Module Ten - Grades - Part One - NCCER Substation Slides

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Grades, Part One
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Slide 1 Objectives
When you have completed this module, you will be able to do the
following:
1. Explain the terms used in grade work.
2. Identify types of stakes and explain markings on grade stakes and
benchmark (BM) stakes.
3. Identify equipment used by the operator to check stakes.
4. Explain different types of slopes and slope ratio.
5. Check horizontal and vertical distance of cut and fill slope stakes.
6. Check finish subgrade on a cross slope.

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Slide 2 Performance Tasks
Under the supervision of your instructor, you should be able to do the
following:
1. Identify types of stakes and markings on stakes.
2. Check horizontal and vertical distances of cut and fill slope
stakes.
3. Check finish subgrade on a cross slope.

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Slide 3 Figure 1 – Grades

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Slide 4 Figure 2 – Example of erosion

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Slide 5 Figure 3 – Roadway profile sheet

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Slide 6 Figure 4 – Silt fencing

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Slide 7 Figure 5 – Side and front view of silt fencing

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Slide 8 Figure 6 – Parts of a roadway

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Slide 9 Figure 7 – Excavation of a roadway

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Slide 10 Figure 8 – Foundation plan

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Slide 11 Figure 9 – Excavation of a monolithic slab

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Slide 12 Figure 10 – Typical use of batter boards

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Slide 13 Figure 11 – Calculating a grade

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Slide 14 Table 1 – General Stake Markings

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Slide 15 Figure 12 – Grade stake

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Slide 16 Table 2 – American Public Works Association
(APWA) Underground Color Codes

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Slide 17 Figure 13 – Permanent benchmark

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Slide 18 Figure 14 – Temporary benchmarks and guard stakes

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Slide 19 Figure 15 – Stakes for rough grading

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Slide 20 Figure 16 – Center line stake

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Slide 21 Figure 17 – Plus station

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Slide 22 Figure 18 – Edge of pavement stakes

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Slide 23 Figure 19 – Slope stakes

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Slide 24 Figure 20 – Offset stake

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Slide 25 Figure 21 – Cut and fill (slope) stakes

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Slide 26 Figure 22 – Cross-section of a fill

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Slide 27 Figure 23 – Checking the fill grade

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Slide 28 Figure 24 – Cross-section of a cut

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Slide 29 Figure 25 – Ditch excavation

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Slide 30 Figure 26 – Grader with GPS equipment

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Slide 31 Figure 27 – Basic measuring equipment

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Slide 32 Figure 28 – An automatic level

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Slide 33 Figure 29 – Leveling rods

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Slide 34 Figure 30 – Measuring horizontal distances

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Slide 35 Figure 31 – Measuring horizontal distance across a slope

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Slide 36 Figure 32 – Automatic level tripod

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Slide 37 Figure 33 – Reading a leveling rod

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Slide 38 Figure 34 – Using a leveling rod

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Slide 39 Figure 35 – Using a leveling rod to calculate elevations

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Slide 40 Figure 36 – Laser transmitter and receiver rod

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Slide 41 Figure 37 – One-person operation

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Slide 42 Figure 38 – Rotating beam laser instrument

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Slide 43 Figure 39 – Rotating lasers sweep multiple sensors

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Slide 44 Figure 40 – GPS surveying receiver

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Slide 45 Figure 41 – Graphics of construction plan on GPS surveying equipment

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Slide 46 Figure 42 – Pocket leveling rod

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Slide 47 Figure 43 – Measuring a cut

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Slide 48 Figure 44 – Checking the grade across a roadway

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Slide 49 Figure 45 – Checking the grade with an automatic level

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Slide 51 Course Map

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