Упражнение 1. Переведите следующие словосочетания.
давление грунтовых вод, ленточный фундамент, уровень третьего этажа, балка перекрытия, стена центрального ствола здания, система бетонных балок, периметр здания, толщина плиты, навесная стена, сооружение стоимостью 30 миллионов долларов, плитный фундамент, здание малой этажности, несущая способность, шов бетонирования.
Упражнение 2. Переведите предложения, обращая внимание на глагол would.
1. At this scale many effects which would not be significant in a smaller span structure must be considered.
2. Engineers supposed that this building would be an interesting alternative to a series of trusses across the shorter dimension on plan.
3. Higher prestressing forces would have increased the size of the beam.
4. The simple cast-in-place slab floor system is used where there are irregular floor designs that would make it difficult to form similar precast units.
5. If it were decided to use a square footing, it would need to be larger, since it would also have to support part of the wall.
6. It is estimated that with laminated timber replaced by steelwork, which would normally be desirable, the weight of steelwork would amount to 35 kg per sq m.