Unit 15

Unit 15

I. Read the text:

Industrial construction

Industrial construction, though a relatively small part of the entire construction industry, is a very important component. Owners of these projects are usually large, for-profit, industrial corporations. These corporations can be found in such industries as medicine, petroleum, chemical, power generation, manufacturing, etc. Processes in these industries require highly specialized expertise in planning, design, and construction. As in building and heavy/highway construction, this type of construction requires a team of individuals to ensure a successful project.

Design team

In the modern industrialized world, construction usually involves the translation of paper or computer based designs into reality. A formal design team may be assembled to plan the physical proceedings, and to integrate those proceedings with the other parts. The design usually consists of drawings and specifications, usually prepared by a design team including architects, interior designers, civil engineers, cost engineers (or quantity surveyors), mechanical engineers, electrical engineers, and structural engineers. The design team is most commonly employed by (i.e. in contract with) the property owner. Under this system, once the design is completed by the design team, a number of construction companies or construction management companies may then be asked to make a bid for the work, either based directly on the design, or on the basis of drawings and a bill of quantities provided by a surveyor. Following evaluation of bids, the owner will typically award a contract to the lowest responsible bidder.

II. Find English equivalents in the text:

промышленное строительство - ________________________________

относительно малая часть - _________________________________

электроснабжение, энергетика - ___________________________

коллектив собственников - ____________________________

проектная группа - _________________________________

претворение в жизнь - _________________________________

чертежи и проектные задания - __________________________________

специалист по дизайну интерьеров - ______________________________

инженер-сметчик - _________________________________

сметный расчет - ______________________________

заключить подрядный договор - _______________________________

выгодный подрядчик - __________________________________________

инженер-проектировщик - _____________________________

гражданский инженер-строитель - ________________________________

заказчик-застройщик - ______________________________

определение количества заявок - __________________________________

компьютерный проект - _________________________________

специальные знания - ______________________________

современный индустриальный мир - ____________________________

коммерческая корпорация - _________________________________

заявка на работу - __________________________________

III. Give Russian equivalents to the following:

petroleum - ____________________

to manufacture - ________________________

to involve - ___________________________

paper based - ____________________________

to assemble - __________________________

a physical proceeding - _______________________________

to integrate - _____________________________

commonly - ______________________

to employ - ____________________________

a construction company - ___________________________

to base - ___________________________________

a quantity surveyor - ___________________________________

to provide - ________________________________

typically - __________________

a bidder - _______________________

IV. Translate the text and say whether these statements are true or false:

1. Industrial construction is a large part of the entire construction industry.

2. Large, for-profit, industrial corporations own industrial construction projects.

3. Processes in medicine, petroleum, chemical, manufacturing and other industries require common expertise in planning and construction.

4. Industrial construction requires a team of civil engineers to ensure a successful project.

5. Construction usually involves the translation of computer based designs into paper.

6. The physical proceedings are planned by a formal team of individuals.

7. A design team usually prepares a successful project.

8. A design team usually consists of individuals and owners.

9. The design team is usually in contact with the property owner.

10. After the design is completed construction companies can make a bid for the work.

11. The owner usually awards a contract to the most famous bidder.

V. Choose the right variant:

1. As in building and heavy\highway construction, this type of construction …

а) Как и в жилищном строительстве и строительстве крупных инженерных сооружений или дорожном строительстве этот тип строительства …

б) Так как в жилищном строительстве и в строительстве крупных инженерных сооружений или дорожном строительстве этот тип строительства …

в) И в жилищном строительстве и в строительстве крупных инженерных сооружений в этом типе строительства …

2. … construction usually involves the translation of paper or computer based design into reality.

а) … строительство обычно вовлекает перевод реальных проектов, выполненных на бумаге в компьютерные.

б) … строительство обычно предполагает претворение в жизнь как бумажных, так и выполненных на компьютере проектов.

в) … строительство обычно предполагает перевод реальных проектов как на бумагу, так и в компьютерный вариант.

3. … once the design is completed by the design team …

а) … однажды, когда проект завершен проектной группой …

б) … так как проект завершается проектная группа …

в) … когда проектная группа завершает проект …

4. Following evaluation of bids, the owner will typically award a contract …

а) Следуя оценке тендеров, собственник обычно заключает договор ...

б) Вследствие оценки заявок, собственник обычно заключает договор ...

в) После оценки заявок, собственник обычно заключает подрядный договор …

VI. Continue the sentence:

1. Owners of industrial construction projects are usually …

a) … large construction companies.

b) … large construction management companies.

c) … large industrial corporations.

2. Industrial construction requires a team of individuals …

a) … to translate paper or computer based designs into reality.

b) … to integrate physical proceedings with the other parts.

c) … to ensure a successful project.

3. A formal design team may be assembled …

a) … to award a contract to the lowest responsible bidder.

b) … to ensure a successful project.

c) … to prepare drawings and specifications.

4. After the design is completed a number of construction companies or construction management companies may be asked …

a) … to plan the physical proceedings.

b) … to ensure a successful project.

c) … to make a bid for the work.

5. After evaluation of bids the owner usually awards a contract …

a) … to the construction company.

b) … to the large, for-profit industrial corporation.

c) … to the lowest responsible bidder.

VII. a) Complete the table:

Noun	Verb	Adjective
-	succeed	-
form	-	-
-	-	proceeded
-	prepare	-
provision	-	-
-	-	based
-	respond	-

b) Choose the word from the table to complete the sentence:

1. A … design team usually prepares drawings and specifications.

2. The design usually consists of drawings and specifications, usually … by a design team.

3. Industrial construction requires a team of individuals to ensure … project.

4. A formal design team may be assembled to plan the physical … .

5. Construction usually involves the translation of paper or computer … designs into reality.

6. A surveyor is a person who usually … a bill of quantities.

7. The owner usually awards a contract to the lowest … bidder.

VIII. Scan the text and answer the questions:

1. Industrial construction is a relatively small part of the entire construction, isn’t it?

2. Who are the owners of industrial construction projects?

3. Where can these corporations be found?

4. What kind of expertise do processes in these industries require?

5. What does industrial construction require a team of individuals for?

6. What does construction usually involve in the modern industrialized world?

7. What may a formal design team be assembled for?

8. Who usually prepares drawings and specifications?

9. Whom does a design team include?

10. Who commonly employs the design team?

11. When may a number of construction companies or construction management companies be asked to make a bid for a work?

12. Who provides a bill of quantities?

13. Whom does the owner typically award a contract to?

Grammar revision:

1. Explain the grammar phenomena underlined in the text.

2. Put questions to the following sentences.

1. Trigonometry includes all kinds of investigations of trigonometric functions of angles and numbers. (What)

2. She has learned to solve such problems. (How)

3. They came to the laboratory to obtain the data they needed. (Why)

4. There will be some changes in our project. (How many)

5. This question may be of great scientific importance. (general)

3. Open the brackets.

1. The new device for creating pressure (to speak) much about by the students of our group. 2. When the experiment (to finish), the engineers left the laboratory. 3. If you (to throw) something up into the air, it (to fall) to the ground. 4. During the experiment the scientist observed that a small electrical current (to flow). 5. We often (to use) diagrams at our lesson.