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BORROW DITCH [1 record]

Record 1 2012-06-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Earthmoving
  • Natural Construction Materials
  • Road Construction
DEF

An excavation, outside the limits of the building works or road being constructed, from which the material necessary for the construction is produced.

CONT

Where the amount of cut is insufficient for filling, the deficiency must be made up by hauling from borrow pits.

OBS

barrow pit: a term used chiefly in [the] western U.S. [United States] for a borrow pit ...

OBS

borrow pit: term officially approved by the Engineering Terminology Working Group.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Terrassement
  • Matériaux de construction naturels
  • Construction des voies de circulation
DEF

Excavation généralement réalisée hors de l'emprise de l'ouvrage, d'où sont extraits des matériaux utilisés à la construction de cet ouvrage : remblais, granulats [...]

OBS

Au Québec, on emploie à tort «banc d'emprunt». Toutefois, l'usage de ce terme est bien ancré. Comme les matériaux nécessaires sont souvent des matériaux meubles, on confond emprunt et sablière.

OBS

carrière d'emprunt : terme uniformisé par le Groupe de travail de terminologie du génie.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Remoción de tierras
  • Materiales de construcción naturales
  • Construcción de carreteras
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