URBANISM

AND ARCHITECTURE

PROFESSIONAL ACADEMIC SCHOOL OF CIVIL

ENGINEERING

CREDITABLE PRODUCT:
GLOSSARY OF TERMS

STUDENT:
JEYSER VASQUEZ BUSTAMANTE

TEACHER:
MORISAKI MEGO FRANCISCO PEDRO

2017 - II
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GLOSSARY OF TERMS
“A”

1. ABACUS: Square stone or board that ends the

capital of a column to increase the contact area
between the column and the beams, It was very
used by the Romans.

2. FINISHING: Any completion of a work in which decorative elements are

used. For example: moldings on doors, windows, lintels, corners, etc. They
are all the works that are carried out to finish the works.

3. HAULAGE: Consists in the transport of materials from the excavation or

production sites, to the disposal or application sites (El Sitio or El Bote).

4. LEDGE: Bottom of the window or

coronation of the sill, which reveals the
thickness of the wall or wall.

5. ADDITIVES: Material different from the aggregate, used to modify, improve

or impart special properties to concrete mixtures.

6. ADOBE: Piece for construction made of a mass of mud (clay and sand)
mixed with straw, molded in the shape of brick and dried in the sun; with
them walls are built.

7. ADOQUIN: They are stones or blocks and rectangular shaped that are used
in the construction of pavements.

8. TOWNHOUSE: This is built together with another, with which it shares one
or more side walls.
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“B”

9. DANCER: Equipment used for the realization of

compacted filling and percussion work generated
by pressure.

10. BRIQUETAS: Shows that the pavement is taken to

make tests of quality control and condition of the
road in question.

11. BARRACANA: Drainage pipe in the retaining walls, it is PVC FOUR ".

12. BOTTLE: Place destined to deposit or discard debris and / or granular

materials that are the product of the movement of lands in a certain
construction.

13. BLOCK: Large piece of a compact material.

14. BASE: This layer has the purpose of absorbing those transmitted by the
loads of the vehicles and, in addition, uniformly distributes these efforts to the
base and through it to the ground of foundation.

“C”

15. HEAD: Short and horizontal wood located on the top of a pillar, which serves
as support for the beams.
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16. CACHIMBO: Device that connects the sewage collection pipes of the
building with the embedment thereof.

17. CANGREJERAS: Empty or air spaces that occur in concrete elements due
to deficiency or excessive vibration.

18. COLUMN: Vertical structural support element with circular or rectangular

section. Vertical element that receives the load according to the direction of
its longitudinal axes.

“D”

19. DEMOLITION: Action to demolish concrete elements and asphalt.

20. MIXING DESIGN: Process by which the

design of a certain mixture is projected, for a
determined resistance.

21. DISMANTLING: separating the pieces of a thing

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22. SHOE: Part of the road used for the circulation of vehicles. It consists of a
number of lanes.

23. CHANNEL: A construction that can be natural or artificial destined to the

transport of all types of fluids.

24. QUARRY: It is a mining operation, generally in the open, in which industrial,

ornamental or arid rocks are obtained

25. DRAINAGE: Medium or utensil that is used to drain.

“E”

26. BUILDING: construction whose main function is to house people, animals or

things.

27. EXECUTION: Action to carry out an established activity.

28. SPLICE: Union or link of two things.

29. EQUIPMENT: Collection of utensils, instruments and special devices for a

specific purpose.
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“F”
30. FACADE: Exterior parameter of a building, especially the main one.

31. FILTRATION: Failure that can be produced by capillary water, crabs and
porosities in the pipes.

32. MILLING MACHINE: is a machine tool used to perform machining by chip

removal by the movement of a rotary tool with several cutting edges called a
milling cutter.

33. FOUNDATION: element of the structure whose function is the transmission

of forces to the terrain generated by the external loads applied to the
structure.

34. FANCOIL: is a mixed conditioning and air conditioning system; It is

advantageous in buildings where it is necessary to save the maximum space

35. FACTOR COSTS: The factor of costs is defined as a change to the factor
that will cause a change in the total cost of a related cost object.
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36. FRICE: A layer of a mixture with cement that is given to a wall or wall as
finished.

37. SAFETY: Crack that occurs in an object.

“G”
38. GRAVEL: term that is given in geology and construction, to rocks with a
specific granular size.

39. DROPS: it is a hollow tube finished in its lower part in a conical shape and
closed at the top by a knob.

40. Gazette No. 5.096: Document containing the general contracting conditions
for the execution of works.

41. GEOTEXTILES: they are manufactured in oriented Polypropylene; light and

easy to install, they are applied as floor reinforcement,

“H”

42. HUMILITY: Virtue that consists in the knowledge of one's own limitations and
weaknesses and in acting in accordance with this knowledge.
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43. IRONWORK: set of pieces of iron or steel with which they adorn or reinforce
an object.

44. FOOTPRINT: mark that produces the foot in the ground in which it treads.

45. HOROMETER: is a device that registers the number of hours in which an

engine or a device, usually electrical or mechanical, has worked since the
last time

“I”

46. SWITCH: Circuit breaker that closes the current step by opening the circuit
automatically when more current passes than the circuit can carry.
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47. TOILET: Consists of a seat fixed to the floor by bolts or other removable
part.

