6.5 Working with buildings

Use this domain for words related to working with buildings.

OMC Codes: 
330 Building and Construction
331 Construction
334 Structural Steel Work
338 Miscellaneous Building Trades
341 Architecture
Louw Nida Codes: 
45 Building, Constructing
7 Constructions
7A Constructions
  • What general words refer to making a building?
    build, construct
  • What are the steps in building a building?
    design, draft, draw up the plans, survey, excavate (the foundation),
  • What are the people called who build buildings?
    construction worker, architect, draftsman, builder, roofer, carpenter, plumber, electrician, bricklayer, mason, cabinetmaker, painter, landscaper, surveyor,
  • What special equipment is used to build a building?
    scaffolding
  • What words refer to constructing a wall?
    frame, erect a wall, put up siding, plaster, mud and wattle
  • What words refer to constructing a roof?
    to roof, a roof, roofing material