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Setting out for Construction Online

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What is levelling?

The principle of levelling (2:21)
Levelling terminology (4:36)
About the level (3:22)
Setting up the level (3:40)
Reading the staff (4:16)

Errors in levelling

Parallax (0:46)
Staff verticality (4:32)
Checking and adjusting the pond bubble (3:47)

Level callibration checks

Principle of the two peg test (4:00)
Two peg test booking example (5:54)

Basic level survey

Level survey principal (2:12)
Level survey booking example (4:23)

Transferring a Temporary Bench Mark (TBM)

Transferring a TBM - princple (4:58)
Transferring a TBM booking example (9:58)
Transfering a TBM Calculations and checks (4:48)

Inverted staff reading

Inverted staff reading - principle (1:53)
Inverted staff reading - booking example (2:17)

Setting out and checking levels

Setting out levels (3:01)
Checking levels (1:51)

Profile boards

Profile boards for level excavation - principle (3:36)
Profile boards for sloping excavation - principle (2:40)
Profile boards for drainage run - preparation calculations (8:14)
Profile boards for drainage run - booking example (11:15)
Profile boards for drainage run - demonstration (6:25)

Batter rails

Batter rails - principle (2:20)
Batter Rails For an Excavation Tutorial (18:42)
Batter Rails For Fill Tutorial (21:51)

Laser level

Setting Levels Using a Laser Level (6:50)

Introduction to the Total Station

Introduction to the total station (3:28)
About the total station (9:39)
Setting up over a point (7:08)
Best practice observing (15:09)
Callibration certificate (1:22)
Putting into the box (3:24)
Temporary and permanent adjustment (1:09)

Total station calibration checks

Collimation checks - observing (6:35)
Horizontal collimation error booking example (3:40)
Vertical collimation error - booking example (3:49)
Diaphragm orientation check (1:15)

Horizontal control

Traverse - princple (6:29)
Traverse - booking example (12:07)
Traverse - whole circle bearings (12:11)
Traverse - traverse table (18:33)

Total station functions

Freestation/ resection (5:37)
Volume of a stockpile (11:17)
Reference line/ Reference arc
Instructions for Resection (Leica TS06 or TS09)
Instructions for Stakeout function (Leica TS06 or TS09)
New Lecture (10:19)

Transferring data to and from the total station

Exporting data from the total station
Imorting data into the total station

Practice using the total station

Notes on practice exercises
Setting up control points for practice exercises (13:18)
Practice exercise - stakeout function (12:54)
Practice exercise - Reference line (7:19)

GNSS

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