Active Vocabulary

1. team команда, бригада

2. proceedings производство, работа

3. drawing чертеж

4. surveyor геодезист, топограф

5. quantity surveyor сметчик

6. developer разработчик, застройщик

7. related fields смежные области

8. one-stop shopping (здесь) единый цех

9. “design-build" contract контракт на проектирование и строительство

10. performance выполнение, исполнение, работа

11. to undertake предпринимать, гарантировать

12. adhering to придерживаясь чего-л.

13. partnering партнерство

14. to grow beyond выходить за пределы

15. emphasis особое значение, акцент

16. establishing налаживание

17. participant участник

18. complexity сложность

19. life-cycle продолжительность

20. appreciation оценка, определение

21. advanced передовой, самый современный

22. sustainability устойчивость; экологичность

Control tests test I

Decide whether these statements are true or false:

1. a). In the modern industrialized world construction usually involves planning of the physical proceedings.

b). In the modern industrialized world construction usually requires close integration of many sub-systems.

c). In the modern industrialized world construction usually involves the translation of designs into reality.

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

b). The design usually consists of a bill of quantities provided by a quantity surveyor.

c). The design usually consists of building concepts that may be constructed in the far future.

3. a). Following evaluation of bids, the owner will typically award a contract to the largest firm among the bidders.

b). Following evaluation of bids, the owner will typically award a contract to the most cost efficient bidder.

c). Following evaluation of bids, the owner will typically award a contract to the

firm that is nominally an "architecture" or "construction management" firm.

4. a). In the past architects, interior designers, engineers, developers, construction managers and general contractors formed joint companies.

b). In the past architects, interior designers, engineers, developers, construction managers and general contractors formed a "one-stop shopping" for a construction project.

c). In the past architects, interior designers, engineers, developers, construction managers and general contractors were more likely to be entirely separate companies.

5. a). The increasing complexity of construction projects creates the need for design professionals, trained in all phases of the project's life-cycle.

b). The increasing complexity of construction projects creates the need for a building concept that will be constructed in the near future.

c). The increasing complexity of construction projects creates the need for a "design-build" contract.

Test II

Match words in columns A and B (synonym match):

A B

1. performance a). property b). preparation

c). maintenance d). productivity

2. proceedings a). surveying b). operation

c). application d). renovation

3. evaluation a). manifestation b). efficiency

c). assessment d). density

4. to consist a). to compose b). to produce

c). to mean d). to apply

5. to prepare a). to repair b). to restore

c). to elevate d). to arrange

6. protection a). influence b). defense

c). appliance d). impact

7. to undertake a). to flank b). to deform

c). to launch d). to cause

8. response a). roofer b). reply

c). support d). curve

9. bid a). claim b). vault

c). shell d). load

10. advanced a). rigid b). regressive

c). protective d). progressive