UNIVERSITY

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
CIVIL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

NCE 2103 / 1CE

Fieldwork 01

Pacing

DATE: September 19, 2021

Submitted to:

Assistant Professor
HEIGHT (ft-in): 5’4”

PROBLEM: PACING

OBJECTIVES: To determine individual pace factor

A. INTRUMENTS & ACCESSORIES:

Poles, steel tape, markers

B. PROCEDURE:
1. Select a straight and level course and on both ends established marker at least 90 meters apart. Designate these end
points as A and B
2. Walk over the course at a natural pace or gait starting with either heel or toe over point A and count the number of
paces to reach point B
3. For succeeding trials, walk from B to A, then A to B, until 5 trials are completed, and the number of paces recorded
accordingly.
4. Observed field data.

TRIAL LINE TAPED DISTANCE (m) NUMBER OF MEAN NUMBER PACE FACTOR
PACES OF PACES (m/pace)
1 AB 45
2 BA 43
30 meters 43.7 paces 0.69 m/pace
3 AB 44
4 BA 43.5
5 AB 43

C. COMPUTATIONS
1. Get the sum of the number of paces for the five trials performed on course AB then compute the mean number of
paces
2. Divide the known or taped length of course AB by the mean number of paces for AB to determine the pace factor.

D. REMARKS, HINTS & PRECAUTIONS:

1. The ends of the assigned courses should be marked with either hubs, marking pins, or by chalk marks if on pavement.
2. Range poles are set or held behind the end points to serve as guides or markers during actual pacing.
3. A steel tape should be used in laying out or in measuring the actual lengths or courses assigned for pacing.
4. When taping, two measurements should be made for any line and the mean recorded as its actual length.
5. The length of a single step is termed as pace. It may be measured from heel to heel or from toe to toe. Also, each two
paces or a double step is called a stride.

Figure 1-1 length of a pace

6. Pacing consists of counting the number of steps in a required distance and is best done by walking with natural steps.
7. A partial pace at the end of the line should be figured out to the nearest one-fourth pace.
PACING DATE: September 19, 2021 LOCATION: Obando, Bulacan
TIME: 8:40 AM
COMPUTATION SHEET:

SUPPORTING PICTURES:

Location of the Project

E. RECOMMENDATION:

In measuring distances, there are many methods to acquire its measurements, but the most
reasonably easy and quick method of measuring long distances of course is pacing. Pacing is measuring
method used in determining the amounts of space between two or more points or things, and is often
accompanied with sighting or hand compass. Although pacing does not have much accuracy because of
several factors, such as topography, individual’s foot cover, hardness/softness, and dry or wet floor, it
can still provide approximation of the distance which could still be useful.
It is a must, especially for engineering and architecture students/professionals, to compute their own
pace factors as it is very useful in measuring long distance of course or a line without any tools or
instrument. From the result of this project, it should be better if the distance of course or line is farther
than 30 meters to give more accurate data for computing our pace factor. It is also better if the project
was performed on flat solid concrete surface and without obstacle or objects blocking the course or
line.

F. CONCLUSION:

Pace is a single step or stride taken when walking or running, it’s length should be checked with an
accurately measured distance in order to determine the length. The length of a pace is called Pace
Factor which is defined as the ratio of the measured distance in the number of paces made by an
individual. Different people have their own pace factor so an individual’s pace factor is different from
others.
In the end, I was able to determine my own pace factor by travelling a course with a distance of 30
meters for five (5) times, and observing the data gathered from travelling by computing with two (2)
equations which were the mean number of pace factor and the pace factor itself. For trial 1, the
number of paces was 45. While for trial 2, I have 43 paces. For trial 3, I have 44 paces. For trial 4, I have
43.5. And for trial 5, I have 43 paces. Getting the summation of the five trials and dividing it by 5 will
give us the mean number of paces, which in this project is 43.7 paces. Then dividing the mean number
of paces into the taped distance which is 30m, resulting in 0.69 m/pace.