Building Technology

an instrument or tool capable of vertical and horizontal line check

• Spirit level

• Plumb bob

• stakes

• Tape measure

a layer of irregularly broken and random-sized stones placed on the slope of an embankment

• Cribbing

• Riprap

• Bin wall

• Gabions

made by cutting half the thickness of the wood from each piece at the ends to be joined so as to bring the sides flush. The purpose of this type of joint is to maintain a level surface at the joint

• Halved joint

• Oblique joint

• Scarf joint

• square joint

the underside of an overhanging roof eave

• eave

• ridge

• soffit

• rake

• Ball peen hammer

• Cross peen hammer

• Straight peen hammer

• claw hammer

• Putty knife

• hand board

• mitre square

• scratch awl

• Kneel board

• Concrete Ladder Lift

• Surface grinder machine

• Manual tube bender

• Anti-lippage tile levelling system

• Wedge type tile levelling system

• Tile Spacer

• Wire gauge

• Drift bolt

• Corrugated Fastener

• Ring-shank nail

• Cut flooring nail

This is the process of relocating the point of boundaries and property line of the site where the building is to be constructed

• Staking out

• Laying the batter boards

• Form work and shoring

• Steel forming