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alvéole technique

English translation: voir les traductions ci-dessous données par Termium:

13:18 Dec 21, 2004
French to English translations [Non-PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Construction / Civil Engineering
French term or phrase: alvéole technique
Within the context of a lease agreement, the lessor must provide the following prototypes: cellule équipée (y compris alvéole technique)
Sarah
English translation:voir les traductions ci-dessous données par Termium:
Explanation:

Domaine(s)
  – Building Elements
Domaine(s)
  – Éléments du bâtiment
 
utility shaft Source CORRECT

service shaft Source CORRECT

service duct Source

pipe duct Source

gaine technique Source
CORRECT, FÉM

alvéole technique Source VOIR
FICHE, FÉM, MOINS FRÉQ

puits de service Source À
ÉVITER, MASC
CONT – Utility shafts. Utility
chases for piping and wiring are
very common in multistory
buildings. Because the utilities
must serve each floor, it is more
convenient and economical to
run them in a common location.
These vertical shafts run from
the basement up through the
building to provide water,
sanitary, electricity, and
telephone services on each
floor. These utility shafts have
contributed to the spread of fire
and smoke with the resulting
loss of life and property. Source

EX – Shaft walls systems are
used around elevator shafts,
stairways, smoke towers, and
other such service shafts. Source

OBS – Utility: A service such as
water, gas, electricity,
telephone, sewage disposal,
etc., which is available to all.
Source

DEF – [Dans un bâtiment,]
passage [vertical] réservé aux
canalisations d'eau, de gaz,
d'électricité et de téléphone.
Source

DEF – Galerie coffrée d'allure
verticale (parfois horizontale),
trop exiguë pour que l'on puisse
y pénétrer, mais visitable (par
des trappes de visite), dans
laquelle sont regroupés et
masqués à la vue des organes
de distribution et d'évacuation
des fluides, canalisations et
colonnes d'alimentation d'eau et
de gaz, chutes, conducteurs
électriques, câbles de
télécommunication et
d'antennes, etc. Source

OBS – L'alvéole technique
désigne parfois la gaine
technique, notamment pour les
installations du gaz. Source

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Francis MARC
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Local time: 20:13
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Francis MARC
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alvéole technique
voir les traductions ci-dessous données par Termium:


Explanation:

Domaine(s)
  – Building Elements
Domaine(s)
  – Éléments du bâtiment
 
utility shaft Source CORRECT

service shaft Source CORRECT

service duct Source

pipe duct Source

gaine technique Source
CORRECT, FÉM

alvéole technique Source VOIR
FICHE, FÉM, MOINS FRÉQ

puits de service Source À
ÉVITER, MASC
CONT – Utility shafts. Utility
chases for piping and wiring are
very common in multistory
buildings. Because the utilities
must serve each floor, it is more
convenient and economical to
run them in a common location.
These vertical shafts run from
the basement up through the
building to provide water,
sanitary, electricity, and
telephone services on each
floor. These utility shafts have
contributed to the spread of fire
and smoke with the resulting
loss of life and property. Source

EX – Shaft walls systems are
used around elevator shafts,
stairways, smoke towers, and
other such service shafts. Source

OBS – Utility: A service such as
water, gas, electricity,
telephone, sewage disposal,
etc., which is available to all.
Source

DEF – [Dans un bâtiment,]
passage [vertical] réservé aux
canalisations d'eau, de gaz,
d'électricité et de téléphone.
Source

DEF – Galerie coffrée d'allure
verticale (parfois horizontale),
trop exiguë pour que l'on puisse
y pénétrer, mais visitable (par
des trappes de visite), dans
laquelle sont regroupés et
masqués à la vue des organes
de distribution et d'évacuation
des fluides, canalisations et
colonnes d'alimentation d'eau et
de gaz, chutes, conducteurs
électriques, câbles de
télécommunication et
d'antennes, etc. Source

OBS – L'alvéole technique
désigne parfois la gaine
technique, notamment pour les
installations du gaz. Source



Francis MARC
Lithuania
Local time: 20:13
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 190

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alvéole technique
Hard to say


Explanation:
Presumably this is a lease agreement for a building yet to be built, right? What sort of building? To me "cellule" implies some sort of "modular" industrial building, as opposed to offices, residential, or even shops. But such buildings tend to be low-rise, which would rule out my initial thought of "service core" for "alvéole technique".

If it IS a single-storey industrial building, we might be looking at the "bays" of the floor slab, which might require boxed-out ducting for laying pipes and cables, etc. to supply machines and whatnot, so it might be as simple as "service ducts" (which would also work in a vertical context).

What more can you tell us about the project?

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Note added at 1 day 7 hrs 31 mins (2004-12-22 20:50:06 GMT) Post-grading
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Since \"cellules\" are prison cells, ignore the above!

However, I wonder if \"alvéole technique\" in the prison cell context might not be the \"ablutions unit/corner/module\" (the French use \"technique\" to cover almost anything, leaving the reader to guess the actual meaning from context).

Bourth (X)
Local time: 19:13
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