Exercise 7. Discuss the following diagram, using information and your knowledge of this section.
Exercise 8. Work in pairs. Student A and Student B look at their individual information.
Student A looks at this schedule for a bridge construction project and asks Student B for the missing information.
A: When will we do the foundations?
B: We'll start in August and we’ll finish in December.
A: So, will it take five months?
B: Yes, that's right.
A: OK, what about...?
| May | June | July | August | Sept | October | Nov | Dec | Feb | March | April | May | June | July | August | Sept | |
| Design | X | X | X | |||||||||||||
| Site preparations | ||||||||||||||||
| Foundations | X | X | X | X | X | |||||||||||
| Pier construction | ||||||||||||||||
| Superstructure | X | X | X | X | X | |||||||||||
| Deck | ||||||||||||||||
| Opening ceremony |
Student B looks at this schedule for a bridge construction project and asks Student A for the missing information.
A: When will we do the site preparations?
B: We'll start in June and we'll finish in October.
A: So, will it take five months?
B: Yes, that's right.
A: OK, what about....
| May | June | July | August | Sept | October | Nov | Dec | Feb | March | April | May | June | July | August | Sept | |
| Design | ||||||||||||||||
| Site preparations | X | X | X | X | X | |||||||||||
| Foundations | ||||||||||||||||
| Pier construction | X | X | X | |||||||||||||
| Superstructure | ||||||||||||||||
| Deck | X | X | X | |||||||||||||
| Opening ceremony |
Exercise 9. Imagine you are going to plan a project of one of the buildings. Choose one and make a presentation. You should follow a certain plan below.
1. Hospital.
2. School.
3. Hotel.
4. Residential building.
5. A big department store.
The plan:
- The architecture of an object;
- The interior design;
- Building materials
- The functionality;
- The costs.
Exercise 10. Read the email from a contractor to a site manager and answer the following questions.
1. When will they have a complete site plan?
2. Is the grade rod used to measure elevation changes?
3. How will they show the wall outlines?
Keith,
Today we will finish the site layout for the office building on Lincoln Boulevard. We will need to have a complete site plan by the end of the day. It should show the property lines, available utilities, and all significant changes in elevation.
I know this is your first time leading the crew. So, I will give you a few reminders. Be sure your crew brings all necessary equipment. Don’t forget the builder’s level and grade rod. You can’t establish horizontal planes or measure elevation changes without them. There are already bench marks set at the site to help with that. You will also need some monuments to stake out the property lines. Last, bring several batter boards and at least 100 meters of string or wire. Put the boards at the building corners. Then run the wire between them to show the wall outlines.
Best regards,
Jack
Exercise 11. Read the sentence pair. Choose where the words best fit the blanks.
1. Run/stake
- _______ the wire between the batter boards.
- Please ______ monuments at the corners of the property.
2. Builder’s level/grade rod
- A ________ is an optical instrument.
- This ______ has a target that corresponds to the instrument’s line of sight.
3. Bench mark/ monument