Introduction Civil Engineering and Its Career
Unit 1 Making Buildings
Part Ⅰ Illustrated Words and Concepts
Part Ⅱ Passages
Passage A Designing Buildings
Passage B Building Systems
Unit 2 Construction Process
Part Ⅰ Illustrated Words and Concepts
Part Ⅱ Passages
Passage A Stages of a Single House Construction(Part 1)
Passage B Stages of a Single House Construction(Part 2)
Unit 3 Foundations
Part Ⅰ Illustrated Words and Concepts
Part Ⅱ Passages
Passage A Foundations and Loads
Passage B Foundation Structure
Unit 4 Brick Mmnry
Part Ⅰ Illustrated Words and Concepts
Part Ⅱ Passages
Passage A Brick Masonry
Passage B Wall Types
Unit 5 Steel Frame Construction
Part Ⅰ Illustrated Words and Concepts
Part Ⅱ Passages
Passage A The Construction Process(Fabrication)
Passage B The Construction Process(Erection)
Unit 6 Concrete Construction
Part Ⅰ Illustrated Words and Concepts
Part Ⅱ Passages
Passage A Making and Placing Concrete
Passage B Handling and Placing Concrete
Unit 7 Sitecast Concrete
Part Ⅰ Illustrated Words and Concepts
Part Ⅱ Passages
Passage A Casting a Concrete Slab on Grade
Passage B Casting a Concrete Wall
Unit 8 Preeast Concrete
Part Ⅰ Illustrated Words and Concepts
Part Ⅱ Passages
Passage A Precast Concrete Structural Elements and Assembly Concepts
Passage B Precast Concrete and Its Uniqueness
Unit 9 Cladding system
Part Ⅰ Illustrated Words and Concepts
Part Ⅱ Passages
Passage A The Design Requirements for Cladding
Passage B The Curtain WaU
Unit 10 Interior Finishes
Part Ⅰ Illustrated Words and Concepts
Part Ⅱ Passages
Passage A Interior Finishes
Passage B Interior Finish Systems
Unit 11 Drawing Reading
Part Ⅰ Illustrated Words and Concepts
Part Ⅱ Passages
Passage A Three View Drawing
Passage B Reading a Set of Blueprints
Unit 12 Construction Surveying
Part Ⅰ Illustrated Words and Concepts
Part Ⅱ Passages
Passage A Construction Surveying
Passage B The Survey of a Plot Plan
Appendix Professional Words