Unit 2: Design Development
Dr. Bassam Tayeh
Technical English
Islamic University of Gaza
February, 2017
Vocabulary
amendment ﺗﻌﺪﻳﻞ Redesign ﺇﻋﺎﺩﺓ ﺗﺼﻤﻴﻢ
current ﺣﺎﻟﻴﺎ Refine ﻳﺼﻘﻞ،ﻳﺪﻗﻖ
draft ﻣﺴﻮﺩﺓ Revise ﺗﺮﺍﺟﻊ, ﺻﺤﺢ
Issue ﻳﺼﺪﺭ sign off ﻳﻮﻗﻊ، ﻳﻮﺍﻓﻖ،ﻳﻌﺘﻤﺪ
Note ﻣﻠﺤﻮﻅﺔ, ﻣﺬﻛﺮﺓ Approve ﻳﻮﺍﻓﻖ
Revision ﻣﺮﺍﺟﻌﺔ Circulate ﻧﺸﺮ, ﻭﺯﻉ
Supersede ﺣﻞ ﻣﺤﻞ ,ﺑﺪﻝ design brief ﻣﻠﺨﺺ ﺍﻟﺘﺼﻤﻴﻢ
preliminary drawings ﺍﻟﺮﺳﻮﻣﺎﺕ ﺍﻷﻭﻟﻴﺔ Sketches ﺭﺳﻢ ﺗﺨﻄﻴﻄﻲ, ﺻﻤﻢ
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Outline
A. Initial design phase
B. Collaborative development
A. Initial design phase
A structural engineer from a firm of consulting
engineers has sent an email to a more senior colleague,
with an update on a project for a new airport terminal.
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A. Initial design phase
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B. Collaborative development
When a design team consists of engineers and consultants
from different organizations, the design development
process needs to be carefully co-ordinated.
Before the first draft (version) of a drawing is sent to
members of the team, a decision is made about who
needs a copy. Sometimes, a drawing will only be issued to
certain specialists in the team. Sometimes, it will be
circulated to all the team members.
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B. Collaborative development
After team members have received a drawing, they can
comment on it, and may ask for the design to be changed.
Following these comments, the drawing will be revised- that is,
drawn again with the requested changes made to it. Every
drawing is numbered, and each time a drawing is amended
(revised), the letter next to the drawing number is changed.
Therefore drawing 11 OA, after a revision, becomes 11 OB.
When revision B is issued, it becomes the current drawing, and
A is superseded. With each new revision, written notes are
added to the drawing. These describe the amendments that
have been made.
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B. Collaborative development
When engineers revise drawings during the early stages of the
design process, they may have to go back to the drawing board
(start again), and redesign concepts completely. For later revisions,
the design should only need to be refined slightly.
After a preliminary drawing has been finally approved (accepted), a
senior engineer can sign off (authorize) the drawing as a working
drawing- that is, one that the production or construction team can
work to. However, this does not always mean the drawing will be
final. Often, working drawings go through more revisions to resolve
problems during production.
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B. Collaborative development
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Exercise
2.1 Find words in A opposite with the following meanings.
1. a description of design objectives
2. a rough, hand-drawn illustration
3. an initial diagram, requiring further development
4. an overall design idea
[Link] brief
2 sketch
3 preliminary drawing
4 concept
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Exercise
2.2 Put the words in the box into the table to make groups of
verbs with similar meanings. Look at B opposite to help you.
1. amend, redesign,
refine, revise
2. circulate, issue
3. approve, sign
off
4. supersede
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1. draft 2. current 3. work 4. comment 5 working
Exercise
2.3 Choose the correct words from the brackets to complete the
sentences about drawings. Look at B opposite to help you.
1. Has the drawing been revised, or is this the first (draft/refine)?
2. This has been superseded. It's not the (current/preliminary)
drawing.
3. Has this drawing been signed off? Can they (circulate/work) to
it in the factory?
4. I still need to (comment/note) on the latest set of drawings.
5. Construction can't start until the first (current/working)
drawings have been issued.
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Exercise
2.4 Complete the email using the correct forms of the words in the box.
Look at B opposite to help you. The first one has been done for you.
amendment current draft Issue note revision supersede work
[Link]
2 revision
3 notes
4 amendments
5 draft
6 superseded
7 current
8 work
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End of
Unit Two