A blue-top stake (also called a grade stake or hub) is a wooden stake driven so that its top is at the design grade elevation, allowing a grading equipment operator to use the tops of the stakes as a direct grade reference. The blue paint on the top of the stake is visible to equipment operators. Blue tops are the standard method for communicating design elevation to dozer and motor grader operators.
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