Interpretation of design drawings, management and dimensional control over the construction sequence, ensuring specification compliance and accurate positioning of the structural elements. Timely, accurate and effective setting out is a major contributory factor to a development’s program success.
Experienced in:
- Roads, Sewers & Housing Sites
- Piling
- Deep Basements
- Strip Foundations, Ring Beams
- Concrete and Steel Frame Structures
- Precast concrete on site assembly
- Utility Pipe Lines
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The site engineer will first request the original site topographical survey and find the control points. The overall position of a development is designed within survey context. It needs to be set out using the same control where possible to achieve consistency.
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The consultants design drawings are edited by the engineer in Autodesk Autocad and reduced to only necessary data. These drawings are uploaded onto a survey controller. The operator can see visually their location in relationship to the proposed building elements. Line, point and level can be set out directly from the drawing.
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Old School but effective H board profile setting out of a small housing site.
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