Indicative Content 3.6: Setting out foundations and pegging
- Definitions:
- Excavation: refers to the process of removing earth to form a trench in the ground or digging a hole or channel in the ground.
- Delimit: to mark or fix the limit.
- Foundation: A foundation is a base on which a building rests. Its purpose is to safely transfer a load of a building to a suitable subsoil, evenly and without undue settlement.
- Pegging: the process of driving or inserting pegs into the ground while setting out.
- Marking out foundation and wall thicknesses
(Source: Internet)
- Marking out on the ground from the profiles
