Intro
Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Overview
Abbreviations and Acronyms
Contents
1: Project Basics
1.1 Construction Industry
1.1.1 English in the Construction Industry
1.2 Project Structure
1.2.1 RIBA Plan of Work
1.3 Project Participants
1.3.1 Client
1.3.2 Planning Team
1.3.3 Construction Team
1.3.4 Exercise: Project Participants
1.4 Project Organisation
1.4.1 Design and Build Contract
1.5 Workplace
1.5.1 Grammar: Simple versus Continuous Present
1.5.2 Exercise: Simple versus Continuous Present

1.6 Project Initiation
1.6.1 Collocations
1.6.2 Exercise: Collocations
2: Town Planning
2.1 Basics of Town Planning
2.1.1 History of Town Planning
2.1.2 Urbanisation
2.1.3 Statistics
2.2 Principles of Town Planning
2.2.1 Terminology: Urban Planning
2.2.2 Fixed Factors in Urban Planning
2.2.3 Confusing Words
2.2.4 Variable Factors
2.3 Building Authorities
2.3.1 Rules and Regulations
2.3.2 Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
2.4 Planning Developments
2.4.1 Grammar: Word Order
2.4.2 Exercise: Word Order

2.5 Key Issues in Urban Design
2.5.1 Affordable Housing
2.5.2 Mixed Use
2.5.3 Densification
2.5.4 Public Participation
3: Briefing
3.1 Project Definition
3.1.1 Client's Needs
3.2 Plot
3.2.1 Site Visit
3.2.2 Comprehension Questions: Site Visit
3.2.3 Exercise: Plot Description
3.2.4 Homophones
3.3 Feasibility
3.3.1 Grammar: Questions
3.3.2 Exercise: Questions and Answers
3.4 Survey
3.4.1 Conversation: Consulting Local Authorities
3.4.2 Comprehension Questions: Consulting Local Authorities
3.5 Communicating with the Client

3.5.1 Writing Emails
3.5.2 Exercise: Writing Emails
4: Concept Design
4.1 Appearance
4.1.1 Presentation Forms
4.2 Sustainability
4.2.1 Energy-Efficient Buildings
4.2.2 Compactness
4.2.3 Orientation
4.2.4 Building Certificates
4.2.5 Exercise: Collocations for Sustainable Buildings
4.3 Consultants
4.3.1 Appointing a Consultant
4.3.2 Standard Telephone Phrases
4.3.3 Exercise: Telephone Call
4.4 Building Costs
4.4.1 Cost Items
4.4.2 Fees
4.4.3 Loans
4.4.4 Cost Management
4.4.5 Exercise: Construction Costs

5: Preliminary Design
5.1 Appearance
5.1.1 Word Families: Size
5.1.2 Exercise: Size
5.2 Numbers and Units
5.2.1 Numbers
5.2.2 Ordinal Numbers
5.2.3 Mathematical Symbols
5.2.4 Units
5.2.5 Exercise: Numbers and Units
5.3 Comparisons
5.3.1 Exercise: Comparisons
5.4 Shapes
5.4.1 Geometry Terms
5.4.2 Design Description
5.4.3 Relations
5.4.4 Areas and Volumes
6: Structural Design
6.1 Structural Systems
6.2 Statics
6.2.1 Loads
6.2.2 Supports
6.2.3 Reactions
6.2.4 Structural Analysis
6.3 Strength of Materials