May 11, 2023 16:05
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French term

consolidation souterraine

French to English Other Construction / Civil Engineering
A property owner filed a 'déclaration préalable de travaux', for which the 'inspection générale des carrières' issued an 'avis' recommending 'la consolidation souterraine par piliers maçonnés ou par injection'. I'm afraid this is the only context I have as the expression is simply a bullet point, with no further details.
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May 11, 2023 20:42: Yolanda Broad changed "Term asked" from "\"consolidation souterraine\"" to "consolidation souterraine"

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SafeTex May 12, 2023:
(sub)soil consollidation Hello Johannes and all

This term instinctively looked good to me but it is often used in fact to mean something different
See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soil_consolidation

There are some websites where it is indeed used in the way that Johannes intends though

On the other hand, I cannot find this ambiguity with the term "ground consolidation" but the websites using this term all seem to offer only "injections" and not "underpinning"

Yet I'm neutral on underpinning too as it rules out "injections" which the text mentions as a possible method.

Hard to know what to do therefore.
Sarah Russell (asker) May 11, 2023:
@Emmanuella: excuse me ...?

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ground consolidation

'Underground consolidation' is fine, even if I think 'underground' is unnecessary since it is obvious we're not talking about consolidating the building. Moreover, if it has been made clear in what precedes that the inspection générale des carrières is involved, I doubt 'underground' is necessary. But belt and braces, eh?

Otherwise 'ground consolidation' or 'sub-surface consolidation' might be a little less 'over-the-top' (ha ha).

"Historically the mitigation of shallow mine working hazards beneath the railway has involved ground consolidation, whereby grout is injected [your injection is 'grouting' - not the same in civil engineering as in construction where grout is the stuff you put between tiles] under gravity pressure through boreholes to fill any sub-surface voids so that sub-surface support lost by excavation can be replaced or maintained. This type of mitigation has proven to be very expensive in a railway environment."
https://www.networkrail.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/06//Mi...


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Underpinning is not exactly the same thing. For starters, the French is reprise en sous oeuvre, and it is less 'general' than consolidation, being applied in specific locations such as beneath existing walls so that a basement can be deepened within those walls, for instance, or to increase the foundation strength when extra floors are added to a building.

"underpin To provide new, deeper support under a wall or column without removing the superstructure, so as to allow the load on the builmding to be increased, or to allow the ground inside or outside it to be lowered, or to prevent settlement of the foundation. It is the construction of foundations for a building which exists."
[Scott, Penguin Dict of Civil Engineering]

Since your text refers to grouting, here is an apposite definition where it is made clear that 'consolidation' refers to strengthening of soil/rock and is the opposite of the geotechnical meaning of 'consolidation' which means settlement of soil:

"consolidation grouting, compaction grouting, claquage grouting Unlike permeation grouting, this grouting method uses hight grouting pressures and changes the soil structure by forcing tongues of ground into the soil. The appreciable surface movement [which should be avoided] may be troublesome, but the soil may be strengthened."
[idem]

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French term (edited): "consolidation souterraine"

underpinning

In construction or renovation, underpinning is the process of strengthening the foundation of an existing building or other structure.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underpinning
Note from asker:
Thanks very much Phil! I suspected it might be but wanted reassurance from an industry professional :-)
Peer comment(s):

agree Jennifer Levey
9 mins
agree Tony M
1 hr
disagree Johannes Gleim : this is not the preferred term for subsoils or underground.
2 hrs
Preferred by whom? Johannes Gleim?
agree Kim Metzger
3 hrs
disagree Bourth : Underpinning is rather more specific than general consolidation.
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disagree Daryo : it's too limited = there also other methods for stabilising the ground. It's even clearly stated in the ST: "... ou par injection"
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agree Marie-Pascale Wersinger
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neutral SafeTex : As your own reference says that injection is an alternative method to underpinning, I'm not convinced by this but I'm no expert engineer either.
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French term (edited): "consolidation souterraine"

subsoil consolidation (also underground consolidation)

consolidation / (batim., routes) / fortification
(Comprehensive Dictionary of Engineering and Technology)

Synonyms of 'consolidation'
strengthening, reinforcement, fortification, stabilization
combination, union, association, alliance
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/consoli...

L'invention porte sur un système (10) pour achever des puits de gaz dans une zone souterraine non consolidée pour empêcher la migration de sable avec des fluides produits à partir de celui-ci.
A system (10) for completing gas wells in unconsolidated subterranean zone for preventing migration of sand with fluids produced therefrom is provided.
https://context.reverso.net/übersetzung/franzosisch-englisch...

La première méthode est la consolidation souterraine par piliers maçonnés, voûtes, murs, etc. Elle est utilisée pour les sites accessibles que l’on veut conserver ouverts pour réaliser des visites d’inspections.
http://eprcf33.fr/index.php/travaux-consolidation-et-mise-en...

2. Définitions des travaux de consolidation souterraine par injection
https://cdn.paris.fr/paris/2019/07/24/991b28347fa8c1cb34c031...

Par arrêté en date du 4 février 2000, le permis de construire était accordé et assorti de prescriptions particulières relatives à la réalisation de travaux de consolidation souterraine par piliers de maçonnerie et bourrage des vides
https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/juri/id/JURITEXT000006948374/

The vibratory plate with forward and reverse movement is the ideal tool for subsoil consolidation and for shaking small to medium-sized areas.
https://coltradeshop.com/en/vibrating-plates/515-reversible-...

The consolidation from the surface was achieved by using by-fluid jet-grouting forming vertical secant columns. The underground consolidation for both tunnels was performed in advance of the excavation front with single-fluid jet grouting at the boundary of the excavation and in the excavation face.
https://www.lombardi.ch/en-gb/Pages/References/Special found...

A simplified model for the analysis of piled embankments considering arching and subsoil consolidation
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S02661...

"subsoil consolidation" Approximately 3,140 results (0.34 seconds)
"underground consolidation" Approximately 1,360 results (0.24 seconds)
"subterranean consolidation" Approximately 305 results (0.26 seconds)
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Reference comments

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Reference:

Inspection Générale des Carrières : tout savoir sur les sous sols

L’Inspection Générale des Carrières (IGC) est le service de prévention des risques de mouvements de terrain liés aux anciennes carrières et à la dissolution du gypse antéludien à Paris et dans les trois départements de Petite Couronne. Le service assure également un rôle dans le cadre de la prévention du risque d’inondation par remontée de nappes à Paris
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Renseignements sur l’état du sous-sol
L’Inspection Générale des Carrières répond aux interrogations du public concernant les risques liés aux mouvements du sous-sol et à la présence présumée ou avérée de carrières (souterraines ou à ciel ouvert) ou de cavités naturelles créées par la dissolution du gypse antéludien.
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https://www.paris.fr/pages/tout-savoir-sur-les-sous-sols-231...

https://capgeo.maps.arcgis.com/apps/Embed/index.html?webmap=...
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