Methodology:

1. To start with this laboratory exercise, first, the class was divided into nine (9) groups that
consists of three members with its respective tasks (instrumentman, recorder and rodman).
When the groupings was settled, a short discussion about the laboratory was discussed by
Engr. Ubaldo.
2. Group 1 was the first group who performed the profile leveling and they were also tasked
to put a marked on the road that will served as a guide for the remaining groups that each
marks corresponds to 5 meters interval which is the requirement for this laboratory.
3. The group may decide on where they are going to set – up the instrument and on how many
turning points they are going to make, as long as they were performing the proper way of
doing profile leveling.
4. In order to conduct profile leveling, first, we need to find the area on where the instrument
will be set – up. This is very important for us to be able to gather all necessary data that
will be needed for this laboratory.
5. When the instrument is already established, it is the time when the instrumentman will take
a look on the automatic level’s lens to determine/read the measurement on the stadia/rod
that was holding by a rodman, after that, when the instrumentman finally read the
measurement he’s going to tell it to the recorder so that the data will be recorded by the
group’s recorder. The first data that will be collected must be recorded as the backsight of
the benchmark (which is known the elevation).
6. After that, the rodman will place the rod on the next 5 meters, so that, the instrumentman
will able to get the measurement for the next station that will be recorded as the
intermediate foresight.
7. When the instrumentman is not able to read the measurements on the rod, due to the
distance of the establishment of the instrument to the place of the rodman, we need to keep
in mind that the last measurement that was gathered will be recorded as the foresight of the
first turning point. Then, we are going to re – established the instrument so that, the
instrumentman will able to get the correct readings on the rod. After establishing the next
location of the instrument, the first data will again be recorded as the backsight of the first
turning point.
8. The same process must be apply until we get the foresight of the last station which is the
Sta. 0+315 or what we called benchmark 2, that having an unknown elevation.
9. Our group has seven (7) turning points. The number of turning points may vary depending
on the assessment and observation of each group.
10. When we gather all necessary data for the profile leveling, it is the time when we are going
to compute for the height of the instrument in every turning points and the elevations of
each stations and most especially for us to be able to get the difference in elevation from
Benchmark 1 which is known the elevation going to Benchmark 2 or Sta. 0+315.