Pilings definition

Pilings means timber, metal, concrete or other similar structures driven, dropped, poured, or placed to support a vertical load.

Examples of Pilings in a sentence

  • Pilings shall have adequate soil penetrations to resist the combined wave and wind loads (lateral and uplift).

  • Pilings shall be spaced at least 18 feet apart on the same side of any component of the overwater structure.

  • Pilings may be horizontally or diagonally braced to withstand wind and water forces.

  • Pilings must be structurally sound prior to placement in the water.

  • Pilings employed for docks, piers, or any other structure shall have a minimum vertical clearance of one foot above extreme high water.

  • Pilings must be structurally sound and cured prior to placement in the water.

  • Pilings and/or poles or mill logs, or nursery stock, or rowing shells, or steel beams, pipes, angles, channels and other length or steel, or other metal, or other articles impossible of dismemberment shall not extend more than 10 feet beyond the rear of the bed or body of such vehicle.

  • Pilings pulled and found to be in satisfactory condition shall be redriven when directed.

  • Pilings in each run or continuous length of piling wall shall be driven alternately in increments of depth to the required depth or elevation.

  • Pilings and associated structures do not ordinarily constitute a discharge of fill material.

Related to Pilings

  • Hazing means committing an act against a student, or coercing a student into committing an act, that creates a substantial risk of harm to a person, in order for the student to be initiated into or affiliated with a student organization, or for any other purpose. The term hazing includes, but is not limited to:

  • Tailings means material rejected from a mill after most of the valuable minerals have been extracted.

  • Structures means an elevated road or a flyover, as the case may be;

  • Blasting means changing the level or grade of land or rendering, tearing, demolishing, moving, or removing earth, rock, buildings, structures, or other masses or materials by seismic blasting or the detonation of dynamite or any other explosive agent.

  • drainage work means any construction or reconstruction of or any alteration or addition to, or any work done in connection with a drainage installation but shall not include any work undertaken solely for purposes of repair or maintenance;

  • Surface mining means mining by removing the overburden lying above the natural deposits and excavating directly from the natural deposits exposed, or by excavating directly from deposits lying exposed in their natural state and shall include dredge operations conducted in or on natural waterways or artificially created waterways within the state.

  • Pipe or “Piping” means a hollow cylinder or tubular conduit that is constructed of non-earthen materials.

  • Cutting means to penetrate with a sharp-edged instrument and includes sawing, but does not include shearing, slicing, or punching.

  • Sewer connection means the connection of a structure or project to a public sewer system.

  • Devices means any and all devices owned or purchased from time to time by Party A and utilized for the purposes of the provision of the Services.

  • Irrigation means application of water to land areas to supply the water needs of

  • Drainage means the removal of surface water or groundwater

  • Infrastructure means infrastructure serving the County and improved or unimproved real estate and personal property, including machinery and equipment, used in the operation of the Project, within the meaning of Section 4-29-68 of the Code.

  • Gravel means stone screened from river sand or quarried and washed free of clay and clay coatings. Concrete aggregate designated as Class II by the department of transportation is acceptable.

  • Surface waters means all waters of the state as defined in G.S. 143-212 except underground waters

  • Underground injection means the subsurface emplacement of fluids through a bored, drilled or driven well; or through a dug well, where the depth of the dug well is greater than the largest surface dimension. (See also “injection well”.)

  • Grading means the movement or redistribution of the soil, sand, rock, gravel, sediment, or other material on a site in a manner that alters the natural contour of the land.

  • Recyclables means Solid Waste that may be reclaimed and/or processed and used in the production of raw materials or products.

  • Topsoil means a varying depth (up to 300 mm) of the soil profile irrespective of the fertility, appearance, structure, agricultural potential, fertility and composition of the soil;

  • Fence means any structure, wall or barrier, other than a building, erected at grade for the purpose of defining boundaries of property, separating open space, restricting ingress to or egress from property, providing security or protection to property or acting as a visual or acoustic screen.

  • Landscaping means the treatment of land (other than buildings) being the site or part of the site in respect of which this planning permission is granted, for the purpose of enhancing or protecting the amenities of the site and the area in which it is situated and includes screening by fences, walls or other means of enclosure; measures to screen the refuse provision; planting of trees, hedges, shrubs or grass; formation of banks, terraces or other earth works, laying out of gardens, paved areas or courts and other amenity features.

  • Hood means a respiratory inlet covering that completely covers the head and neck and may also cover portions of the shoulders and torso.

  • Dewatering means the removal of water for construction activity. It can be a discharge of appropriated surface or groundwater to dry and/or solidify a construction site. It may require Minnesota Department of Natural Resources permits to be appropriated and if contaminated may require other MPCA permits to be discharged.

  • Roads means streets, roads, and highways.

  • Slope means the inclination of a surface expressed as one unit of rise or fall for so many horizontal units;

  • Drainage area means a geographic area within which stormwater, sediments, or dissolved materials drain to a particular receiving waterbody or to a particular point along a receiving waterbody.