Business english course program level b1 (livello intermedio)

In sintesi

Scheda evento

Codice evento

26p14010

Tipologia

Corsi

Modalità

FAD asincrona

Crediti (CFP)

8

Quando

dal 1 aprile 2026 al 31 marzo 2027

Quota di partecipazione

Gratuito

Posti

8560 disponibili su 9000 (minimo 1 partecipanti)

Settori

Civile e ambientaleIndustrialeDell'informazione

Professioni ammesse

Ingegnere

Ente organizzatore

Fondazione Architetti e Ingegneri Liberi Professionisti Iscritti InarcassaProvider autorizzato

Validità territoriale

Valido per gli iscritti a qualunque Ordine degli Ingegneri

Regolamento

Testo Unico 2025 (CNI)

Programma

1. Introduction to Technical English in Construction

   • 1.1 – Stages of a construction project: design, approval, construction, maintenance
   • 1.2 – Types of buildings and structures (residential, commercial, industrial, public)
   • Grammar: relative clauses and reduced relative causes
   • 1.3 – Parts of a construction site (site office, scaffolding, foundation, excavation, etc.)
   • Grammar: depending prepositions
   • 1.4 – Negation using prefixes

2. Project verification and validation

   • 2.1 – Writing emails in order to be sure that the final project meets the client’s needs and legal standards.
   • 2.2 – Key activities in verification and validation
   • Grammar: Reported speech
   • 2.3 – Common phrases during verification and validation
   • Grammar: Past perfect
   • 2.4 – Check list and inspection forms
   • Idioms for giving examples

3. Project management in construction

   • 3.1 – Defining the project (set objectives, identify stakeholder)
   • Discussing hypothetical problems and solutions
   • 3.2 – Use of project plans and tools (Gantt chart, schedule, checklist)
   • Grammar: Second conditional
   • 3.3 – Assigning roles and responsibilities
   • Expressions for brainstorming
   • 3.4 – Tracking progress and reporting issues
   • Risk management and quality control
   • Grammar: Past perfect continuous

4. Sustainability and New Technologies

   • 4.1 – Green building, energy efficiency, eco -friendly materials
   • Linking expressions
   • 4.2 – BIM (Building Information Modeling): definition and basic vocabulary
   • Grammar: Cleft sentences for emphasis (e.g. “What makes this unique is…”)
   • 4.3 – Grammar: Third conditional
   • 4.4 – Smart buildings, automation, environmental impac
   • Reporting and giving updates
   • Resolving conflict

5. Public Tenders and the Procurement Process

   • 5.1 – Public Procurement Vocabulary
   • Grammar: Emphatic structures with “do/does/did”
   • 5.2 – Steps in the Tendering Process
   • Justifying design or planning decisions
   • 5.3 – Documents Required in a tender
   • Vocabulary: Types of Contracts
   • 5.4 – Compliance and Legal Terms
   • Useful expressions for ethical problem solving (giving reasons for opinions, playing for time…)

6. Communicating and Preparing Offers for Public Tenders

   • 6.1 – Participants and Requirements for a tender
   • Negotiating: being vague and being precise
   • 6.2 – Contract Clauses in a Tender
   • Grammar: Inversion for emphasis (e.g. “Rarely do we see…”)
   • 6.3 – Preparing Technical and Financial Offers
   • Vocabulary: Legal Terms and Oversight
   • 6.4 – How to communicate with the contracting authority during the tender phase
   • Verb–noun collocations for reporting

7. English for Environmental Engineering in Construction

   • 7.1 – Key Areas of Environmental Engineering in Construction
   • Vocabulary & Environmental impact assessment (EIA)
   • Grammar: Discourse markers
   • 7.2 – Describing Environmental Measures
   • Useful phrases
   • Grammar: “Used to” vs. “Be/Get used to”
   • 7.3 – International Standards and Certifications ( ISO 14001, LEED, BREEAM)
   • 7.4 – Energy Efficiency in Building Design
   • Grammar: Future perfect (e.g. “The site will have been approved by…”)

8. Engineering Design Services

   • 8.1 – Language Focus: Describing Technical Functions and Constraints
   • Practical tips: How to write an executive summary
   • 8.2 – Describing Design Elements and Constraints
   • Grammar: Future perfect passive
   • 8.3 – Language Focus: Reporting and Instruction for construction supervision services
   • Grammar: Noun phrases
   • 8.4 – Geotechnical Services: what are and what is included
   • Grammar: Mixed conditional

Relatori e docenti

• Dott.ssa Cassandra Comjean
• Dott.ssa Claudia Cascalisci
• Ing. Andrea De Maio

A chi è rivolto e come iscriversi

Descrizione dell'organizzatore

Argomenti

• inglese tecnico
• edilizia
• project management
• appalti pubblici
• bim
• ingegneria ambientale
• iso 14001
• leed

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