Week 2

Unit 4- Site Layout

Goals:

-Learning equipment used for site layout

-Explaining the order of events

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This subject consists of two parts: Stage 1 and Stage 2.

General instructions:

Stage 1: After you complete the tasks, you can

see the answer key and compare it with your own
answer.

Stage 2: Answer key is not given, so you should

do the tasks by yourself.

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 Stage 1
Guided practice (You’ll do the tasks with the help of relevant instructions)
Grade rod Run the wire or string Batter boards

What ideas come into your mind when you look at the pictures? Could you describe 4
your first impression?
 READING
Task 1: Read the following email from a contractor to a site manager .
From: Jackie Sandburg
To: Luke Grissom
Re: Site Layout Today
Today we’ll finish the site layout for the office building in Lincoln Boulevard. We’ll
need THE SOLUTION
a complete site plan by the end of the day. It should show the property lines,
available
utilities, and all significant changes in elevation.  
I knew this is your first time leading the crew. So I’ll just give you a few reminders.
Be
sure your crew brings all the necessary equipment. Don’t forget the builder’s level
and
grade rod. You can’t establish horizontal planes or measure elevation changes
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them. There Are already bench marks set at the site to help with that. You’ll also
Task 2
Read the email again. Then mark the statements as true (True) or false (F). If
it is false, correct the sentence.

▰ 1. Grade rods needed to measure elevation changes.......

▰ 2.The team has to set bench marks by the end of the

day…..

▰ 3. Batter boards and wire mark the property lines……

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 Vocabulary practice
Task 3: Match the words (1-6) with the definitions (A-F)
1. site plan 4. utilities
2. horizontal 5. property line
3. batter board 6. wire
▰ A. a set of services required at most buildings, including electricity, natural gas, water and sewage.

▰ B. parallel to the plan of horizon or flat.

▰ C. a drawing for a building project that shows its location, utilities and property lines

▰ D. a piece of metal shaped into a thin, even thread.

▰ E. a horizontal board fastened to a post and located at the corners of an excavation to mark the desired
level.

▰ F. the legal boundary of a piece of land owned by someone 7

 Task 4
Read the sentences. Choose where the words best fit the blanks.
 

1.Run/stake 2. builder’s
A.________ the wire level/grade rod 3. bench mark/ monument
between the batter A. A ____________ is A.The _____________ shows
boards an optical instrument. the elevation here.

B. Please ________ B. This ____________ B. There is a _________ here

monuments all the has a target that showing the boundary of the
corners of the corresponds to the property.
property. instrument’s line of  
sight.
 
 

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LISTENING PRACTICE
Task 5
Listen to a conversation between a contractor and site foreman. Choose the correct answer.

1) What is the conversation mainly about?

A. Correcting mistakes
B. Meeting with a client
C. Planning work for the day
D. Locating necessary equipment
2) What task must be completed first?
A. setting up batter boards
B. staking the monuments
C. checking for elevation changes
D. running wire between batter boards.
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Task 6
Listen again and complete the conversation.
 

▰ Contractor: Well, there are several things that need to be done. Let’s 1) ……………staking the
▰ monuments.
▰ Foreman: Will do. Should we run wire or string between batter boards 2)……………...
▰ Contractor: Oh, no 3) ………………
▰ Foreman: Really, we can’t finish the site plan without them.
▰ Contractor: That’s true. We do need to plant batter and run the wire. But we have to
▰ 4)…………….other business first.
▰ Foreman: Oh, sorry, what should we 5) ……………. ………we stake the monument?
▰ Contractor: We should 6) …………. …………elevation changes next.

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Answer key
▰ Reading
▰ Task 2: 1 T, 3 F, 3 F

▰ Vocabulary practice
▰ Task 3: 1C, 2B, 3E, 4A, 5F, 6D

▰ Task 4: 1A Run, B stake

▰ 2A builder’s level, B grade rod
▰ 3 A bench mark, B monument  

▰ Listening
▰ Task 5: 1C, 2B
▰ Task 6: 1 start by, 2 after that, 3 not yet, 4 take care of, 5 do after, 6 check for 11
 Stage 2: Independent practice (Homework)

Let’s start Stage II.

In this stage, you should complete the tasks by yourself

without teacher’s help and guidance. It means answer
key is not provided, you should do all of the tasks

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 SPEAKING

Homework 1: With a partner, act out the roles below based on TASK 6.
Use the following language in your conversation.

Useful language: I have a, What’s wrong? The right option to use

Student A: You are a contractor. Talk to Student B about a site layout, what tasks need to be completed, the
order of events.
Student B: You are a foreman. Talk to a Student A about the plan of site layout.
For example:
A: We are laying out the site for the building on 10th Street today.
B: What should we do first?
A: There are several things that need to be done. Let’s check for elevation changes first….
A: ___________________________________________________________________
B: ___________________________________________________________________
A: ____________________________________________________________

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 WRITING
 
Homework 2
Use the email and conversation from the listening part to fill out task sheet.

Date: ……………………………………………………………………………………………..
Job: ……………………………………………………………………………………………...
Task 1: …………………………………………………………………………………………...
Equipment/items needed : ……………………………………………………………………….
…………………………………………………………………………………………………...
…………………………………………………………………………………………………...
Task 2: …………………………………………………………………………………………..
…………………………………………………………………………………………………...
……………………………………………………………………………………………………
Task 3: …………………………………………………………………………………………...
……………………………………………………………………………………………………
……………………………………………………………………………………………………
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 Homework 4
Rethinking

Answer the following questions

Rethinking
Rethinking Rethinking

-Why is the site plan -What

important in construction?
-What does the site plan
need to show?
- is some equipment
used for site layout?
-Why are they important for
buildings?
-What other equipment could
you add to those listed in the
email below? Draw on your
own experiences.

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Homework 3
Translate the words/phrases into Mongolian and make sentences using them

English Mongolian
 
Site layout  
Site plan  
Property line  
Utility  
Builder’s level  
Grade rod  
Horizontal  
Bench marks  
Monuments  
Stake out  
Batter board  
Wire  
Run the wire  

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ATTENTION

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