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Introduction to the Built Environment
Quick questions on The construction industry and its sectors - CCEA GCSE Construction
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What is the built environment?Show answer
The built environment includes homes, schools, hospitals, shops, offices and factories, as well as the infrastructure that connects and serves them: roads, bridges, railways, airports, water supply, sewers, power and telecommunications. Almost everywhere you look in a town or city is part of the built environment, and the construction industry is the industry that creates and maintains it.
What is the sectors of the construction industry?Show answer
The industry is too large to be one single activity, so it is divided into sectors that specialise in different kinds of work.
What is q1?Show answer
Define the term the built environment. [2 marks]
What is q2?Show answer
Name the sector of the construction industry that builds roads and bridges. [1 mark]
What is q3?Show answer
Give one example of work carried out by the building services sector. [1 mark]
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