Plumbing Up Steel Columns
Plumbing Up Steel Columns
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I am a setting out engineer and am being pushed more towards construction aspect of engineering at work(used to be civils) and was looking for advice on the best/easiest way to plumb up steel columns prior to grouting.I Am ok with aligning them onto grid.






RE: Plumbing Up Steel Columns
RE: Plumbing Up Steel Columns
(I'm going to listen to the experts on this one - my work usually starts after the columns are in place, or in "perfectly vertical" artificially-correct 3D CAD columns.)
Real world? Haven't done much of that in placement of building columns.
RE: Plumbing Up Steel Columns
If single storey of 3-5m I would start by setting them on shims to the correct alignment at the base plates and then using a spirit level (a long one that has been checked for accuracy). I would then carry out a further check with a theodolite.
If multi-storey then it is more complicated and the spirit level wouldn't achieve much especially between floors. In my days as a setting out engineer I would have used a theodolite, but I hear that vertical plumbing lazers are now in common use.
RE: Plumbing Up Steel Columns