SGLA LARE Section 4 With Complete Solutions
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Abrasion
Wearing away by friction.
(Site Eng for LAs)
Alignment
The course along which the centerline of a roadway or channel is located.
(Site Eng for LAs)
Angle of repose
The angle that the sloping face of a bank of loose earth or gravel or other material
makes with the horizontal.
(Site Eng for LAs)
Antecedent precipitation
Rainfall that has recently preceded the storm event being analyzed.
(Site Eng for LAs)
Area drain
A structure to collect runoff from relatively small paved areas
,(Site Eng for LAs)
Backfill
Earth or other material used to fill in space where material has been cut out during
construction, as in pipeline and culvert trenches and behind retaining walls
(Site Eng for LAs)
Base (Base Course)
A course of material of designed thickness, laid on the subbase or on natural subgrade
to spread the load and allow drainage, or on which a wearing surface or a structure for
drainage is carried
(Site Eng for LAs)
Bearing capacity (soil)
The resistance of a soil to load
(Site Eng for LAs)
Bench
A near horizontal or sloping ledge in a face
(Site Eng for LAs)
Bioretention
BMPs A practice that uses parking lot islands, planting strips, or swales to collect and
filter stormwater
,(Site Eng for LAs)
Blading
The process of planing or smoothing the ground surface
(Site Eng for LAs)
Borrow
Fill material brought onto a site
(Site Eng for LAs)
Borrow area, borrow pit
Source of earth fill materials used in the construction of embankments or other earth fill
structures
(Site Eng for LAs)
Brush layering
Live branch cuttings laid in crisscross fashion on benches between successive lifts of
soil
(Site Eng for LAs)
Caisson
Similar to a pile; however, instead of driven, holes are drilled into the ground and filled
with concrete
, (Site Eng for LAs)
Catch basin
A receptacle with a sediment bowl or sump, for diverting surface water to a subsurface
pipe
(Site Eng for LAs)
Centerline
The survey line in the center of a road, ditch, or similar project
(Site Eng for LAs)
Channel
A natural stream, or a ditch or swale constructed to convey water
(Site Eng for LAs)
Cluster development
A land planning technique to concentrate buildings on a portion of a site in order to
preserve open space and environmentally sensitive areas
(Site Eng for LAs)
Compaction
The densification of a soil by a mechanical process
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Abrasion
Wearing away by friction.
(Site Eng for LAs)
Alignment
The course along which the centerline of a roadway or channel is located.
(Site Eng for LAs)
Angle of repose
The angle that the sloping face of a bank of loose earth or gravel or other material
makes with the horizontal.
(Site Eng for LAs)
Antecedent precipitation
Rainfall that has recently preceded the storm event being analyzed.
(Site Eng for LAs)
Area drain
A structure to collect runoff from relatively small paved areas
,(Site Eng for LAs)
Backfill
Earth or other material used to fill in space where material has been cut out during
construction, as in pipeline and culvert trenches and behind retaining walls
(Site Eng for LAs)
Base (Base Course)
A course of material of designed thickness, laid on the subbase or on natural subgrade
to spread the load and allow drainage, or on which a wearing surface or a structure for
drainage is carried
(Site Eng for LAs)
Bearing capacity (soil)
The resistance of a soil to load
(Site Eng for LAs)
Bench
A near horizontal or sloping ledge in a face
(Site Eng for LAs)
Bioretention
BMPs A practice that uses parking lot islands, planting strips, or swales to collect and
filter stormwater
,(Site Eng for LAs)
Blading
The process of planing or smoothing the ground surface
(Site Eng for LAs)
Borrow
Fill material brought onto a site
(Site Eng for LAs)
Borrow area, borrow pit
Source of earth fill materials used in the construction of embankments or other earth fill
structures
(Site Eng for LAs)
Brush layering
Live branch cuttings laid in crisscross fashion on benches between successive lifts of
soil
(Site Eng for LAs)
Caisson
Similar to a pile; however, instead of driven, holes are drilled into the ground and filled
with concrete
, (Site Eng for LAs)
Catch basin
A receptacle with a sediment bowl or sump, for diverting surface water to a subsurface
pipe
(Site Eng for LAs)
Centerline
The survey line in the center of a road, ditch, or similar project
(Site Eng for LAs)
Channel
A natural stream, or a ditch or swale constructed to convey water
(Site Eng for LAs)
Cluster development
A land planning technique to concentrate buildings on a portion of a site in order to
preserve open space and environmentally sensitive areas
(Site Eng for LAs)
Compaction
The densification of a soil by a mechanical process
