Parker and MacQuire. Simplified Site Engineering . Chapter 5, pp. This unit will provide the key areas required in this course. The surveyor is responsible for identifying the properly line and the builder is responsible for the construction stakeout.
Layout errors have critical importance in the construction industry.
Given outside dimensions of a building and its distance from a parallel line, desired offset distance and a point for the transit setup, the student should be able to prepare a sketch showing all dimensions needed to stake out the building by the baseline and offset method. Given the same data, the student should be able to calculate angles and distances to stake out the building by the angle and distance method. Given a transit setup over a point, backsight and distance to set a construction stake, tape, hammer, stake and nail, the student should be able to act as instrument man, rear tapeman or head tapeman in setting a point for construction control. Given elevation of construction stake, finished grade and desired grade rod length, the student should be able to determine the distance above or below the construction stake to build a batter board. Supplemental Readings Herubin, Charles A. Principles of Surveying .