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construction work [1 record]

Record 1 2016-05-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Construction
DEF

Work in erecting buildings, providing other structures, such as bridges and viaducts, improving harbors, digging canals, making and repairing highways, etc.

OBS

... the term [construction work] includes reconstruction, and applies to the strengthening, by the addition of stays and supports, of a completed building found to be faulty.

OBS

construction work: term standardized by ISO.

OBS

construction operations: term standardized by Environment Canada and the Translation Bureau for use in the Air Pollutant Emission Inventory Report.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Construction
DEF

Activité relative à l'édification de constructions ou d'éléments de construction.

OBS

construction : terme et définition normalisés par l'ISO.

OBS

activités de construction : terme normalisé par Environnement Canada et le Bureau de la traduction dans le cadre de l'Inventaire des émissions de polluants atmosphériques.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Construcción
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