CS2004:03
Surveying for Engineers
Townsville
39 lectures, 13 tutorials, 26 hours practicals. Second semester.
Available to engineering students.
General principles of surveying, methods used in surveying. Recording and plotting detail. Principles of construction and adjustment of instruments. Levelling and contouring. Theodolite and compass traversing. Precise levelling, tacheometric surveying. Setting out engineering works, gradients, circular and transition curves, excavations for foundations. Areas and earthwork quantities. Application of computers in surveying. Particular civil engineering applications, route locations, tunnelling, hydrographic surveying. Remote sensing including aerial and terrestrial photogrammetry. Construction – introduction to civil construction equipment and methods.
Learning Objectives:
- develop an understanding of construction and use of basic surveying instruments;
- learn how to keep systematic records of traverses, levelling jobs and tacheometric surveys;
- gain an appreciation of the place of surveying in a wide range of civil engineering applications;
- gain practical experience in the use of basic surveying instruments;
- gain a basic understanding of civil construction equipment and methods.
Assessment by examination (50%-70%); on-course assessment (30%-50%).