Englisch für Architekten und Bauingenieure - English for Architects and Civil Engineers

von: Sharon Heidenreich

Vieweg+Teubner (GWV), 2008

ISBN: 9783834894762

Sprache: Englisch

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Englisch für Architekten und Bauingenieure - English for Architects and Civil Engineers

	Preface	5
	Acknowledgements	5
	Contents	7
	Abbreviations and acronyms	11
	Introduction	13
	Overview	14
	1 Project Basics	15
	1.1 Work stages	15
	1.2 People involved	16
	1.2.1 Client	16
	1.2.2 Architect	16
	1.2.3 Consultants	16
	1.2.4 Contractor	17
	1.2.5 Site agent	17
	1.2.6 Subcontractor	17
	1.2.7 The clerk of works	17
	1.2.8 Who is who?	17
	1.3 Project organisation	18
	1.3.1 Traditional contract	18
	1.3.2 Design and build contract	19
	1.4 Architect’s appointment	20
	1.4.1 Code of conduct	20
	1.4.2 Lexis: Architect’s appointment	21
	1.5 Architect’s workplace	21
	1.5.1 Grammar: Simple present and simple past	22
	1.5.2 Exercise: Simple present versus simple past	23
	1.5.3 Office equipment	23
	1.6 Vocabulary	24
	2 Preliminary Enquiries	27
	2.1 Feasibility	27
	2.1.1 Planning authorities	27
	2.1.2 Feasibility study	27
	2.1.3 Grammar: Questions	28
	2.2 Site visit	29
	2.2.1 Comprehension	30
	2.2.2 Scales	30
	2.2.3 Building types	30
	2.3 Plots	31
	2.3.1 Considerations	31
	2.3.2 Situations	32
	2.3.3 Descriptions	32
	2.3.4 Your plot	33
	2.4 Survey	33
	2.4.1 Lexis: Survey	33
	2.4.2 The Browns’ plot	33
	2.5 Communicating with the client	34
	2.5.1 E-mail	35
	2.5.2 Register	35
	2.6 Vocabulary	36
	3 Briefing	39
	3.1 Accepting the brief	39
	3.1.1 Client’s needs	39
	3.1.2 Needs and worries	40
	3.2 Consultants	40
	3.2.1 Appointing a consultant	41
	3.2.2 Standard telephone phrases	42
	3.2.3 Exercise: Telephoning	42
	3.3 Building costs	43
	3.3.1 Cost categories	43
	3.3.2 Loans	44
	3.3.3 Cost management	45
	3.3.4 Lexis: Building costs	45
	3.4 Vocabulary	46
	4 Preliminary Design	49
	4.1 Presentation	49
	4.2 Proportions	50
	4.2.1 Dimensions	50
	4.2.2 Modifiers	51
	4.3 Comparisons	51
	4.3.1 Adjectives	51
	4.3.2 Exercise: Comparisons	52
	4.4 Shapes	53
	4.4.1 Standard shapes	53
	4.4.2 Expressions	54
	4.4.3 Exercise: Description	54
	4.4.4 Further practice	54
	4.5 Roofs	55
	4.5.1 Roof shapes	55
	4.5.2 Roof parts	56
	4.6 Appearance	56
	4.6.1 Material functions	56
	4.6.2 Exercise: Building materials	57
	5 Final Design	61
	5.1 Coordination	61
	5.1.1 Flow of information	62
	5.1.2 Informing the design team	62
	5.1.3 Exercise: Register	63
	5.2 Structural frameworks	63
	5.2.1 Structural elements	64
	5.2.2 Connections	64
	5.2.3 Exercise: Connectors	65
	5.3 Structural analysis	65
	5.3.1 Calculations	66
	5.3.2 Structural design	66
	5.3.3 Lexis: Structural engineering	67
	5.4 Final design proposal	67
	5.4.1 Plan	68
	5.4.2 Presentation language	68
	5.4.3 Presentation structure	69
	5.4.4 Presentation	70
	5.4.5 Alternatives	70
	5.4.6 Exercise: Conditional sentences	71
	5.5 Vocabulary	72
	6 Planning and Building Permission	75
	6.1 Permission	75
	6.2 Planning permission	76
	6.2.1 Planning application	77
	6.2.2 Exercise: Permitted development?	77
	6.3 Building regulations	78
	6.4 Fire safety	79
	6.4.1 Fire protection	79
