工程管理专业英语THE_CONSTRUCTION_INDUSTRY及翻译

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1、CHAPTER1THECONSTRUCTIONINDUSTRYCHAPTEROUTLINEINTRODUCTIONTYPEOFINDUSTRYINDUSTRYSECTORSResidentialSectorCommercialBuildingSectorInfrastructureandHeavyHighwaySectorIndustrialSectorRESEARCHANDDEVELOPMENTTRENDSINTHEINDUSTRYConstructionEthicsDemographicsOpportunitiesCONCLUSIONSTUDENTLEA

2、RNINGOBJECTIVESInthischapteryouwilllearnthefollowing:1.Theprinciplecharacteristicsthatdefinetheconstructionindustry2.Thefourmajorsectorsofconstructionprojects3.Thenatureofresearchanddevelopmentwithintheconstructionindustry4.CurrenttrendswithintheconstructionindustryINTRODUCTION"Tof

3、ormbyassemblingparts"isthedictionarydefinitionforcon.struct,butthephrasealsoisametaphorfortheconstructionprocessitself.Justasdivergentmaterialscometogethertoformastructure,so.too.doesadiversegroupofpeoplecometogethertomaketheprojectpossible.Tobringtogethernumerousindependentbusines

4、sesandcorporatepersonalitiesintoonegoalorientedprocessisthepeculiarchallengeoftheconstructionindustry.TheorganizationaJculturesofarchitects,engineers,owners.builders.manufacturers.andsuppliersmayseemtoworkagainsttherealneedtoforgeapartnershipthatwillensurethesuccessofaproject.Yet,d

5、espitetheseveryrealchaIJengesintheindustry,constructionprojectsdogetcompleted.Infact.itisdifficulttothinkofanindustrythatismorebasictooureconomyandtoourdailylives.Thehighwayswedriveon.thebridgeswecross.thewaterwedrink,thefuelweburn:allaremadepossiblebytheactivitiesoftheconstruction

6、industry.Likewise.whereweshop,wherewework.whereweworshipandlearn.andwhereweliveallexistbecauseoftheindustry.Designershavevisions;butuntilthecontractorbuilds.thosevisionsarejustdreamsonasheetofpaper.Constructionisalsoveryinterwinedwithotheraspectsofourlives.Itaffectsandisaffectedbyd

7、evelopmentsintechnology,computers,governmentpolicies,laborrelations.andeconomicandpoliticalpractices.Take.forinstance,thetechnologicalleapoftheskyscraper.Untilthelate1800s.mostbuildingswerefourorfivestorieshigh.Masonrysupportedthestructurefromtheground.Astheheightofthebuildingincre

8、ased.themassingattheground