Unit 4. The building team

Vocabulary.

Code of practice - строительные нормы и правила

Overall layout - генеральный план

Beam - балка, траверса

To run business - вести дело, предприятие

Durable - прочный

To be involved in - быть вовлечённым

To confirm - подтверждать

Roof trusses - ферма, кровля из стропильных ферм

Suspended floors - перекрытие без промежуточных основ

Government – правительство

To design – проектировать, изображать, конструировать

Equipment – оборудование, оснащение

To calculate – вычислять, рассчитывать

The building team includes the client, the design team, the contractor’s team, the building material suppliers, the regulators.

A client who has access to money and land is the most important person in a building project. The client may be a private individual, a commercial organization or the government.

The design team is responsible for the overall layout. The designers produce design drawings, working drawings and perspectives.

The structural engineer calculates the weight of the construction materials, the people and the equipment.

The quantity surveyor prepares a bill of quantities so that contractors can accurately price the work.

The construction team consists of the main contractor, the general foreman, surveyors, laborers, estimators, subcontractors, supervisors and others. There are also technicians who work for design or building teams and carry out work to high standards. Their work is to complete details on drawings, make changes on site when required, price the changes, inspect the building work, organize the right number and type of building workers, order equipment and building materials.

Constructing a building takes people, materials and equipment. The manufactures make all the materials, the builders’ merchants buy these materials and sell them to the building contractors.

The building inspectors confirm that the design, layout and constructing methods are acceptable to building regulations and codes of practice.

The planners control building projects of different categories: domestic, commercial, industrial, public and agricultural. Houses, flats, hostels; offices, shops, markets; factories, warehouses; cinemas, theatres, hospitals, schools, churches; farms, small-holdings.

Answer the following questions:

1. What is the structural engineer responsible for?

2. What does the building team consist of?

3. What are they charge of?

4. What are the common categories of building types and give some examples of them?

Exercises:

1) Match the Russian and English equivalents. Make up the sentences with these words and word combinations:

1regulator 2supplier 3surveyor 4supervisor 5general foreman 6estimator 7labourers 8bricklaying 9plumbing 10carpentry

a. водопроводное дело b. кладка кирпича c.эксперт по оценке, сметчик d. главный мастер, прораб e. разнорабочий f. поставщик g. руководитель проекта h. геодезист, топограф i. инспектор j.плотничное дело

2) Remember the following professions/occupations:

f.e. work-worker

music-musician

Электрик, плотник, оценщик, геодезист, инспектор, строитель, подрядчик, разнорабочий, сантехник, субподрядчик, поставщик, инженер, дизайнер, проектировщик, производитель, специалист.

3) Use –s in Present Simple if it’s necessary. Make up questions to the sentences:

The designer produce… design drawings and working drawings. The building inspector confirm… the design, layout and constructing methods. The quantity surveyors prepare… a bill of quantities. The technicians work …for design or building teams and carry… out very important work. The structural engineers calculate… the weight. The supplier provide…construction materials.

4) Form nouns using appropriate suffixes: -tion,-ity,- ment,-ance,-ate,-ant ,- ness and others. Make up the sentences with these words:

Important-

Confirm-

Calculate-

Hard-

Soft-

Active-

Equip-

Organize-

Govern-

Regulate-

Accept-