	6.4.2 Fire resistance rating	80
	6.4.3 Escape routes	80
	6.4.4 Lexis: Fire safety	80
	6.5 Vocabulary	81
	7 Tender Documentation	85
	7.1 Procurement procedure	85
	7.2 Production information	86
	7.2.1 Working drawings	86
	7.2.2 Dimensions	87
	7.2.3 Exercise: Dimensions	88
	7.3 Tender documents	89
	7.3.1 Specifications	89
	7.3.2 Bill of quantities	89
	7.3.3 Lexis: Procurement	90
	7.4 Language in tender documents	91
	7.4.1 Grammar: Active versus passive	91
	7.4.2 Exercise: Active versus passive	92
	7.5 Selection of contractors	92
	7.5.1 Advising the client	92
	7.5.2 Business letters	94
	7.5.3 Exercise: Business letter	95
	7.6 Vocabulary	95
	8 Tender Action	99
	8.1 Tendering	99
	8.2 Estimating	100
	8.2.1 Pricing	100
	8.2.2 Unit rates	101
	8.3 Opening of tenders	101
	8.3.1 Comparative analysis of tender items	102
	8.3.2 Exercise: Comparison of tendered prices	102
	8.4 Negotiations	103
	8.4.1 Preparation	103
	8.4.2 Price negotiation	104
	8.4.3 Comprehension	105
	8.5 Building contract	106
	8.5.1 FIDIC	106
	8.5.2 Contract award	107
	8.5.3 Contract termination	107
	8.5.4 Lexis: Contracts	108
	8.6 Vocabulary	109
	9 Pre-Construction Phase	113
	9.1 Background to building operations	113
	9.1.1 Responsibilities	113
	9.1.2 Grammar: Present Perfect	115
	9.1.3 Exercise: Present Perfect	116
	9.2 Time management	116
	9.2.1 Time terms	116
	9.2.2 Exercise: Time terms	118
	9.3 Construction programme	118
	9.3.1 Gantt chart	119
	9.3.2 Prepositions of time	119
	9.3.3 Exercise: Prepositions of time	120
	9.4 Site set-up	120
	9.4.1 Site layout	121
	9.4.2 Construction site	122
	9.5 Vocabulary	123
	10 Construction	127
	10.1 Work progress	127
	10.1.1 Trades	127
	10.1.2 Who does what?	130
	10.2 Site meetings	131
	10.2.1 Site inspection	131
	10.2.2 Dos and don’ts	132
	10.3 Variations	132
	10.3.1 Alteration	133
	10.3.2 Cause and effect	134
	10.3.3 Exercise: Cause and effect	135
	10.4 Project diary	135
	10.5 Ceremonies	135
	10.6 Vocabulary	136
	11 Completion	141
	11.1 Completion stage	141
	11.2 Delays	142
	11.2.2 Extension of time	143
	11.2.3 Collocations	143
	11.3 Acceptance	144
	11.3.1 Acceptance certificate	145
	11.3.2 International differences	145
	11.4 Remedial work	146
	11.5 Payment procedures	147
	11.5.1 Final statement	147
	11.5.2 Retention	147
	11.5.3 Fee calculation	148
	11.5.4 Lexis: Payments	148
	11.6 Vocabulary	149
	12 Education, registration and more	153
	12.1 Education	153
	12.1.1 Studying architecture in Germany	153
	12.1.2 Studying architecture in the UK	154
	12.1.3 Exchange programmes	155
	12.2 Registration	155
	12.2.1 Practising architecture in the UK	155
	12.3 Practicing architecture	156
	12.4 Finding work	157
	12.4.1 Opportunities	157
	12.4.2 Job advertisement	157
	12.4.3 Self-appraisal	158
	12.5 Curriculum Vitae	159
	12.6 Job application and interview	160
	12.6.1 Interview questions	160
	12.6.2 Outcome	161
	12.7 Vocabulary	161
	Answer Key	163
	Unit 1	163
	Unit 2	164
	Unit 3	164
	Unit 4	165
	Unit 5	166
	5.2.3 Exercise: Connectors	166
	Unit 6	168
	Unit 7	169
	Unit 8	170
	Unit 9	171
	Unit 10	172
	Unit 11	172
	Unit 12	172
	Bibliography	173
	Vocabulary German–English	189
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