AJB Setting out site engineering - Site Engineering Guide

The Site Engineering Guides and other resources written and developed by Andrew Burgess the owner of AJB Setting Out Limited are hoped will prove useful for both those beginning their careers and those already practicing as Site/Setting-Out Engineers within the construction industry as an aide-memoire

These resources are protected by United Kingdom and International Copyright laws and may not be used, other than for non-profit educational purposes, without the express written permission of Andrew Burgess.

All files are in pdf format, requiring Abode Acrobat Reader to view and shared using dropbox.

Site Engineering Guide (SEG):

Written for both those beginning there careers or just wanting to refresh there memory.

Essentials:

Ordance Survey: National Grid & Bench Marks - Revised
Site Drawing & Sketching
Bearings and Coordinate Calculations
Useful Calculations and Formulas - Revised
Record Keeping - New

Skills, Competencies & Techniques:

Understanding Reinforced Concrete
Levelling
Instructing the Chain Person
Tools and Marking-Out Accessories - Revised
Instruments and Acessories Care - New
Establishing Contol - Coming Soon
Understanding Concrete - Coming Soon

Activities:

Underground Services - Revised
Profiles – Controlling Earthworks - Revised
Piling - Revised
Foundations: Pile Caps, Pads and Strip Footings - Revised
Structural Steelwork & Composite and PCC Floors - Coming Soon
Drainage: Foul, Surface and Combined - Coming Soon
Ground Floor Slab - Coming Soon

Quality Assurance Checklists: (Knowledge Management Based)

Designed to prompt and inform the user to what they should be inspecting.

Whilst minimising the amount of repetitive ticking and intialling of boxes

Reduced Level Excavation

Concrete Works

Drainage

Foundations

Insitu Concrete Encasement

Under Slab Membranes

Ground Floor Slabs

Metal Decking Slabs

Pre-cast Planks/Structural Topping

Pile Caps & Ground Beams

PCC Ground Beams

Structural Steelwork

PCC Lift Shaft

Edgings, Kerbs & Surfacing - New

Useful Templates and Standard Forms:

Quality

Site Engineering

Management

SEG: Best Practice:

One page posters featuring bad practise, common issues and discussion points

Site Engineering: Miscellaneous Items

Tool Box Talk - Site Engineering/Setting out - New
Survey Station Sign - Colour - New
Survey Station Sign - Black & White - New

Links:

http://www.becomeasurveyor.co.uk/

Advice for those who are considering a career in land surveying or engineering, gives examples of the wide range of projects and you could find yourself involved with.

http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk

Ordnance Survey, the UK's mapping establishment

http://www.engineeringsurveyor.com/

A UK based website offering materials for download such as Excel calculators and also a forum to discuss engineering and surveying related problems

http://surveyorconnect.com/

A US based forum which covers Land Surveying and Boundary Surveying, also able to discuss your technical and surveying related problems

http://yourotherleftcomic.com

Your Other Left is a US comic developed by a Professional Land Surveyor that attempts to make light of what may be otherwise serious occurences that surveyors experience daily and is brought to you by the same people as Surveyor Connect.

http://www.cross-bone.co.uk

The manufacturer and creator of a reuseable and versatile alternative to the traditional timber constructed profiles and batter boards. A list of distributors is also available.