VIEWING OF LOT

One of the first steps of building a home is locating your new home on its lot.
This will usually involve a surveyor who will come out and accurately drive
stakes to locate your home on the lot. They will be used by the excavators
and foundation subcontractors to guide their work.
CLEARING AND ROUGH GRADING
Clearing is the removal of trees and undergrowth from the actual
construction site and yard areas.
Rough grading is moving the dirt around to establish the approximate
drainage patterns, yard areas, drive and walk levels, etc. that you hope to
achieve.
TEMPORARY UTILITIES
You will need to have water, electric power, and toilet facilities available
during the construction process.
Delivery of Materials
Dropped by all materials needed on the site.
Site Layout Surveying /Staking
Construction Staking, also known as a Site Layout Survey, is the process of
interpreting construction plans and marking the location of proposed new
structures such as roads or buildings. It is performed to ensure a project is
built according to engineering design plans.
Excavation
Excavation in construction is any operation in which earth, rock, or other
material in or on the ground is moved or otherwise displaced by means of
tools, equipment, or explosives, and includes earthwork, trenching, wall
shafts, tunnelling and underground.
Preparation of Materials

Gathering of materials

Cutting and assembling of steel reinforcement.

STEEL REINFORCEMENT

FOOTING
This is the structure where the house interfaces with the earth that supports
it. All of the weight of the home rests on the footings.
Inspection
When the curing process is complete, a city inspector visits the site to make
sure foundation components are up to code and installed properly. This
inspection may be repeated depending on the type of foundation (slab, crawl
space or basement).
Formation of Column
A structure of base of column and a construction method for base of column
formed by installing a lower end of column steel frame on a foundation
formed under the ground.
SLAB OR BASEMENT FLOOR
The slab is the concrete basement floor. It is poured at this point. In some
parts of the country, plans may call for a structural wood floor (more on
this later). Now is when it would be installed. Consisting of top and bottom
bars
FORMS AND SCAFFOLDINGS OF FOOTING, COLUMN AND SLABS
Sewer and Water Taps
If you are connecting to municipal water and sewer, this is where the pipes
are laid to the house and actually connected (tapped into) the water and
sewer mains.
Properly sloped trenches
Dug the drainage trenches to the right depths and very importantly will have
made them the right 1/4" per foot slope. The trenches will have been dug as
per your foundation drawings and your Excavation cross-section drawing.
Drainage Ditch
Assumed that you have dug from the house (using the digger) a drainage
ditch to carry away the water collected by the foundation drainage system.
The drainage pipe needs to maintain a downward gradient of 1/4" per foot

(1/8" per foot minimum) all the way to its destination (the rain water
runaway area).
Septic Tank
The tank holds the waste and allows microbic action on the solids. The drain
field is where the effluent leaches into the soil.
Cleanout
The sewer will get from the building down a trench that maintains the 1/4"
per foot downward gradient to the septic system (or public sewer). Where
the house sewer pipe joins the trench sewer pipe it is a good idea (and a
building code requirement) to put in a cleanout.
The best type to use is a two-way cleanout so you can clear both
upstream and downstream blockages. You should put the cleanout just
outside the footing within about 30" from the outer edge of the footing. A
piece of sewer pipe connects upwards from the cleanout to about a foot
above grade and a screw cap goes on the top.
Sewer Stack
Sewer plumbing is referred to as DWV (Drain, Waste, Vent) plumbing to
stress the point that you need a vent as well as a drain so that there is "air is
behind water".
Concrete Pouring OF Footings, columns and slab
Columns are very efficient in resisting compression loads and are widely
used in the construction of framed structures in industrial buildings. Concrete
filling might be manually or used by concrete mixer and undergo with curing
days
Backfilling
Backfill replaces soil that is removed during building construction, and it is
used to strengthen and support a structure's foundation. Backfill is generally
a combination of soil, stones and rocks.
MASONRY
Masonry is the building of structures from individual units laid in and bound
together by mortar; the term masonry can also refer to the units themselves.
The common materials of masonry construction

