UNIT 7: DOCUMENTATION
Explain document control procedures
Talk about amendments
Give specific information about documents
Discuss project documentation
DOCUMENT CONTROL
Người quản hoặc cơ quan quản lý
hồ sơ
Phòng lưu trữ
Yêu cầu thông tin
Yêu cầu thông tin
Đăng nhập
Thủ tục thay đổi thứ tự
Trang web ghi nhớ
công việc
Trạng thái
Hoàn thành
Cải thiện, sữa chữa
Quét (lấy mẫu)
Phiên bản
Phá hủy
Viết
Sửa đổi
Bảo vệ (an toàn)
Speaking 1: Work in pair. Brainstorm type of document used in the construction
industry
- Profile Design
- Legal records
- Project Profile
- Profile Estimates
- Bidding Documents
Speaking 1
Suggested answers
building plans, building permits, architect’s drawings/plans, floor plans, project
plans, structural/electrical drawings, specifications, manual/spec books (manuals
that cover materials and methods), change orders, letters, memos, etc.
Listening 2: A manager is showing a new employee around the company
Listen and note down least three documents he mentions
Documents ………..
Job site memos
Correspondence
reports
Procedures
Change orders
RFI logs
drawings
Listening 2
correspondence, job site memos, change orders, reports,
drawings, RFI logs, procedures, archives, confidential documents
Listen 3: Listen again and answer these question
Listening3
1.
A document controller is a person who is responsible for processing all
documents within an organisation in a timely manner.
2 Document control is necessary because companies deal with hundreds of
documents. And delays cost money.
3 RFI stands for ‘request for information’. It is a document that asks for
information about specific details in a project. An RFI log is a list of the RFIs.
4 Because the company still gets a lot of documentation which is not in
electronic format.
5 It is a requirement of state law.
Listening 3
1) Doccument controlers someone who are responsible for looking after the document
2) Because they are in the right place at the right time or can be accessed whenever they are needed
3) The difference between an RFI and RFI log is RFI log is a list of RFIs
4) Because a lot of documentation which isn’t electronic format
5) Because that is confidential documents
Reading 4: Look at three documents and decide what types of document they are. Choose from
the names in the box
Reading 4
1. a job site memo
2. an RFIlog
3. a change order procedure
5 Complete this document control procedure with the words in the box
log
number
track
books out
scan
figures
version
amended
archived
Vocabulary 5
1 log 2 number 3 scan 4 figures
5 version 6 amended 7 track 8 books out 9 archived
Listening6
2 Status 3 Confidentiality level 4 Originator 5 Document history 6 Document output
Listening 7
Details: document serial number, document type
2 Status: draft, final
3 Confidentiality level: restricted, internal,
open
4 Originator: name/department, telephone
number, email address
5 Document history: list of Versions, dates,
people involved
6 Document output menu: only allow online
viewing, transfer files, print
Listening 6: listen to a conversation about a document manament system. Label the buttons on
the screenshot.
Status
Confidentiallity
level
Origination
Document
History
7 Listen again. What does the user see when he/she clicks each button?
Document serial number
Detail buttom
Document type
Normally someone’s name or
Status buttom
department
Draft
Origination
Final
Telephone number and email address
Restricted document
Confidentiality Lever
Internal document
Open document
Document History
Document output menu
8. Match 1 -7 with a – g to make sentences
1c2a3e4b5d6g7f
9. Work in pairs. Design a simple log sheet for tracking documents. Explan how to use it. You
have to put the date in this column
Date
Start time
Finish time
Log
Note
AMENDMENTS
Word
Definition
Schedule of drawings (n)
The order of the plans for building
Revise (v)
To change something because of new information or ideas.
Translation
Kế hoạch của bản ve
Làm lại, sữa lại, xem
lại,…
Load bearing wall (n)
A wall that helps support the weight above it.
Blinding concrete (n)
A thin layer of concrete that is applied to a surface to smooth over holes.
Primer (n)
A coating of paint applied to a surface to prepare it for paint or another coating or adhesive.
Fabrication (n)
The act of construction or manufacturing.
Erection (n)
The act of building something or putting it in an upright position.
