Features of a Site Plan for Construction

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Features of a Site Plan

Site Plan

From the site plan, location of the work with respect to the surroundings is known. Site plans are prepared in line diagrams to a scale of 1cm = 5 m to 1 cm = 10 m showing the orientation of the building, boundaries of land, position of roads, drains, sewer lines, water pipelines, adjoining plots of lands with their ownership. The north direction is also shown on one of the corners of the site plan to show the geographical orientation of the building.A site plan is a large scale drawing that shows the full extent of the site for an existing or proposed development. Site plans, along with location plans, may be necessary for planning applications. In most cases, site plans will be drawn up following a series of desk studies and site investigations.

Site layout plan (sometimes called a block plan) A site layout plan shows a detailed layout of the whole site and the relationship of the proposed works with the boundary of the property, nearby roads and neighbouring buildings. … Site layout plans should: show a scale bar or a measured dimension.

The plan should indicate the following;

Title of the Drawing consisting of the property number of the site, name of the block, street or road in which the site is situated,reference number of approval with the use of building .

Features

1.The boundaries of the site and any contiguous land belonging to the owner.

2.North direction relative to the plan of the building .

3.The name and description of the adjacent roads, street or lanes,if any with the width thereof;

4.The road boundaries.

5.The position of adjacent plots whether vacant or built up

6.The area to be occupied by the proposed building and the set backs.

7.The nature of the ground/soil

8.Any physical features ‘such as wells, drains,transmission lines etc

9.Natural features like trees, valleys etc.

10.Block levels in cases where basement/cellar floor are proposed below the ground level.

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