Set out the ground floor wall frames for units 1 to 3

You are a third year apprentice carpenter on the framing crew.

Simulated workplaceIntermediate missionCAQA Keystone Construction and Plumbing

What is going on

The basement slab and ground floor slab for units 1 to 6 at Kellerman Street have cured and the surveyor has placed the control points and the building line. The Construction Manager needs the ground floor wall frames for units 1 to 3 set out and checked before the framing crew arrives on Monday. The architectural drawings show party walls on the boundary between units, wet areas with set-downs and a stair void in each unit. The frame supplier's layout gives the frame lengths and openings. Rain is forecast for the afternoon and the site diary must record the set-out check. Any dimension that does not close has to be reported to the leading hand before frames are stood.

Fiona Okafor, Construction Manager
Subject: Set-out for units 1 to 3 wall frames starts Monday

The Kellerman Street slab for units 1 to 6 is cured and the surveyor's control points are in. I need the set-out for the ground floor wall frames of units 1 to 3 checked and marked before the framing crew arrives on Monday. Work from the architectural drawings A-101 and A-102 and the frame layout from the truss supplier. Record the set-out check in the site diary and let Jack know if any dimensions do not close. The dogging licence I hold has lapsed, so do not plan any lifts that rely on me.

Your brief

Read the plans and the frame layout, calculate and mark the set-out for the ground floor wall frames of units 1 to 3, check the set-out for square and dimension closure, and record the check so the frames can be stood on Monday.

Work through it

You do not need to do it all. Doing a few of these will show you what the work is like. Your ticks and notes stay on this device.

Read the Site WHS Management Plan and the SWMS Procedure and confirm the set-out task is covered by the site plan before starting.
Read drawings A-101 and A-102 and the frame supplier layout and list the wall lengths, openings and set-downs for units 1 to 3, noting any discrepancy between the documents.
Calculate the diagonals and offsets from the surveyor's control points and the building line, showing your working on a set-out sketch.
Mark the set-out on the slab with string lines and chalk, check each unit for square using the 3-4-5 method and the diagonals, and measure closure on the overall length.
Record the set-out check, the weather and the crew on site in the Site Diary and Job Register for the day, including any dimension that did not close.
Report any discrepancy between the drawings and the frame layout to Jack Whitlam and, if it changes the work, ask Fiona Okafor whether a variation applies under the Contract Variation Procedure.
Clean up, secure the string lines against the forecast rain and record the end of day checks.

My notes: what did I enjoy, and what surprised me?

What someone in this role would produce

Set-out sketch with calculations and diagonals
Site diary entry recording the set-out check
List of discrepancies and who they were reported to
Photographs of the marked set-out

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