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is 3.520, the web thickness is 0.520 and he area is 2 A: Hi! Rebecca. The meeting w i t h the
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11.8 n 2 . subcontractors is now at nine fifteen.
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B: Slow down, please. Can y o u read them again? B: OK, that's no problem.
A: Sure. Depth 15, w i d t h 3.520, web thickness 0.520 3 A: What time is it?
and the area is 11.8 n 2 . B: It's three twenty-five.
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B: OK, thanks. A: A n d when will the concrete be here?
A: And the last one is he rod. This ime the B: Between four and four thirty.
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dimensions are in metric. The radius is 13 m m and A: H m m . We'll have o hurry.
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the length is 3 m. B: Yes.
B: 13 m m and 3 m. OK, great. Thanks.
4 A: What's the time?
B: I don't know. About five t h i r t y maybe?
Unit 8 Planning ahead A: He's late. He said five fifteen.
B: W h o said five fifteen?
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A: The contractor. M r Perez.
I'd like to explain the project schedule for the Highway B: I see.
473 beam bridge. As you can see from the slide, the 5 A: What time is the project meeting?
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design phase will take from March o June. At the end B: It starts at 10 a.m. and finishes at around 5 p.m.
of May we'll begin the site preparations, w h i c h will take A: Seven hours?
four months. At the beginning of August we'll start work B: Yes.
on the foundations. These will take until the beginning
of November. In November we'll start w o r k on the piers, 6 A: How about nine forty-five to talk about the
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delivery?
which will take around three months. In the middle of B: No, I'm sorry. I can't make that. How about half
February we'll start work on the superstructure, and in
June we'll lay the deck. The opening ceremony will be in past ten?
July next year. A: Yes, half past ten is fine.
7 A: Are y o u free at quarter o four? Mr Sanchez
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will be here.
1 A: How about Wednesday the 23rd? For the B: Yes, of course. No problem.
project meeting, I mean? <5>51
B: Yes, that's fine w i t h me. I'm free all day.
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2 A: Let's meet on Tuesday. A: Can we talk about he quantities now?
Sure.
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B: The 8th? A: What will we need? How many blocks?
A: No, the 15th. I can't make the 8th. I have to B: We'll have en square metres of brickwork in he
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visit a supplier. wall, so we'll need 100 blocks. It's oughly en
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B: OK, no problem. blocks per square metre.
3 A: We need to meet next week. How about the A: OK. A n d h o w m u c h m o r t a r will we need?
24th or 25th? B: Let's see. We calculate t w o bags per square metre,
B: The 24th is no good. I have another meeting so that's ...
that day, about the hospital project. A: Twenty bags.
A: Ah, yes. Then we'll have to meet on the 25th. B: Yes, exactly.
B: OK. It's in the diary. A: OK, that's fine. What about he path?
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4 A: Are y o u free on Friday he 11th? B: The path will be concrete. We'll need about one
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B: I'm sorry, Friday is full. How about he 14th? cubic metre of concrete. So hat will be eight bags
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A: Yes, that's OK. I'll be there n the afternoon. of cement, twenty-five bags of sand, forty-five bags
B: OK. of gravel and, of course, water.
5 A: How about the 28th? A: Sorry, how many bags of gravel did y o u say?
B: I'm sorry. The 28th is no good. I have a project B: Forty-five. A n d twenty-five bags of sand.
meeting. A: OK. A n d h o w m u c h water will we need?
A: OK. How about he 27th? B: 150 litres will be enough.
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B: The 27th is full, too. But I'm free on he 26th. A: OK, that won't be a problem.
A: The 26th? Yes, that's fine w i t h me, too. Great.
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1 six o'clock
2 seven fifteen or quarter past seven
3 nine twenty-five or twenty-five past nine
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4 ten h i r t y or half past ten
5 eleven forty-five or quarter o twelve
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6 twelve fifty-five or five to one
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1 A: Hi! Rebecca. The client will be here at nine
o'clock. A Ms Gorski - Anita Gorski.
B: OK, thanks.
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