48. INPUTS: These are the goods and services that incorporate goods or
services with added value into the process.

49. IMPLATATION: Adaptation of a standard project to local terrain conditions.

“J”

50. CONSTUCTION BOARD: Rigid, immovable joint, which is established

between two contiguous parts of a construction.

51. DILATATION GASKET: They are used to prevent cracking due to thermal
dimensional changes in the concrete.

52. JOB: Joint or discontinuity formed when a concrete surface sets before the
next batch is poured.

53. JAMBA: Vertical element of a door frame.

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“L”

54. RETICULAR SLAB: Are those slabs where the nerves are placed in two
directions before emptying a slab.
55. FOUNDATION SLAB: Compensated foundation or floating slab.

56. LOSA DE TABELONES: Hollow Block of Pottery that is used to Execute

Covers and Slabs of Mezzanine, placing it among the Souls of Joists.

57. CEMENT GROUND: Cement and water mixture

58. ARRESTO KEY: essentially comprises an external body connecting the pipe
and the hose from the shower

59. SOLID BRICK: Slabs of reinforced concrete

60. LAJA: is a type of flat rock

61. LINE OF ADDUCTION OR IMPULSION: It is the section of pipe destined to

lead the flows from the work of capture until the regulating tank or the plant
of treatment.
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“M”

62. WALLS OF CONTAINMENT: The retaining walls are used to stop land
masses or other loose materials when the conditions do not allow these
masses to assume their natural slopes.

63. LABOR: It is part of the direct cost; it implies all the workers or specialized
personnel, hired for the execution of a work.

64. MATERIALS: Set of the wide range of materials used in the construction of a
building.

65. MIX: It is a mixture (stucco) ready to use, easy to apply on walls and ceilings

“N”

66. NERVES: Vein constructed of reinforced concrete used in the construction of

roofs.

67. LEVEL: Also known as the level of air bubbles. It consists of a glass tube
almost filled with alcohol or ether, in which a movable air bubble remains.

68. COVENIN STANDARDS 2000-92: Construction sector standard that

establishes the criteria for determining measurements and coding the items
for studies, projects and construction.

69. COVENIN NORMA 2000-91: Venezuelan standard blueprint 1 roads, streets

and urban roads. nvf 2000-1 specifications and measurements.

“O”

70. PROVISIONAL WORKS: Are those necessary at the beginning of the work
(offices, warehouses, etc.), but they have their duration until the end of the
work.

71. ORGANIZATION: Important term that allows to carry in an orderly manner

any work or activity to be carried out.
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72. OMEGA: Organization of companies and active management

73. EYES OF CAT: road demarcation, road signs.

“P”

74. P.V.C: Polyvinyl chloride tube, which is generally used in sanitary pipes.

75. STONE PICADA: Term applied to any type of stone that can be used in the
construction of a building, such as granite, marble, sandstone, limestone,
etc.

76. PLANNING: Draw the plan to follow in an event or work

77. BOLTS: They fix the pillars, the beams and the other elements to the
concrete or to the factory work.

“R”

78. FROG: Minor machinery used in the construction of compacted fillings.

79. MOUSE: Minor tool used in the construction of masonry works.

80. REMOVAL: Action to remove or move any element or material.

81. PERFORMANCE: Result obtained in the execution of a specific item, taking

into account the price analysis that is made to it.

“S”

82. SPLASH: Action of coating an element with the purpose of achieving

adhesion or final finishing.

83. SOCAVATION: It is called scour to the deep excavation caused by water,

one of the types of water erosion.

84. SUPERSTRUCTURE: Part of a construction that is above ground level.

85. SUMIDERO: Cistern or depression at the point where a downpipe

discharges, to prevent any foreign body from entering the sewer.
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“T”

86. BOARD: Wooden element of flat surface used in the construction for
formwork of concrete elements.

87. STRUCTURAL TUBE: Metallic element of iron of hollow form that is used in
the construction for columns, beams and belts.

88. PIPE: Cylindrical, hollow and elongated object that is open at both ends.

89. TRONZADORA: Electrical tool that is used to cut materials (wood, iron,
steel, etc.).

“U”

90. UNIT: Measure in which the construction items are expressed.

91. UTILITY: Interest or fruit that is obtained from something.

“V”

92. EMPTYING: Action to empty concrete.

93. CLOSE: It is a flat support on which advertising posters are fixed.

94. LOAD BEAM: Element designed to support load in a certain construction.

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95. USEFUL LIFE: Probable economic duration of a building.

“Y”

96. PLASTER: Product prepared from a natural rock called aljez by dehydration.

“Z”

97. DRAWINGS: Excavation that is carried out on the ground or land for
settlement of beams or channels.

98. ZAPATA: It is the basis of a punctual body like a pillar; works basically with
compression.
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99. ZUNCHO: Steel sheet that is interposed between each two layers of
elastomer, limiting its deformability in the case of loads.

100. PLINTH: Also called skirting board, is a lower frieze of a wall, or lower
member of a pedestals.