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ARCHITECT EQUIPMENT [3 records]

Record 1 2015-01-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Government Contracts
  • Execution of Work (Construction)
DEF

[direct labour] The employment of building tradesmen and labourers by the client or his agent (engineer or architect) directly, without the mediation of a contractor.

DEF

[daywork] A method of payment for building work, involving agreement between the clerk of works and the contractor on the hours of work done by each man, and the materials used. Proof of this agreement is shown by the clerk of works’s signature of the contractor’s day-sheets. Payment to the contractor consists of his expenses in labour and materials, plus an agreed percentage for overheads and profit. Daywork is cost-plus percentage payment on a small scale.

CONT

Construction by day labor. With this type of building operation, the owner recruits his own labor force, pays for all labor, materials, subcontractors, rentals and equipment, and all other expenses... He may, through his architect, hire the services of an engineer. He would recruit the services of a superintendent. He may even hire the complete services of a building contractor.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Marchés publics
  • Exécution des travaux de construction
DEF

Mode d'exécution de travaux caractérisé par le fait que le maître de l'ouvrage exécute des travaux sous sa propre direction et sa propre responsabilité.

CONT

Les travaux en régie sont [...] ceux dont l'exécution est dirigée par le client, sous son entière responsabilité, avec des moyens mis à sa disposition par l'entrepreneur. [...] Le processus est [...] sensiblement le même que pour les dépenses contrôlées, à ceci près que [...] le contrôle de certains éléments de la dépense [...] est encore plus aisé pour le maître d'œuvre, [...] les coefficients de majoration sont plus faibles [...] En outre le régime fiscal est différent [...]

Key term(s)
  • dépenses contrôlées

Spanish

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Record 2 2010-03-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Architectural Drafting and Tools
  • Industrial Design
  • Fire Warning Devices
DEF

A drawing which shows the location of fire-alarm equipment and the cable network which is part of a fire-alarm installation, and which specifies the detectors, cables and central unit. [Definition standardized by ISO.]

CONT

Four(4) copies of fire alarm drawing with information required by The Ohio Building Code. Drawings shall include to-scale floor plans with room uses and shall include a description of the system, sequence of operation, cut-sheets of equipment, and other pertinent information. Drawings shall bear the seal or shop drawings approval of the Ohio Registered Architect or Engineer responsible for design of the system, or Ohio Fire Alarm Designer Certification, per The Ohio Building Code.

OBS

fire-alarm drawing: term standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Dessin architectural et instruments
  • Dessin industriel
  • Alarme-incendie
DEF

Dessin qui indique l'emplacement de l'équipement d'alarme incendie et du réseau de câblage faisant partie de l'installation d'alarme incendie, et spécifie les détecteurs, les câbles et l'unité centrale. [Définition normalisée par l'ISO.]

OBS

alarme : Par métonymie. Dispositif d'alarme. Faire monter une alarme sonore sur la vitrine d'un magasin.

OBS

dessin d'alarme incendie : terme normalisé par l'ISO.

Key term(s)
  • dessin d'alarme-incendie

Spanish

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Record 3 1987-09-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Architectural Drafting and Tools

French

Domaine(s)
  • Dessin architectural et instruments

Spanish

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