Text 3 The architect’s work

Words and word-combinations to be remembered:

commission – замовлення

site – майданчик, ділянка

to draw up – розробляти, складати, проектувати

preliminary plan – попередній план

rough estimate of the cost – приблизний кошторис вартості

to submit – подавати на розгляд

approval – схвалення, затвердження

client – замовник

final design – остаточний проект

exact dimension – точний розмір

contractor – підрядник

to bid – брати участь у тендері

tender – тендер, заявка на підряд

price – ціна, вартість

to specify – точно визначати, вказувати

defect liability period – період усунення недоробок

to correct – виправити, усунути

fabric – будівля без облицювальних робіт, конструкція

to take possession of – вступити у володіння

Read and translate the text:

The architect’s work

When an architect receives a commission for a building, he meets the client and discusses his requirements. After visiting the site, the architect draws up preliminary plans and, together with a rough estimate of the cost, submits them to the client for his approval. If the client suggests changes, the architect incorporates them into the final design which shows the exact dimension of every part of the building. At this stage, several building contractors are invited to bid for the job of constructing the building. When they submit their tenders or prices, the architect assists his client in selecting the best one and helps him to draw up a contract between the client and the contractor.

Work now starts on the building. As construction proceeds, the architect makes periodic inspections to make sure that the building is being constructed according to his plans and that the materials specified in the contract are being used. During the building period, the client pays the bills from the contractor. Subsequently, the contractor completes the building and the client occupies it. For six months after completion there is a period known as the defects liability period. During this period, the contractor must correct any defects that appear in the fabric of the building. Finally, when all the defects have been corrected, the client takes full possession of the building.

Exercise 1.

What’s the English for:

замовлення

підрядник

майданчик, ділянка

брати участь у тендері

розробляти, складати

тендер, заявка на підряд

попередній план

ціна, вартість

приблизний кошторис вартості

точно визначити, вказувати

подавати на розгляд

період усунення недоробок

схвалення, затвердження

виправити, усунути

замовник

будівля без облицювальних робіт

остаточний проект

вступати у володіння

Exercise 2.

Give the Ukrainian equivalents for the following English word-combinations:

To receive a commission for a building; to draw up preliminary plans; to suggest changes; to show the exact dimension of every part of the building; several building contractors; to bid for the job of constructing the building; a contract between the client and the contractor; as construction proceeds; periodic inspections; according to his plans; the materials specified in the contract; during the building period; for six months after completion; must correct any defects than appear in the fabric of the building; to take full possession of the building.

Exercise 3.

Answer the questions in English:

1. Who meets the client when receives a commission for a building?

2. What does the architect do after visiting the site?

3. Who is invited to bid for the job of constructing the building?

4. What does the architect help to draw up after submitting tenders?

5. Why does the architect make periodic inspections of the construction?

6. Who pays the bills from the contractor?

7. What is the “defects liability period”?

8. When does the client take full possession of the building?

Exercise 4.

Find a word or an expression in the passage which means:

1. to be given the job of designing a building

2. to offer to a client for his consideration

3. to combine into a whole

4. to offer to do some work at a certain price

5. to look at the building work in detail at regular intervals

6. named or described exactly

7. an interval of time after the building has been finished during which the contractor is responsible for correcting any faults in it

8. to have complete ownership of the building