are brick, stone, marble, granite, travertine,limestone, cast stone, concrete

block, glass block, stucco, tile, and cob.
Installation of Forms and Scaffolding
A temporary metal or wooden framework that
Is used to supportworkmen and materials during the erection, repair, etc, of
a building or other construction
Forms of beams supporting to 2nd floor slab
A beam is a structural element that is capable of withstanding load primarily
by resisting bending. Beams support mainly vertical loads, and are small in
cross-section compared with their span.
Concrete Filling on beams
A beam is a structural member which spans horizontally between supports
and carries loadsBeams are characterized by their profile (shape of crosssection), their length, and their material. Concrete filling must be done and
cured before the concrete filling on slab at second floor.
Forms of slab for 2nd floor and counting
The quality of a concrete floor or slab is highly dependent on achieving a
hard and durable surface that is flat, relatively free of cracks, and at the
proper grade and elevation. Concrete floor slabs employing portland cement,
regardless of slump, will start to experience a reduction in volume as soon as
they are placed.
Roofing
The roof is formed with pre-manufactured trusses or stick-built on-site.
Trusses are built off-site. They are delivered to the site and hoisted onto the
walls using a crane. Trusses are strong, install quickly, and can be built to
almost any roof design. They are engineered to sustain a live load, dead
load, wind resistance and snow load
Concrete Pouring OF Footings, columns and slab
Columns and beams are very efficient in resisting compression loads and are
widely used in the construction of framed structures in industrial buildings.
Concrete filling might be manually or used by concrete mixer and undergo
with curing days

MASONRY
Masonry is the building of structures from individual units laid in and bound
together by mortar; the term masonry can also refer to the units themselves.
The common materials of masonry construction
are brick, stone, marble, granite, travertine,limestone, cast stone, concrete
block, glass block, stucco, tile, and cob.
FRAMING, WINDOWS, AND EXTERIOR DOORS
This is one of the most magic steps of building a house because it's where it
really starts to look like a house! The floors, walls, ceiling, and roof are the
focus of this construction activity. The framer usually installs
the windows and exterior doors.
Plastering
Building material used for coating walls and ceilings. It is manufactured as a
dry powder and is mixed with water to form a paste when used.
Stairs
A stair is one step in a flight of stairs. In buildings, stairs is a term applied
to a complete flight of steps between two floors.
TILEWORKING
Tile working is the application of tiles on floors or other flat surfaces.
Installation of doors and windows
The trim materials installed here may include the door casing, base mould,
window stool and apron, window casing, chair rail, crown mould, built-in
cabinets, stair railing parts, and others. This step also includes hanging the
doors.
Plumbing and Drainage System
GUTTERS AND DOWNSPOUTS
It is use to get the water away from the house as soon as possible.
INSTALLATION OF FIXTURES
The plumber will install the sinks, lavatories,
toilets, and all the faucets.

Electric Layouting
Involves the planning of the installation of all the required electrical fixtures
and wirings.
Install electrical wiring and Fixtures
Where the electrician comes back to install the switches, outlets, light
fixtures, ceiling fans, door bells, etc. He will also hook up the appliances,
furnace, air conditioner, doorbell, and so forth.
Ceiling
Is an overhead interior surface that covers the upper limit of a room. It is not
generally considered a structural element, but a finished surface concealing
the underside of the floor or roof structure above.
Exterior Paint
Many surfaces on the outside need to be protected from the elements.
Finishing and Cleaning
The trim materials installed here may include the door casing, base mould,
window stool and apron, window casing, chair rail, crown mould, built-in
cabinets, stair railing parts, and others. This step also includes hanging the
doors.
Finish Grading and Landscaping
The final finished grades are established to ensure proper drainage away
from the home, and to prepare the yard for landscaping. Trees, shrubs, grass,
etc. are installed.