Soran University

Faculty of Engineering - Civil Engineering Department

LAYOUT OF A HOUSE PLAN FOUNDATION

Student: Sarchia KhursheedGroup: EDate: 24.11.2015Supervisor: Eng. Anwar Jabbar

Introduction

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A house plan is a set of construction or working drawings that define all the construction specifications of a residential house such as dimensions, materials, layouts, installation methods and techniques.In building engineering, a floor plan of a house is a drawing to scale, showing a view from above, of the relationships between rooms, spaces and other physical features at one level of a structure.When beginning a construction project, it is important to take great care in properly setting up the foundation. The success of the project, whether it is a large house or small tool shed, relies heavily on the care and effort that has been put into the site preparation and layout.

EquipmentThings need to complete layout of a house plan foundation are:

Measuring Tape Hammer Steel Stakes Rope Gypsum Powder Spray

Procedure1. Determine width and length of foundation dimensions

(In this case 6m x 8m).2. Measure out one side. Place stakes at each end,

oriented as desired. It is important that the stakes lie along the same edge.

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3. Use the Pythagorean Theorem to determine where to place the last two stakes. For a 90° triangle, a^2 + b^2 = c^2 when c is the hypotenuse (√62+82=10).

4. Connect every two stakes by using rope, then Pouring gypsum powder along the line formed from the rope.

5. Lay the 40 cm along the length of one edge of the foundation.

6. Layout any line (space separator) into the outside of the house plan.

7. Take the time to check the foundation layout to mark errors.

Discussion and ConclusionBy doing the steps which described in process (previous text) correctly the process of layout a house plan will be finish. After this process another processes of building a house will start, after layout of plan the process of excavation will start by some specific equipment and

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machine, the depth of excavation related to the size of house plan, then another processes will be completing.The process of layout of a plan is very important because it is a base of our structure we built, if there is any mistake or error it will be affect on the all other processes of building and the shape of the built.

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