Carrying Action — How To Verify On Site for Precision Grading

Design - Measure - Move - Verify

Design, measure, move and verify is a closed loop. The verification step tests whether the movement achieved the design rather than merely whether the operator followed a display.

Before moving material

Issue an agreed surface design and reliable control.

Receiving operation and checks

Correct residual defects and record acceptance before the next operation. Use independent observations for the final check.

Do not treat production guidance and acceptance evidence as the same record.

Precision Grade Control

Precision grade control is the stage where a reference system is commissioned for the intended surface. It needs design transfer and equipment checks before productive grading.

Before moving material

Confirm design revision, datum and the working-edge reference.

Receiving operation and checks

Verify surface results independently during and after the work. Record calibration and any reference interruptions.

Machine guidance is not acceptance certification.

Survey & Verify

Survey and verification compares the delivered surface with the brief before it is covered by the next layer. It should establish both compliant areas and defects.

Before moving material

Agree the acceptance method and reference.

Receiving operation and checks

Record accepted work and required corrections. Check the issued design revision and datum used for comparison.

A level survey cannot prove compaction, and a density test cannot prove grade.

Record the job inputs

Use this checklist to turn the scenario into a specific brief. Retain the design revision and agree who accepts each completed layer.

• Existing condition, extent and the reason for intervention
• Required finished purpose, receiving operation and acceptance criteria
• Material type, layer role, source, receiving area and volume state
• Reference levels, datum, survey method and issued design revision
• Available tractor, implement configuration, travel route and turning space
• Checks before work, stopping points and evidence retained at handover

Checklist ticks apply only while this page is open. Include the completed brief in your project records.

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