Question: what is lay-out and staking? in civil engineering

Answer: layout and staking\nmeasuring out the appropriate size piece of land, driving the stakes into each corner\nthat makes it sound simple, actually you have to be very careful to keep everything plumb, it is easy to lay it out crooked, the stakes are used to mark every corner, stakes are used because they can be pulled up and moved easily to make adjustments when you realize that you layed it out crooked
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