CS2004:03
Surveying and Construction
| Townsville | HECS Band 2 |
39 hours lectures, 39 hours tutorials, practicals and fieldwork. Semester 2.
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, 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; construction techniques, tendering and estimating.
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;
- develop an ability to communicate with professionals and community at large;
- develop the ability to work both individually and as part of a team in undertaking engineering surveys and managing construction activity;
- gain a basic understanding of civil construction equipment and techniques.
Assessment by examination (50%-70%); on-course assessment (30%-50%).