由王安怡和张明慧主编的《土木工程专业英语》课文和阅读材料语言规范，题材广泛，覆盖土木工程各专业的重要内容：建筑基础、框架结构、钢结构、高层建筑结构、混凝土材料、钢材、新型建筑结构材料、基础施工方法、混凝土结构施工方法、钢结构施工方法、道路工程、桥涵工程、隧道工程、国际竞争．性项目招标、施工成本估算、施工质量及全面质量管理、工程项目成本和时间及质量控制。文献资料的难易程度切实结合本科学生的实际水平。本教材重视语言技能训练，突出对阅读和翻译能力的培养，以求达到《大学英语专业阅读阶段教学基本要求》所提出的目标：“通过指导学生阅读有关专业的英语书刊和文献，使他们进一步提高阅读和翻译科技资料的能力，并能以英语为工具获取专业所需的信息。”

由王安怡和张明慧主编的《土木工程专业英语》作为高等院校专业英语系列教材之一，充分结合了土木工程各专业的专业特点，并本着覆盖面广、知识面宽以及简单介绍前沿专业知识的原则进行编写。全书共分为五个单元：建筑结构、建筑材料、建筑施工、路桥隧道工程、土木工程项目管理。

《土木工程专业英语》针对性较强，通过对各单元专业英语文献的阅读和练习，读者可基本掌握专业术语及专业知识的表达，为其阅读专业英语文献打下良好基础。另外，在每篇课文的后面还附有与本课题有关的阅读材料，供学生使用，以进一步提高学生的阅读能力，拓宽学生的专业知识视野。每篇课文后面均附有参考译文。主要内容包括：建筑基础、框架结构、钢结构、高层建筑结构、混凝土材料、钢材、新型建筑结构材料、基础施工方法、混凝土结构施工方法、钢结构施工方法、道路工程、桥涵工程、隧道工程、国际竞争性项目招标、施工成本估算、施工质量及全面质量管理、工程项目成本、时间及质量控制。

Unit Ⅰ Building Structures

 Lesson 1 Building Foundation

Reading Paragraph A Controlling Excavation

Reading'Paragraph B Plane Surveying

 Lesson 2 Framed Structures

Reading Paragraph A Building Elements

Reading Paragraph B Structural Analysis

 Lesson 3 Steel Structures

Reading Paragraph A Safety of Structures

Reading Paragraph B Design of Steel Members

 Lesson 4 Tall Building

Reading Paragraph A Design Criteria for Tall Buildings

Reading Paragraph B The Tall Buildings, in the Urban Context

Unit Ⅱ Building Materials

 Lesson 5 Concrete

Reading Paragraph A Prestressed Lightweight Concrete

Reading Paragraph B Lightweight Concrete

 Lesson 6 Steel

Reading Paragraph A Handling and Fixing Steel Reinforcement

Reading Paragraph B The Properties of Structural Steel

 Lesson 7 Modern Buildings and Structural Materials

Reading Paragraph A Application of Composites on Aviation Repair

Reading Paragraph B Residual Life Prediction of Concrete Structures

Strengthened with CFRP

Unit Ⅲ Building Construction

 Lesson 8 Foundation Construction

Reading Paragraph A Hollow Concrete Piling

Reading Paragraph B Pile Construction Machine

 Lesson 9 Concrete Construction

Reading Paragraph A Concreting under Special Conditions

Reading Paragraph B How to Make Concrete Floor with

Good Levelness and Flatness

 Lesson 10 Steel Structure Construction

Reading Paragraph A Development Engineering of Special Large-Space Steel Structures at Building Construction Division of Nippon Steel

Reading Paragraph B Guidelines for the Installation of Structural Supports for Highway Signs, Luminaries, and Traffic Signals

Unit Ⅳ Road, Bridge and Tunnel Engineering

 Lesson 11 Road Engineering

Reading Paragraph A History of Asphalt Road Construction

Reading Paragraph B Interchanges

 Lesson 12 Bridge Engineering

Reading Paragraph A Prestressed Concrete Bridges

Reading Paragraph B Inspection of Bridge Columns and Retaining Walls with Electromagnetic Waves

 Lesson 13 Tunnel Engineering

Reading Paragraph A Mechanical Behavior of Segment Rebar of Shield Tunnel in Construction Stage

Reading Paragraph B Traffic Engineering

Unit Ⅴ Project Management: Of Civil Engineering

 Lesson 14 International Competitive Project Bidding

Reading Paragraph A The Parties in Construction Project

Reading Paragraph B Bidding, Bid Opening and, Award of Contract

 Lesson 15 Construction Cost Estimate

Reading Paragraph A Estimating Methods and Techniques

Reading Paragraph B Common Estimating Traits and the Function of the Estimate

 Lesson 16 Construction Quality and Total Quality Management

Reading Paragraph A Quality Control and Quality Assurance

Reading Paragraph B Planning Techniques

 Lesson 17 Controlling Project Cost, Time and Quality

Reading Paragraph A Scheduling and Control of Construction

Reading Paragraph B Safety Management in Construction