CO 240 - Construction Surveying

1. improve the ability to function as a member of a survey party in completing the assigned fieldwork;
2. communicate verbally during outdoor laboratory exercises and record field measurements and other data in a manner common to the surveying profession;
3. gain the ability to measure differences in elevation and linear distance by stadia methods;
4. plotting of topographic data;
5. contouring;
6. understand and perform building construction layout including building setbacks, offset hubs, grade stakes, basic stakeout, and radial stakeout;
7. understand and calculate principle elements of a horizontal curve (T, L, LC, E) if R and  Δ are known;
8. calculate stations, deflection angles, and chords to stakeout a horizontal curve from the PC;
9. calculate slopes and grades;
10. understand and calculate the principle elements of a vertical curve;
11. calculate elevations at full or partial stations if PVI station and elevation, curve length, and grades are given;
12. understand the differences among plan data, profile data, and cross-section data used in construction surveys for routes;
13. develop a profile of existing and proposed ground along a baseline;
14. develop cross-sections of existing and proposed ground at major points along a baseline;
15. calculate volumes for earthwork by grid method and average end area method; and
16. create computer solutions for common surveying problems utilizing computer software.