Site selection, clearing and levelling
Building and Construction · Grade 10 · about 40 minutes
The three syllabus terms defined and put in order, with stripping the topsoil as the step between clearing and levelling.
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- 10 sections of explanation, worked examples and diagrams
- 1 practice task with hints and worked answers
- A quiz that marks itself as you go
- Your progress kept across every subject you take
Other lessons in this sub-strand
- Site selection and preparation
- Choosing a building site
- Soil on a building site
- Topography and drainage
- Access, services, size and cost
- Site selection, clearing and levelling
- Safety in site preparation
- Clearing a building site
- Stripping the topsoil
- Levelling a building site
- Preparing a plot: practical
- Why site preliminaries matter