Setting Out and Levelling
Total Station on Tripod - Credit: flickr dandiffendale
This is the second of a 4-part series of blogs that will hopefully give some insight into what I do as a site-based Civil Engineer. The posts are broken down into the following subjects:
- Setting up a Contract
- Setting Out and Levelling
- Materials, Labour and Plant
- Quality Control
You can say that this post covers my primary role as a Civil Engineer. For any work to be carried out on a construction site the workforce must be told what to build and where to build it. It is my responsibility to do this and to ensure it is done swiftly and correctly. Essentially my job is to translate the construction drawings issued to us by the client and create offsets and other markings that the workforce can understand and follow.
