Title: Document a site layout.
Course: Construction Technology (17002-36) > Section: Exploring Preconstruction

Documentation may include

- topographic features
- boundaries
- site survey
- building location
- utility system layouts (e.g., stormwater inlets, water and sewer lines)
- curb, gutter, and sidewalks
- environmental controls
- facilities needed on site (e.g., security, parking, temporary facilities, emergencies routes)
- tools, machines, and equipment needed on site.

Process/Skill Questions:

- What is a site plan?
- Where do you begin to lay out a site?
- Where do you to find surveying information?
- How are grades determined and measured?
- What are benchmarks, and why are they important?
- Why is it important to journal survey readings?
- What topographic features are represented on a site plan?
- What are setbacks, property lines, and utility lines?
- What is identified on a topographic survey?
- When are surveys required?
- What information is required to perform a survey?