Sitio de alteo

English translation: Embankment

09:14 May 13, 2019
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Construction / Civil Engineering
Spanish term or phrase: Sitio de alteo
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Se trata de una presentación en Power Point sobre obras hidráulicas y construcción de túneles, ramales, etc. El término aparece en una diapositiva solo, sin más palabras o contexto, como descripción de una foto. ¿Podrían ayudarme? Por lo que pude encontrar en internet entiendo que refiere a algo relacionado con la elevación del suelo... pero no estoy segura cuál sería el término en inglés.

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English translation:Embankment
Explanation:
I was going to suggest 'raised area' but then I came across 'embankment', which might be more suitable.

El senador Enrico propuso la reconstrucción y alteo de la ruta 90 en Melincué

El alteo de 1,20 metros sobre la altura actual de la RPN°90, se desea construir desde el kilómetro 108 hasta el 113, tramo ubicado entre el cruce de la RPN°93 y 500 metros luego del inicio del canal interceptor que conecta la laguna con la primera estación de bombeo.

En cuanto a especificaciones, además del alteo, la obra demandará la colocación de una protección geotextil con dados de hormigón para disminuir la posible erosión de la laguna sobre la ruta, un sistema de protección ante accidente viales para evitar que lo vehículo caigan en el espejo de agua, y un sistema de exclusa en el canal interceptor que permita aislar la laguna del canal y poder usar el sistema de bombeo para reducir posibles inundaciones en la planta urbana.

https://rufinoweb.com.ar/senador-enrico-propuso-la-reconstru...

Entrenched road profiles make installation of crosspipes, turnouts and other drainage outlets intended to shed water form the road increasingly challenging to near impossible. Raising the road can eliminate the persistent maintenance difficulties and costs associated with an entrenched road.

Raising the road profile addresses many common road maintenance problems. This practice can reduce or eliminate concentrated road drainage and increase the potential for stormwater infiltration. The process can increase the opportunity for additional ditch outlets and provide the occasion to improve road base stability. Filling the road can shore up unstable road banks and improve motorist visibility.

https://www.dirtandgravel.psu.edu/sites/default/files/Genera...

Using earth from the side drains to create the raised road surface saves the effort of transporting fill material. If the earth from the side drains were not put on the road surface, it would probably end up near the drain, making a barrier for water to flow out of the drain onto the neighboring field.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/social-sciences/roads

An embankment is a thick wall of earth that is built to carry a road or railway over an area of low ground, or to prevent water from a river or the sea from flooding the area.

https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/embankm...

Embankment - An elongated mound of soil deliberately placed to form a raised area, sometimes built to elevate a highway surface above the surrounding ground

http://m1j19improvements.skanska.co.uk/Files/ES Volume 2/Cha...

A road, railway line or canal is normally raised onto an embankment made of compacted soil (typically clay or rock-based) to avoid a change in level required by the terrain, the alternatives being either to have an unacceptable change in level or detour to follow a contour. A cutting is used for the same purpose where the land is originally higher than required.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embankment_(transportation)
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Embankment


Explanation:
I was going to suggest 'raised area' but then I came across 'embankment', which might be more suitable.

El senador Enrico propuso la reconstrucción y alteo de la ruta 90 en Melincué

El alteo de 1,20 metros sobre la altura actual de la RPN°90, se desea construir desde el kilómetro 108 hasta el 113, tramo ubicado entre el cruce de la RPN°93 y 500 metros luego del inicio del canal interceptor que conecta la laguna con la primera estación de bombeo.

En cuanto a especificaciones, además del alteo, la obra demandará la colocación de una protección geotextil con dados de hormigón para disminuir la posible erosión de la laguna sobre la ruta, un sistema de protección ante accidente viales para evitar que lo vehículo caigan en el espejo de agua, y un sistema de exclusa en el canal interceptor que permita aislar la laguna del canal y poder usar el sistema de bombeo para reducir posibles inundaciones en la planta urbana.

https://rufinoweb.com.ar/senador-enrico-propuso-la-reconstru...

Entrenched road profiles make installation of crosspipes, turnouts and other drainage outlets intended to shed water form the road increasingly challenging to near impossible. Raising the road can eliminate the persistent maintenance difficulties and costs associated with an entrenched road.

Raising the road profile addresses many common road maintenance problems. This practice can reduce or eliminate concentrated road drainage and increase the potential for stormwater infiltration. The process can increase the opportunity for additional ditch outlets and provide the occasion to improve road base stability. Filling the road can shore up unstable road banks and improve motorist visibility.

https://www.dirtandgravel.psu.edu/sites/default/files/Genera...

Using earth from the side drains to create the raised road surface saves the effort of transporting fill material. If the earth from the side drains were not put on the road surface, it would probably end up near the drain, making a barrier for water to flow out of the drain onto the neighboring field.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/social-sciences/roads

An embankment is a thick wall of earth that is built to carry a road or railway over an area of low ground, or to prevent water from a river or the sea from flooding the area.

https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/embankm...

Embankment - An elongated mound of soil deliberately placed to form a raised area, sometimes built to elevate a highway surface above the surrounding ground

http://m1j19improvements.skanska.co.uk/Files/ES Volume 2/Cha...

A road, railway line or canal is normally raised onto an embankment made of compacted soil (typically clay or rock-based) to avoid a change in level required by the terrain, the alternatives being either to have an unacceptable change in level or detour to follow a contour. A cutting is used for the same purpose where the land is originally higher than required.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embankment_(transportation)

Helena Chavarria
Spain
Local time: 10:06
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agree  bigedsenior: Nice going!
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  -> Thank you, bigedsenior. I value your opinion :-)

agree  roesp: Thank you so much, Helena!!!
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