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grade elevation (plant grade elevation)

Macedonian translation: кота на нивелета

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English term or phrase:	grade elevation (plant grade elevation)
Macedonian translation:	кота на нивелета
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10:43 Oct 30, 2011

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Tech/Engineering - Construction / Civil Engineering

English term or phrase: grade elevation (plant grade elevation)

Plant grade elevation 271.50m, site elevation above the sea level

"..indicates the ground surface level outside the buildingis marked “Grade” or “Grade Line.”The elevation of a surface at a particular point is agrade elevation. A grade elevation may refer to anexisting, natural earth surface or to a hub or stake usedas a reference point, in which case the elevation is thatof existing grade or existing ground. It may also referto a proposed surface to be created artificially, inwhich case the elevation is that of prescribed grade,plan grade, or finished grade.Grade elevations of the surface area around astructure are indicated on the plot plan. Because anatural earth surface is usually irregular in contour,existing grade elevations on such a surface areindicated by contour lines on the plot plan; that is, bylines that indicate points of equal elevation on theground. Contour lines that indicate existing grade areusually made dotted; however, existing contour lineson maps are sometimes represented by solid lines. Ifthe prescribed surface to be created artificially will beother than a horizontal-plane surface, prescribedgrade elevations will be indicated on the plot plan bysolid contour lines..."