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Free Construction English mini-lessons for architects, engineers and builders

Activities, downloadable worksheets, and lesson video clips focused on key vocabulary, sentence patterns, and useful grammar tools related to architecture, engineering and construction project environments.  

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Category: Documentation

Learn to communicate more clearly in English about information in drawings, specifications, and other project correspondence.

Space Requirements and Conflicts

Describing Spatial Conflicts in Design Coordination Key Points When elements on a plan don’t meet code requirements or interfere with required clearances, you need to describe these problems clearly to your team. Understanding how to talk about spatial conflicts helps …

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Steel wall-mounted counter top in conservation lab, fire extinguisher, window type, base cabinet with counter top, hose bibb, technical construction plan with labels and measurements.

Plan layout basics

Overview This is a short exercise to practice describing the location of items on a floor plan.  Preview the tutorial below for a quick lesson on locating items on a plan layout.Try your best to complete the sentences below using …

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