TEST 1
Engineering Faculty (Building Construction), Extra-mural Department, 1-st Year
Task I. Match the English words with their Russian equivalents.
1. apprentice a. дренажная труба; дренировать, осушать
2. bid b. столяр
3. carpenter c. лист
4. chimney d. плотник
5. cornice e. сделанный из искусственного гранита
6. drain f. карниз
7. expose g. сетка
8. granolithic h. ученик, подмастерье
9. joiner i. водопроводчик; паяльщик
10. lathing j. представлять, делать, превращать
11. mould k. труба, дымоход
12. plumber l. просьба, требование, спрос
13. render m. форма, шаблон; формировать, делать по шаблону
14. request n. выставлять, подвергать
15. sheet o. предложение цены; претензия
Task II. Read and translate the text.
Some Building Professions
A man, who has been an apprentice for some years for some years in a building trade and has therefore enough skill to be considered a skilled worker at his trade[1], is called tradesman or craftsman.
He may be a carpenter-and-joiner, bricklayer, mason, slater-and-tiler[2], plumber, electrician, house painter, glazier, floor-and wall tiler, plasterer, paper-hanger, steeplejack, hot water fitter[3] and so on.
Bricklayer is a tradesman who builds and repairs brickwork, lays and joints salt glazed stoneware drains, sets, chimney pots, manhole frames and fireplaces. He renders brickwork, including the insides of manholes. A sewer and tunnel bricklayer is a specialized bricklayer. In some districts of Great Britain, bricklayers also fix wall and flooring tiles and slating and lay plaster and granolithis floors. But elsewhere these are plasterer’s specialties.
Carpenter is a man who erects wood frames, fits joints, fixes wood floors, stairs and window frames, asbestos sheeting and other wallboard. He builds or dismantles wood or metal formwork. The two trades of carpenter and joiner were originally the same, and most men can do both, but specialize in one or the other. In the USA the term “carpenter” includes a joiner. The word is derived from the French word which means a wood or metal framework.
Joiner is a man who makes joinery and works mainly at the bench on wood, which has been cut and shaped by the machinists. His work is finer than the carpenter’s, much of it being highly finished and done in a joinery shop which is not exposed to weather[4].
In Scotland a joiner is a carpenter-and-joiner.
Mason is a stone worker or stone setter. In Scotland and in the USA a bricklayer is usually also a mason. A fixer or a fixer mason or a builder mason is a mason who sets prepared stones in walls, whether the stone be only facing or to the full wall thickness.
Plasterer is a tradesman who may be a fibrous plasterer or a plasterer in solid work. The latter lays successive coats of plaster or rendering and fixes fibrous plaster such as mould cornices and wall patter. He can use a horsed mould, erect lathing for plaster, and apply stucco.[5]
A construction manager, or CM, provides service similar to those of general constructor, but represents client’s interest during all phases of the building process – design as well as construction. They are usually paid a negotiated fee for the scope of services rendered.
For example, working with the architect during design, the CM provides updated cost projections so that a client will know probable costs, which the project evolves. A general constructor, however, doesn’t usually enter the scene until after the design is complete.
The CM decides who bids the job, picks up the request for invitation to bid, evaluates the bids, and awards work to the most reasonable bidder. The CM also prepares contracts and sends them out to the subcontractors. The owner signs the contracts with each subcontractor, unlike a general contractor who signs the contracts. As a result, the subcontractors are under the CM’s direction.
The CM may also be responsible for the safety of workers on the construction site.
Task III. Give equivalent English phrases to the following Russian ones.
1) мастер по укладке черепицы
2) считаться искусным в своём ремесле
3) находиться под влиянием погоды
4) многослойная штукатурка
5) столярная мастерская
6) верхолаз
7) каменщик
Task IV. Add the missing information from the text.
1. … is called trades or craftsman.
2. A fixer or a fixer mason or a builder mason is a mason who …
3. In the USA the term …
4. In some districts …, and slating and lay plaster and granolithic floors.
5. …, including the insides of manholes.
Task V. Ask 10 questions to the text.
Task VI. Pick up the professional terminology from the text.
[1] … может считаться искусным в своём ремесле.
[2] кровельщик
[3] теплотехник
[4] … который не подвержен погоде
[5] Он может использовать опалубку для бетона, крепить сетку под штукатурку и применять отделочный гипс.