From Civil Engineering Wiki Encyclopedia

Site Setting out

The method of setting out is the reverse of surveying process. The process involves the positions and levels of building lines and road alignments shown on the construction plans to be established on the ground by various techniques and instruments

Methods of setting out

1. Setting out buildings by coordinates
2. Setting out with theodolite and level
3. Checking verticality
4. Setting out and alignment in steel framed buildings
5. Alignment and verticality in form work
6. Control and calculation for route surveying