Patent ID: 7360315

Claim:
A system for aligning, leveling or plumbing a vertical form system for forming a structural element in situ in an earthen hole, comprising: a metering pole assembly, comprising: a metering pole member; and a selectively operable fastening system located at a first end of the metering pole member; and an alignment assembly, comprising: a first face member having an area defining a first aperture formed therein; and a second face member having an area defining a second aperture formed therein; wherein the first and second face members are held in fixed relationship with respect to one another such that the first and second apertures are substantially axially aligned; wherein either the first or second face members includes a level system operably associated therewith, wherein the level system is operable to determine a characteristic of the vertical form system selected from the group consisting of level, plumb, and combinations thereof; wherein the first and second apertures are operable to receive a second end of the metering pole member such that the alignment assembly is disposed about and releaseably mated to the metering pole assembly; wherein the alignment assembly is selectively operable to rotate about the metering pole member and travel along a length of the metering pole member; wherein the mated metering pole member and alignment assembly are selectively operable to be received within an annular inner face formed in the vertical form system; wherein the fastening system is selectively operable to deploy a fastening member into the inner face of the vertical form system so as to maintain the metering pole member and the alignment assembly in fixed relationship with the vertical form system.