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hows the kind of view you would have if you could take the roof off and look into the house from a helicopter.13 He will also draw views from the side. These are called elevations.14 These plans and elevations have on them everything the builder will want to know. They are often on the scale of four feet to one inch.15 Now the architect has to find out how much of each material the building will need, how many bricks, how much wood, how much steel, how much cable for the electricity, how many feet of pipe for water and gas, how many slates or tiles for the roof and many other things. He may do this himself or he may have the help of an expert in this work called a quantity surveyor.16 When all these lists are ready a builder will say how much it will cost to build the house and, if the price is agreed, everything is put down on paper. This paper is called a contract and the builder and the buyer of the house both sign it to show that they have agreed on everything.ComprehensionA Explain what the following men do when a house is being built. a steel erector a plumber a bricklayer an electrician a plasterer a painter a tiler