Tường chịu lực
Bê tông lắp khe nứt
Van mơ nhiên liêu
Sự gia công
Sự lắp ráp
Sanitary sewer (n)
In civil engineering, a sewer that is restricted to carrying sewage and does not allow surface water to enter.
Công vê sinh
AMENDMENTS
Word
Definition
Vent (n)
A hope or pipe through which gases, liquid, etc. can enter or escape from an enclosed space or container.
Drain (n)
A pipe that carries water or waste liquids away.
Compressed (adj)
Pressed together or into less volume or space.
Water meter (n)
A device used to measure the volume of water that is used.
Translation
Thông hơi
Ống thoát nước
Bị nén
Đồng hồ nước
Remote reader (n)
A device that is operated at a distance from the water mater, and to which water meter reading are transmitted.
Gas line (n)
A pipeline used to transport liquids or gases.
Full stop (n)
British English a point [.] that marks the end of a sentence or the short form of a word [ = period American English]
Period (n)
American English a point [.] that marks the end of a sentence or the short form of a word [= full stop British English]
Slash (n)
A line [/] used in writing, to separate words, number or letters.
Điều khiển từ xa
Đường dẫn khí đôt
Dấu chấm
Dấu chấm
Dấu gạch chéo
AMENDMENTS
Word
Definition
Forward slash (n)
A line [/] used in writing, to separate words, numbers or letters.
Comma (n)
The mark [,] used in writing to show a short pause or to separate things in a list.
Translation
Dấu gạch chéo
Dấu phẩy
Colon (n)
The sign [:] that is used in writing and printing to introduce an explanation, example, quotation, etc.
Semi – colon (n)
The mark [;] used to separate different parts of a sentence or list.
Dash (n)
A line [-] used in writing to separate two closely related parts of a sentence.
Dấu hai chấm
Dấu chấm phẩy
Dấu gạch ngang
Brackets (n)
Of the pair of signs put around words to show extra information ().
Dấu ngoăc đơn
Inverted commas (n)
One of a pair of marks [“] that are put at the beginning and end of a written word, sentence, etc. to show that someone said it or wrote
it.
Roman numerals (n)
Dấu ngoăc kép
A number system that uses combinations of the letters I, V, X, L, C, D and M to represent numbers.
Chữ sô La Ma
AMENDMENTS
Reading 1 Look at these extracts and decide what type of document they are from.
B
A
SCHEDULE OF DRAWINGS
GENERAL NOTES
1.
2.
3.
Drawing no.
Description
Sheet no.
GF/400/001
Site plan
1 of 1
GF/400/002
Floor plans
1 – 5 of 5
GF/400/013
Foundations – warehouse
1 – 4 of 4
GF/400/004
Warehouse elevations and section
1 – 6 of 6
GF/400/005
Wall details
1 of 1
GF/400/006
Plumbing diagrams
1 -7 of 7
All dimensions in mm.
All load bearing wall to be minimum 200 mm thick.
Concrete mix ratios as follows:
(i) structural concrete 1:1 ½:3
(cement : sand : aggregate)
(ii) blinding concrete 1:3:5
(cement : sand : aggregate)
4. Concrete covers as follow:
(i) substructures 50 mm.
(ii) columns
40 mm.
(iii) beams
35 mm.
5. All structural steel to be painted with two
fabrication and one after erection).
6. All plates to be mild steel to GS 5950:
coats of primer (one after
AMENDMENTS
Reading 1 Look at these extracts and decide what type of document they are from.
C
PLUMBING LEGEND
SYSBOL
DESCRITION
POINT OF CONNECTION
- -- - -- CW -- - -- -
DOMESTIC COLD WATER, INSULATED
- -- - -- HW -- - -- -
DOMESTIC HOT WATER, INSULATED
-------- SAN -------
NEW SANITARY SEWER
------v------
SANITARY VENT
FLOOR DRAIN
C.A
M
-------- G ---------
COMPRESSED AIR
R
WATER METER WITH REMOTE READER
GAS LINE
Reading 1
All the extracts are from technical drawings/ architect’s drawings.
Listening 2
1 Thomas is a document controller. Vince is a site manager.
2 The call is about some changes to the drawings that Vince is using
on site.
AMENDMENTS
Reading 1 Look at these extracts and decide what type of document they are from.
Answer:
A - Documents guide
B - Drawing document
C - Document symbol