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sideentreprenør

English translation: parallel contractor

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Norwegian term or phrase:sideentreprenør
English translation:parallel contractor
Entered by: Carole Hognestad

14:30 Dec 2, 2013
Norwegian to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Construction / Civil Engineering
Norwegian term or phrase: sideentreprenør
Ved planlegging og gjennomføring av kontraktsarbeidene skal Underentreprenøren aktivt avklare fremdriftsmessige og tekniske grensesnitt mot sideentreprenører, prosjekterende og øvrige aktører i byggesaken.
Carole Hognestad
Local time: 23:54
parallel/complementary contractor
Explanation:
NS8405: 2.9
parallel contractors:
contractors who on the same construction have independent contracts with the client concerning the construction work

see the Swedish link below for one option.
Selected response from:

jeffrey engberg
Norway
Local time: 23:54
Grading comment
Many thanks for the input here.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +2subcontractor
eodd
5 +1parallel/complementary contractor
jeffrey engberg
4 -1co-entrepreneur
Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun


  

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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
subcontractor


Explanation:
Sideentreprenør, entreprenør som utfører et avgrenset arbeid innenfor et byggeprosjekt og har kontrakt direkte med byggherren.


    Reference: http://www.proz.com/kudoz/norwegian_to_english/construction_...
    Reference: http://snl.no/sideentreprenør
eodd
Local time: 22:54
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 189

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Christopher Schröder: other subcontractors
15 mins
agree  brigidm: Or "nominated subcontractor"; see http://www.standard.no/Global/PDF/Bygg, anlegg og eiendom/NS...
1 hr
neutral  Egor Shapurov: I'm not 100% sure but I think subcontractor is called "underentreprenør", and "sideentreprenoer" is actually something different. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subcontractor I've got no idea how to call it though. a "parallel contractor"?
3 hrs
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20 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -1
co-entrepreneur


Explanation:
https://www.google.com.br/search?hl=pt-BR&q="co-entreperneus...

Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
Norway
Local time: 23:54
Native speaker of: Native in NorwegianNorwegian, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 3

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Christopher Schröder: Big difference between contractor and entrepreneur!
1 min
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
parallel/complementary contractor


Explanation:
NS8405: 2.9
parallel contractors:
contractors who on the same construction have independent contracts with the client concerning the construction work

see the Swedish link below for one option.



    Reference: http://www.proz.com/kudoz/swedish_to_english/construction_ci...
    Reference: http://books.google.no/books?id=NHxwtVy9MKMC&pg=PA298&lpg=PA...
jeffrey engberg
Norway
Local time: 23:54
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 95
Grading comment
Many thanks for the input here.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ian Giles: This is what I call it.
19 hrs
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