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Setting-out of a building on site

Setting-out transfers to the ground what the architect has drawn: grid lines, corners, levels. A mistake at this stage is paid for in demolished concrete.

Total station set up for a setting-out
Total station set up for a setting-out

When it applies

  • Start of a villa or an apartment building.
  • Housing group: block corners.
  • Industrial building with a steel frame.

Our work

  1. Fitting. Grid line plan fitted to the authorised plan and the land base.
  2. Setting-out. Block corners before earthworks, then grid lines.
  3. Levels. At least two levelling benchmarks and threshold levels.
  4. Sheet. Setting-out sheet handed to the contractor.

Examples of assignments

  • Villa
  • Apartment building
  • Block corners of a housing group
  • Footings and steel columns

What you receive

  • Setting-out sheet
  • Fitted grid line plan
  • Levelling benchmarks

Reference framework

  • ONIGT (National Order of Surveying Engineers) Standard 07 (setting-out)
  • ONIGT Standard 09

Where we work

Based in Casablanca (Aïn Sebaâ), the firm carries out this service throughout Morocco: Greater Casablanca, Rabat-Salé-Témara, Fès, Tangier, Agadir, the Oriental and the South. Its survey crews travel to the site for the duration of the assignment.

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Frequently asked questions

Is a topographic plan needed before setting-out?

Yes: it fixes the boundaries and the levels of the natural ground.