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ContoursandContouringfromGridSurveys. HowtojoinConcrete

Usingtheinformationfromourgridsurveywecancreateacontourplanforoursite.Contourlinesarelinesthat WhyusereinforcementinConcrete
indicatepointofequalheightandareusetoshowthethreedimensionalshapeofthelandonatwodimensional Metre,SquareMetreandCubicMetre.
drawing.Thecontourplanwillshowtheslopeofthelandandallowyoutoestimatetheamountofexcavationthatwill
beneededtoreachedarequiredlevel. StandardTimberLengths
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1.Drawascaleddownversionofyoursite,thelargerthedrawingthemoreaccurateyouwillbehowever1:200or
1:500isacommonscaleforaresidentialSitePlan. ContoursandContouringfromGrid
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2.RecordtheR.L.ofeachgridintersectionontheplan. 1

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3.NotedowntheContourintervalsthatyouneedyourcontourlinesat,generallyevery0.500mmforaresidential
site,startingfroyourlowestR.LtoyouHighestR.L.e.g.0.500,1.000,1.500,2.000.

4.HavealookatthesiteplanandfindthefirsttwogridpointsthatthefirstR.Lwillfallbetween.

5.CalculatethedifferencebetweenthetwoR.L.pointse.g.0.8000.100=0.700

6.MeasuretheactuallengthoftheScaleddownGridanddividethisbythedifferencebetweenthetwoR.L.
points.e.g.10mm0.700=14.285.ThisisthedistancealongthislinethataR.Ldifferenceof1metrewould
be.

7.SonextweneedtoworkoutthedifferencebetweenthefirstR.L.andtherequiredContourlineR.L.e.g.0.100
0.500=0.400

8.NowweneedtoworkouthowfaralongfromthefirstR.L.the
contourlineissoweneedtodividethedifferencebetween
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in1metre.e.g.0.40014.285=5.714 JohnBridges
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9.NowyoucanmeasurefromthelowestfirstR.L.5.714mmtothepointwhereitwillcrossthegridline.
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Note:Thisspreadsheetmighthelp'ContourLinePlacement
Calculator'

10.Repeatthisforeverytimethatthecontourlinewillcrossthe
grid.

11.Onceyouhavefoundthepointwherethecontourlinewill
crossthegridyoucandrawastraightlinebetweeneach
point.

12.Naturallythegrounditnotstraightsonowyoucanuseabit
ofimaginationandcurvethelinetocreateamorerealistic
shape.

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13.Nowthatyouhaveacontourplanyoucanuseittocreateasectionviewofyoursite.Watchthisvideotosee
how.DevelopasectionfromContourLines.

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