Job Book 9th Edition - Book - Page 126
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Stage 1 > Preparation and Brief: Supplementary Material: 1/SM5
• adjacent waterways, railways, busy roads
• possible restrictions on site access, delivery or site working
• possible restrictions due to sensitive building uses adjacent, e.g. hospital,
nursery school, law court.
Site survey information
If the site survey is to be undertaken by a surveying firm, ensure that it is agreed
with the client that this will not form part of the architect’s services and will be
billed directly.
Confirm:
• by whom the surveyors are to be engaged
• how the surveying fees are to be paid
• who is doing which part of the work
• how the results are to be presented
• arrangements for access, security, protection and insurance.
If appropriate, arrange for a survey of tree species and condition and an analysis
of topsoil.
The information presented in the survey plans and reports might be expected
to include the following:
Plans, showing:
• existing and proposed boundaries
• outline of existing buildings and roads
• boundary fences, access ways, garden and adjacent walls, their height,
profile, material, ownership and condition
• ditches, ponds, waterways above or below ground
• wet or bad patches (discover seasonal variations from local sources)
• rock outcrops and other geological features, their type and size
• position of trial holes
• rights of way/access (check with client’s solicitors, local authority).
Sections, drawn on separate sheets taken along the full length of section lines
on the key drawings, to the same scale as the plan.
Levels, showing:
• position and level of benchmarks or basis of datum
• calculated levels in true relationship to an ordnance datum level
• spot levels on a 10 metre grid related to Ordnance Survey grid, or closer where
local variations occur, e.g. at changes of level, hillocks.
