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Please note that dwg 18A is currently being revised, to resolve problems encountered during
assembly of the ski lift. Revision B will be circulated next week. Until the amended drawing is
issued, please treat dwg 18A as superseded. If you require specific details urgently, please
contact me, and I will arrange for a suitable sketch to be issued.

b Put the emails in the correct sequence.
1 2 3 4 5

c Complete the following definitions using the types of drawing in the box.
design brief preliminary drawing sketch working drawing

1 A is a rough drawing of initial ideas, also used when production problems
require engineers to amend design details and issue them to the workforce immediately.

2 A is a written summary intended to specify design objectives.
3 A is an approved drawing used for manufacturing or installation.
There is often a need to revise these drawings to resolve production problems. In this case,
amended versions are issued to supercede the previous ones.
4 A is a detailed drawing that colleagues and consultants are
invited to approve if they accept them, or comment on if they wish to request any changes.

d Find synonyms for the following words in the definitions in Exercise 10c.
1 accept / approve 5 give feedback /
2 amend / 6 replace / update /
3 approximate / 7 state /
4 circulate / 8 solve /

e In pairs, suggest what needs to be done next in each of the following
situations.

1 They’ve found a problem with drawing 63 on site. The detail we’ve specified doesn’t
work.
2 I’ve done a preliminary design for the duct layout, but the client hasn’t seen it yet.
3 I’ve got a feeling the drawing they have on site isn’t the latest one.
4 We’ve just revised drawing 14. The changes are going to affect three different
contractors.
5 This is the client’s written design brief. How shall we kick off the design work?
11a Leo is the ski complex project manager. With design work about to begin, he is
meeting senior engineers from the design teams to discuss design coordination. In pairs,
explain the items on the meeting agenda and suggest what kinds of issue might be
discussed.
b 4.4 Read three extracts from the meeting and match each extract (1-3) to an agenda
item (a-c).
1 2 3

c 4.4 Listen again and make notes about the problems discussed in the meeting. In pairs,
discuss some possible solutions to the problems.

1
Leo: I’ve worked on projects in the past where every single working drawing is circulated to
every team - structural, mechanical and electrical - and it just gets completely out of control. So

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