By: Sarchia Khursheed (سەرچیا خورشید)

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Soran University
Faculty of Engineering - Civil Engineering Department
LAYOUT OF A HOUSE PLAN
FOUNDATION
Student: Sarchia Khursheed
Group: E
Date: 24.11.2015
Supervisor: Eng. Anwar Jabbar
Introduction

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A house plan is a set of construction or working drawings
that define all the construction specifications of a residential
house such as dimensions, materials, layouts, installation
methods and techniques.
In building engineering, a floor plan of a house is a drawing
to scale, showing a view from above, of the relationships
between rooms, spaces and other physical features at one
level of a structure.
When beginning a construction project, it is important to
take great care in properly setting up the foundation. The
success of the project, whether it is a large house or small
tool shed, relies heavily on the care and effort that has been
put into the site preparation and layout.
Equipment
Things need to complete layout of a house plan foundation
are:
 Measuring Tape
 Hammer
 Steel Stakes
 Rope
 Gypsum Powder
 Spray
Procedure
1. Determine width and length of foundation dimensions
(In this case 6m x 8m).

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2. Measure out one side. Place stakes at each end,
oriented as desired. It is important that the stakes lie
along the same edge.
3. Use the Pythagorean Theorem to determine where to
place the last two stakes. For a 90° triangle, a^2 +
b^2 = c^2 when c is the hypotenuse (√62 + 82 = 10).
4. Connect every two stakes by using rope, then Pouring
gypsum powder along the line formed from the rope.
5. Lay the 40 cm along the length of one edge of the
foundation.
6. Layout any line (space separator) into the outside of
the house plan.
7. Take the time to check the foundation layout to mark
errors.
Discussion and Conclusion

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By doing the steps which described in process (previous
text) correctly the process of layout a house plan will be
finish. After this process another processes of building a
house will start, after layout of plan the process of
excavation will start by some specific equipment and
machine, the depth of excavation related to the size of
house plan, then another processes will be completing.
The process of layout of a plan is very important because it
is a base of our structure we built, if there is any mistake or
error it will be affect on the all other processes of building
and the shape of the built.