Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

chapelles de chantier

English translation:

electrical outlets (see info)

Added to glossary by Amy Christie
Jan 17, 2006 23:43
18 yrs ago
French term

chapelles de chantier

French to English Tech/Engineering Engineering: Industrial chantier
Another way of saying worksite huts?

Le contractant doit prévoir le branchement de ses chapelles de chantier sur les points de raccordement mises à disposition par le maitre d'ouvrage.

Is this along the lines of: the contractor must make sure that the worksite huts(?) are erected on the connection points (water, electricity, drainage) provided by the WORKS OWNER.

Thank you in advance!
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Discussion

Amy Christie (asker) Jan 18, 2006:
Thanks CMJ The text is about a site in Belgium. Your explanation has really clarified things for me - thanks!
Amy Christie (asker) Jan 18, 2006:
Thanks David I did have doubts on this and your note has confirmed it!
David Goward Jan 18, 2006:
As I do not know the answer to the main question for sure as I have never seen "chapelle" used in this context (although I suspect that "work huts" could be right), I want to point out that "branchement sur" would be "coupled to", not "erected on".

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Amy,
I answered a question in the other direction (same language pair) some time ago to which I proposed chapelle as the translation but now for the life of me, I cannot remember what the English was ! OK - I'm jetlagged at the moment, which perhaps explains it.
Chapelle is a term commonly in use in Belgium for electrical outlets. In my office it was the set of electrical and IT connections sunk into the floor and covered by a small liftable lid. We plugged our computers, phones, etc. into the "chapelle"... So it is an electrical term.
So the contractor has to connect his worksite electrical multi-socket units to the points provided on site.
Sorry I cannot remember the exact technical term - maybe later it will come back to me - but this may put someone else on the track
HTH
Chris
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