Page 56 - English for Construction 1

Projects

Listening 1 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Listen to Susana Ramirez and Arnold Schmidt talking about Block A of
the Cambridge Road Hospital project and find the things they talk about in A-D.
•J rooms - glass roof
entrance / \ entrance

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25 m
passage *-
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passage
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Ground floor: |
Amenities •
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cafe book shop bank r es'a J an* gift shop |
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fruit shop bank toy shop post office cafe

L a n g u a g e

Metric a n d imperial m e a s u r e m e n t s
The construction industry uses both metric 1 inch = 1" = 2.54 cm
(e.g. cm/m/km) and imperial (e.g. inches/ 12 inches = 1 foot = 1'
feet/yards) measurements. 3 feet = 3' = 1 yard
1 m = 3.281'
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Yo u u ca n as k k an d answe r r question s s abou t t How high is it? It's 25 metres high. How wide is it? It's 16 metres
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What's the length? The length What's the volume? It's 46 m . 3
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2 Fill in the gaps in the conversation.
A: So tell me about the new project. I hear t has a(n) (1) passage?
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B: Yes, that's right. A n d a(n) (2) roof.
A: How (3) is it?
B: The passage? 16 (4)
A: How m u c h is that n feet?
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B: Oh, about (5) feet.
A: A n d h o w long is it?
B: 250 m. Sorry. About (6) yards.
A: Quite a lot of floor space then?
B: Yes. The (7) is 4000 m 2 . And don't ask me what that is in feet!
7 The contractor's office