Hardened steel surveying tape in 30 m, 50 m and 100 m lengths — for site layout, road alignment and field survey work. In stock at Multi Trade Combines, AT Road, Guwahati.
A steel surveying tape is the essential linear measurement instrument on any civil engineering or construction site where distances beyond the 5 m range of a hand tape need to be measured. While total stations and GPS instruments are used for primary control surveys, the steel tape remains the everyday instrument for site layout work: setting out building column grids, marking road kerb alignment, laying out plot boundaries from survey pegs, checking embankment toe distances and measuring formwork spans. Steel surveying tapes are graduated in metric (millimetres and centimetres) on a hardened and tempered steel band that does not stretch under normal tension, giving repeatable readings over thousands of measurement cycles.
Multi Trade Combines stocks the three standard lengths used on Northeast India's construction sites: the 30 m tape for building work and general layout, the 50 m tape for road alignment and larger structure set-out, and the 100 m tape for field surveying, large plot measurement and road project baseline checking. All tapes are wound on reel frames for easy handling by a two-person survey team. We also stock the companion instruments — auto level, digital theodolite, prismatic compass and plane table alidade — at our Guwahati surveying instruments counter.
In stock at Multi Trade Combines, AT Road, Guwahati — ships across NE India
NHAI and NHIDCL project engineers setting out road widening alignments on national highways in Assam use steel tapes for manual chainage checks and cross-section dimension verification alongside total station surveys. PWD Assam contractors setting out bridge abutments, culvert positions and highway embankment toes carry 50 m steel tapes as a standard site instrument. Building contractors in Guwahati's dense urban construction market use 30 m tapes daily for foundation layout, column grid set-out and floor-to-floor height measurement on multi-storey buildings. Agricultural land surveyors in Assam's paddy districts and boundary dispute resolution surveyors use 100 m tapes for field measurement. The steel tape is also the first check that a surveying team runs when an instrument reading looks unexpected — a quick tape-and-check across the suspect dimension confirms whether there is a prism placement error or a genuine field condition. All lengths are available at our AT Road, Guwahati counter.
| Category | Surveying Instruments |
|---|---|
| Key specs | 30 m / 50 m / 100 m |
| Availability | In stock — price on request |
| Lengths stocked | 30 m, 50 m, 100 m |
| Material | Hardened and tempered steel band |
| Graduation | Metric, 1 mm divisions |
| Case type | Open-frame winding reel / leather case |
Multi Trade Combines stocks steel surveying tapes in 30 metre, 50 metre and 100 metre lengths. The 30 m tape is the standard for general site layout and building set-out; the 50 m and 100 m tapes are used for road alignment, boundary surveys and larger plot dimensions. Tapes are in open-frame winding reel or leather case form depending on model. Call +91 91812 13332 for current stock and sizes available.
Yes — a good quality steel surveying tape is accurate to ±1 mm per 30 metres and is accepted for site layout, building set-out, road alignment and property boundary marking under IS standards. For higher precision control surveys (cadastral or engineering), invar or standardised steel tapes with calibration certificates are used, but for the vast majority of civil construction site work the standard steel tape provides adequate accuracy. WhatsApp +91 76359 98826 for models available.