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Surveying For Engineering Projects ©copyright 2007 by William E. Beardslee, P.L.S., P.E., P.P.

NEW JERSEY SOCIETY OF

PROFESSIONAL LAND SURVEYORS

presents

A SEMINAR BY BILL BEARDSLEE, P.L.S., P.E., P.P.

SURVEYING FOR ENGINEERING PROJECTS


Surveying For Engineering Projects

Name Employer Location Total Employees Employees in Surveying Your Position What you do after work



The Surveyor is the eyes of the designer. The Engineer’s ability to communicate the project requirements and the Surveyors ability to communicate what he sees will determine the success of the project.



Client/Designer What, Where, When, How

Manager Staffing, Set standards, Quality Control

Party Chief Gather & provide data in clear, concise form

CAD Operator Translate data to final product in proper format



The Project Team

Designer/Client

* *

Survey Project CAD Operator Manager

* * Party Chief

Surveying for Engineering Projects © copyright 2010 by William E. Beardslee, P.L.S., P.E., P.P.


Choose your weapons wisely !!!



Don’t be a slave to computer output !

The third decimal place is for research, not engineering surveys.

Accuracy is in the eyes of the beholder.



BECOME A KNIGHT IN THE

ORDER OF

MAGNITUDE



FIELD NOTES Whether electronic or manual

  Clear and concise   Who, When, Where, What   Why? -

D I S C O V E R Y   Separate out changes in setup   Consistent use of abbreviations   Built in checks



CONTROL

  “Renewable and convertible”   Inter-visable under all conditions   Outside limits of construction

or supplemental lines   Tied to appropriate datum

may be many



STRINGING Use when the field notes must define

the geometry of the subject

Curb Edge Pavement Walls Fences Water Courses



DATA FOR ROAD IMPROVEMENTS

* * * * * * * * * * * *



DATA FOR ROAD IMPROVEMENTS

Control Horizontal Alignment Vertical Alignment Cross Slope Curbing Striping Lighting and signalization Driveways Major Trees Utilities – Markout Utility poles with numbers Overhead Wires Obvious conditions of concern S P E E D L I M I T



ORIENTATION and STATIONING

•  Plan - North up or Front of Project down

•  Stationing – Left to right or Start of Road into site



ORIENTATION and STATIONING 1.  North 60 degrees either side of vertical 3.  NO 0+0 4.  Station each street with different series

Drainage, Sewer 4.  Left to Right stationing



CONSTRUCTION LAYOUT RISK - REWARD

Pre-construction meeting Site Super, Contractors, Survey Manager, Party Chiefs

Chain of command for design changes Who, What, When, Where, Why

Cataloging of all extra work All requests in writing Forms for on site requests



CONSTRUCTION LAYOUT RISK - REWARD

Double check control

Double check grade sheets Never by person who did it Order of Magnitude

Billing



SUMMARY

  Communicate to all members of the team   Install internal cross checks   Control order of magnitude   Be consistent in all terminology

and procedures   Bill appropriately and quickly

Surveying for Engineering Projects © copyright 2010 by William E. Beardslee, P.L.S., P.E., P.P.


Seminars and in-house staff instruction available through

The Beardslee Group William E. Beardslee, PLS, PE, PP

Communication & Education Consultant

837 Seven Lakes North, West End, North Carolina 27376 910-673-2196 Cell – 973-534-0256 Email – [email protected]

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