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Product Description This book has been prepared especially to aid communication among building contractors and subcontractors, carpenters, plumbers, electricians, heavy machinery operators and others in the construction industry, where both English-speaking and Hispanic personnel work together. Author William Harvey provides an informal, user-friendly approach to Spanish, concentrating on everyday words and phrases that apply to the building trades and to related skills and professions. True-to-life bilingual dialogues presented in the book recreate work and work-related situations. From the Inside Flap (back cover) Contractors and subcontractors . . . carpenters . . . plumbers . . . electricians . . . painters . . . and everyone else who works in todayÂs construction industry If you need to communicate with fellow workers in Spanish, hereÂs the help youÂve been looking for! If you work in any of the building trades, and if you need to speak with and understand Spanish-speaking workers, this book is for you! You wonÂt find tedious grammar rules to memorize. Instead, youÂre given useful sets of terminology, ready-to-use phrases, and the pronunciation of every word. The focus is on everyday words and phrases that apply to the building trades and to the related skills and professions.