5 £980 ENGLISH FOR CIVIL ENGINEERING — Stanislava Kasikova Hana Horka Renata Nivenova Violetta Sedlékova CVUT v Praze Fakulta stavebniForeword English for Civil Engineering has been written for use in compulsory English courses at the Faculty of Civil Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague. This is the second, revised edition of the textbook. Its main focus is on the terminology of the civil engineering fields and branches taught at FCE. The paperback textbook is accompanied by electronic quizzes and interactive practice material offered online. Designed as feedback, they give students an opportunity to leam at their own pace and to test their knowledge of newly acquired language means. The authors would like to acknowledge the valuable linguistic comments provided by Doc. PhDr. Milan Malinovsky, CSc., English teacher at the Department of Languages, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague. The authors highly appreciate all the professional support and assistance that Gordon W. Niven, B.A.M.Se (Econ), DIP.ED, has extended to them. Last but not least, the authors are very thankful to their colleague Andrew C. Mann, BA, ‘TESL, English teacher at the Department of Languages, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, for his methodological and language comments. Authors Textbook reviewer: Ing. arch, Ludmila CaravanasovaContents Unit 1 University Study pages 5-20 Unit 2 Civil Engineering Branches pages 21-36 Unit3 Building Materials pages 37-50 Unit 4 Building Construction pages 51-66 UnitS — Architectural Engineering pages 67-82 Unit 6 Structural & Transportation Engineering pages 83-98 Unit 7 Economics, Business & Management pages 99-114 Unit § Water Engineering pages 115-130 Unit9 — Environmental Engineering pages 131-146 Unit 10 Information Technology pages 147-163 Unit 11 Surveying pages 164-179 Bibliography pages 180-182 Note 1, Some abbreviations used in the textbook: AE American (US) English BE British English st something 2. Some texts in this textbook are of US crigin, with US spelling. Other than that, the book is based on the British standard