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Read the text and first underline projects in the construction business. Then circle the verbs that go with the projects. The Austrian construction business The Austrian construction business offers work to 300,000 people. There are global players that are planning and implementing projects all over the world. They construct and complete all kinds of private and public buildings, lay underground pipelines, use timber construction technology and are experts in road construc- tion or tunnelling. Some even build power plants and impressive bridges. They have a lot of affiliated companies and subcontract- ors that offer jobs not only in the main construction business itself, but also in related construction businesses. In Austria there are a lot of local small and medium-sized companies that often specialise in one area such as interior completion or the planning process. Write the name of the company you work for on the blackboard. Do you know other companies in the construction business as well? Add them to the list. Global players, affiliated companies or small and medium-sized companies? Work with a partner: Which of the companies on the blackboard are global players, affiliated companies or small and mediumsized companies ? What is the difference? Global players Affiliated companies Small and medium-sized companies Strabag, Porr, Swietelsky, Habau Group, Doka, Umdasch, VAMED Böhm, AstraBau, TeeragAsdag AG, Allbau, Held & Francke Mörtinger, Sedlak, Zingl Bau, Leithäusl, Granit, Baumeister (name) 01 A2 Word bank construction company Bauunternehmen construction business Bauwirtschaft global player Weltkonzern complete fertigstellen, ausbauen public building öffentliches Gebäude pipeline Rohr timber construction technology Holzbau­ technik road construction Straßenbau tunnelling Tunnelbau power plant Kraftwerk affiliated company Tochtergesellschaft subcontractor Subunternehmen main construction business Bauhaupt­ gewerbe related construction business Bauneben­ gewerbe small and medium-sized companies Klein und Mittelbetriebe specialise in sth. sich auf etw. spezialisieren interior completion Innenausbau 02 A1 03 A2 This is the company I work for Only a few weeks ago Michael started working at a construction company. What a difference from his life before! He is no longer a student at school but an apprentice at work. He wears jackets with the logo of the company on it and he is proud of doing so. He is earning his own money for the first time ever – this part he really likes! However, does he really know the company he is working for? What about you? Do you know the key facts about the company that is training you? Are you proud being an apprentice? 20 Unit 4 Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eige tum des Verlags öbv