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Setting Out PDF
Setting Out PDF
BUILD
RIGHT
Setting out
BEFORE EXCAVATIONS START, THE PROPOSED BUILDING MUST BE
SET OUT ON THE SITE. GETTING THIS WRONG CAN PROVE VERY
EXPENSIVE, SO HERE ARE A FEW POINTERS.
ADAPTED FROM
BRANZ HOUSE
BUILDING GUIDE
boundary peg
boundary peg
1500 mm
1500 mm
proposed building
2800 mm
boundary
NORTH
boundary
Figure 1
to opposing boundaries
overhead services
manhole cover.
boundary peg
boundary
set-out lines
proposed building
8000 mm
boundary
1000 mm
boundary peg
Figure 2
stake
taut string line
plumb bob to
locate corner
3.000
4.000
peg
profiles minimum
900 mm from building
5.000
check set-out to make
sure it is square
Figure 3
Building profiles.
contracts.
Generally, the owner must indicate the
properly positioned.