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WRECKING [6 records]

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Record 1 - external organization data 2021-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Museums and Heritage (General)
OBS

wrecking ball : an item in the "Construction Tools and Equipment" class of the "Tools and Equipment for Science and Technology" category.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Muséologie et patrimoine (Généralités)
OBS

boulet de démolition : objet de la classe «Outils et équipement de construction» de la catégorie «Outillage et équipement pour les sciences et la technologie».

Spanish

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Record 2 2019-08-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Demolition
  • Blasting (Construction)
CONT

Demolition workers tear down anything from high-rise apartment buildings to bridges or factories. Demolition includes blasting, which is the use of explosives, and wrecking with the use of machinery and equipment.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Démolition
  • Dynamitage (Construction)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Nombramiento de cargos (Generalidades)
  • Demolición
  • Voladura (Construcción)
CONT

La demolición de un edificio en condiciones de seguridad depende en gran medida de sus conocimientos y experiencia como supervisor y de su destreza como obrero de demolición.

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Record 3 2015-03-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oil Drilling
  • Types of Ships and Boats
CONT

... floating drilling vessels [include] the two surface-type mobile units, i.e., the ship and barge units, and the column-stabilized or semi-submersible units.

CONT

Drilling vessels that are essentially of ship or barge type, of normal configuration and proportions, and which operate in all conditions as typical surface displacement vessels, are to have scantlings that meet the requirements of "Rules for Building and Classing Steel Vessels" or "Rules for Building and Classing Steel Barges for Offshore Service" of current issue. Additional consideration for unusual loadings due to drilling operations, mooring, etc., and for unusual configurations such as catamarans, outriggers, etc., will be specially considered ...

CONT

The E-Z tree is a valve-latch assembly landed in the B.O.P. stack to form a temporary production tree during offshore tests carried out from a floating drilling vessel.

OBS

Floating drilling rigs are normally referred to as "drill vessels" or "drilling vessels" and are in the truest sense of the word "vessels." For a seafaring man, however, they differ in many respects from his general conception of a vessel. [As opposed to the traditional vessel,] the drill vessel often anchors for weeks and even months at one location. It may move only short distances from well to well. Seldom, if ever, does it need to visit port except for major repair or inspection. ... Many drill vessels, semi-submersibles for instance, cannot even be handled in present dry-dock facilities because of their size.

OBS

Vessel. Means every vessel which by means of its special outfit, purpose, design, or function engages in certain industrial ventures. Included in this classification are such vessels as drill rigs, missile range ships, dredges, cable layers, derrick barges, pipe lay barges, construction and wrecking barges. Excluded from this classification are vessels carrying freight for hire or engaged in oceanography, limnology, or the fishing industry.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Forage des puits de pétrole
  • Types de bateaux
CONT

Le principe même [des plateformes autoélévatrices] limite leurs performances: les plus récentes, dont les piles dépassent les 100 mètres peuvent forer par 90 mètres d'eau. Au-delà de cette profondeur, on utilise des engins de forage flottants, navires ou plateformes semi-submersibles.

Spanish

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Record 4 2012-06-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Rolling and Suspension Components (Railroad)
OBS

auxiliary train; wrecking train; aux : terms officialized by Canadian Pacific Limited.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Roulement et suspension (Chemins de fer)
CONT

Le train de secours peut comprendre «un wagon de secours ou grue de relevage [...]»

OBS

[...] proximité d'une machine ou d'un train pouvant porter secours [...]

OBS

Terme uniformisé par Canadien Pacifique Ltée.

Spanish

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Record 5 1999-03-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Areal Planning (Urban Studies)
  • Regulations (Urban Studies)
CONT

A development permit is needed to: 1. Build any structure ... whether it is a new building or an addition to an existing building ... 3. Demolish a building providing residential rental accommodation unless it is subject to a lawful demolition order.

OBS

demolition : the intentional destruction of all or part of a fuilding or structure; in restoration or renovation projects, may include removal of structural elements, partitions, mechanical equipment, and electrical wiring and fixtures. Also known as razing, wrecking.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aménagement du territoire
  • Réglementation (Urbanisme)
DEF

Ordonnance prise par une autorité compétente pour faire démolir une construction menaçant la sécurité publique.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Planificación de zonas (Urbanismo)
  • Reglamentación (Urbanismo)
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Record 6 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aeroindustry
OBS

DND; yard service craft; bâtiment de direction de port; wrecking : relevage; déblayage

French

Domaine(s)
  • Constructions aéronautiques
OBS

v. vero

Spanish

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