This course focuses on the principles of basic land surveying and site development. Topics include basic surveying methods, common hardware, surveying tools, site analysis and site design. Course work will be a combination of hands on data collection, digital modeling and construction documentation. Students will learn the principles of linear measurement, angle and elevation measurement, topography, building layout, and site analysis and design.
Goals, Topics, and Objectives
The goal of this course is to introduce students to basic surveying tools and methods, and the use of civil engineering software to create site plans and civil engineering drawings.
- Principles of surveying
- Describe the different types of surveys and their uses
- Describe the acquisition of surveying data from local, state, and federal municipalities
- Surveying tools and techniques
- Accurately set up survey equipment in the field
- Use sight and digital survey equipment to gather survey data
- Linear and angle measurement
- Define methods for linear and angle measurement
- Accurately measure linear distance and angles in the field
- Field procedure for building layout
- Establish dimension control points in the field
- Lay out building corners and set batter boards
- Creating digital maps and topography
- Create topography maps from field data
- Lay out horizontal and vertical curves
- Draw contour map profiles from collected data
- Site layout and design
- Determine existing site conditions
- Locate and draw utilities, structure, proposed and existing conditions
- Annotate and dimension the site plan
- Civil engineering doucmentation
- Organize civil engineering views to create balanced sheet layouts
- Print civil engineering documents correctly based on scale and line weights
Assessment and Requirements
Assignments Quizzes Exams
Outcomes
Credit for Prior College-Level Learning
Interview, given in department by department faculty. Faculty will interview applicants and will assess against evaluation rubric. Evaluation rubric and student checklist located in The School of Business, Entrepreneurship, & Professional Development office.