N5 Building and Structural Surveying
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N5 Building and Structural Surveying

  1. English
  2. PDF
  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

N5 Building and Structural Surveying

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Table of contents

  1. 1
  2. Basic principles of surveying
  3. 1.1 Surveying
  4. 1.2 Surveying terms
  5. 1.3 Stages in the surveying process
  6. 1.4 Fundamental principles of surveying
  7. 1.5 Accuracy and precision
  8. 1.6 Errors in measurements
  9. 2
  10. Linear measurements
  11. 2.1 Errors in measurement and corrections
  12. 2.2 Linear measurement obstacles
  13. 2.3 Chaining or taping
  14. 2.4 Plotting surveys
  15. 2.5 Coordinates
  16. 3
  17. Height measurements
  18. 3.1 Levelling
  19. 3.2 Levelling techniques
  20. 3.3 Levelling instruments
  21. 3.4 Classification of a level traverse
  22. 3.5 Errors in levelling
  23. 3.6 System of booking and reduction readings
  24. 3.7 Rise and fall method of booking and reduction
  25. 3.8 Collimation method of booking and reduction
  26. 3.9 Cross-section levelling
  27. 4
  28. Angular measurement
  29. 4.1 Purpose of angular measurement
  30. 4.2 Classification of theodolites
  31. 4.3 Theodolite terminology
  32. 4.4 Measuring horizontal and vertical angles
  33. 4.5 Calculation of horizontal and vertical angles
  34. 4.6 Tacheometry
  35. 5
  36. Building surveys
  37. 5.1 Building regulations and building construction practice
  38. 5.2 Building codes
  39. 5.3 Building surveys
  40. 5.4 Interpreting and classifying drawings into design and production stages
  41. 5.5 Measuring instruments and procedures
  42. 5.6 Cutting and filling
  43. 6
  44. Setting out
  45. 6.1 Setting-out procedure for a simple building
  46. 6.2 Constraints in setting out a building
  47. 6.3 Determining the depth of excavations and slope gradients
  48. 6.4 Setting out and levelling drainage work
  49. 6.5 Slope ratio of drainage or sewer pipes
  50. Answers to exercises
  51. Exemplar examination paper
  52. Glossary
  53. Exercise 1.1
  54. Exercise 2.1
  55. Exercise 2.2
  56. Practical group activity 2.1
  57. Practical group activity 2.2
  58. Exercise 2.3
  59. Exercise 2.4
  60. Exercise 2.5
  61. Exercise 3.1
  62. Practical pair activity 3.1
  63. Practical pair activity 3.2
  64. Exercise 3.2
  65. Exercise 3.3
  66. Exercise 3.4
  67. Exercise 4.1
  68. Practical group activity 4.1
  69. Practical group activity 4.2
  70. Exercise 4.2
  71. Exercise 4.4
  72. Practical group activity 5.1
  73. Exercise 6.1
  74. Practical group activity 6.1
  75. Exercise 6.2