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Plumbness test equipment

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napster385

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Hello Everyone!

What is the latest technology for measuring plumbness of a field erected vertical storage tank? Is there a laser type equipment approved by standards to determine plumbness of a vertical storage tank?
 
The old fashioned way still works - plumbing pole and water level but the laser scanning method is gaining ground. The standards do not review or approve the method of measuring plumbness.
 
Make sure any instrumentation [transit, total station, scanner, etc.] is currently calibrated. Without calibration, all of your measurements are suspect.

Thus my preference for a plumbbob dropped into a bucket of water - by definition, it is perfectly accurate.
 
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