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At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:
1. Develop a route location for a transportation project
2. Summarize the proper use of the total station and data collector software and hardware
3. Perform a field survey for control, topographic and planimetric surveys
4. Prepare maps, plats and drawings from field data
5. Prepare a photogrammetric surveying layout
6 Perform complex computations related to photogrammetric surveys, right-of-way acquisition surveys, roadway alignments, earthwork volumes, slope staking, and global positioning surveys
7. Design and lay out roadways using civil and surveying Computer Assisted Drafting and Design (CADD) software and hardware and surveying equipment
8. Perform a field survey to slope stake a roadway
9. Compute earthwork and other construction volumes
10. Prepare route surveying documentation for different types of projects
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I. Route Location Process
A. Site reconnaissance
B. Ownership conflicts
C. Boundary and easement issues
D. Preliminary and topographic surveys
E. Preliminary and final route design
II. Control Surveys
A. Quality Control (QC), Quality Assurance (QA), and network planning
B. Datum, projection and coordinate system considerations
C. Primary and secondary control placement
D. Network densification
E. Statistical adjustment
III. Data Collectors
A. Device configuration
B. Data upload for reconnaissance and stake-out
C. Data download for export to CADD
IV. Photogrammetry
A. Basic theory
B. Aerial survey planning
1. Neat model
2. Image overlap and sidelap
3. Image registration with survey data
V. Highway Geometrics
A. Straightline segments
B. Curves: tangent circular, spiral, parabolic
1. Curve geometry, layout and as-built check
2. Vertical curvature, crown and drainage
VI. Highway Design and Layout
A. Freeway, roadway, railway, city street, bridges
B. Perspectives: plan view, profile view, cross-section, end section
C. Point of Beginning (POB), stationing, centerline, alignment, cross-sections
D. Crown, slope and drainage
E. Grade and vertical curve considerations
VII. Determining Construction Quantities
A. Area calculations: cross-sections, end area, plan area
B. Volume calculations: cross-section segments, vertical cuts and fills, borrow pits
VIII. Slope Staking
A. Centerline elevations
B. Cross-sectional, cut and fill calculations
C. Stake marking (labeling placement and flagging)
LABORATORY TOPICS AND SCOPE
I. Topcon University - Educational Videos Route and Construction Surveying Methods
II. Route Location Research Exercise
III. Field Mapping and Data Collection Methods
A. Field notes and field books
B. Use of compass and tape
C. Field use of Terrestrial Positioning System (TPS) and Global Positioning System (GPS) surveying devices
1. Mission Planning / Reconnaissance Techniques
2. Types of devices and positional accuracy
3. GPS data collection methods
a. Navigation
b. Measurement
c. GPS device dashboard and controls
4. TPS data collection methods
a. Navigation
b. Measurement
c. TPS device dashboard and controls
IV. Simple, Reverse and Compound Curve Stakeout Exercise
V. Radial Stakeout of a Roadway from Control Traverse Exercise
VI. Median Island Stakeout Exercise
VII. Bus Stop at Intersection Stake-out Exercise
VIII. Storm Drain and Catch Basin Stake-out Exercise
IX. Cul-de-Sac Curb and Gutter, Sanitary Sewer and Storm Drain Stake-out Exercise
X. Elevation Certificate Research
XI. Slope Staking Exercise
XII. Photogrammetry Survey Planning Exercise
XIII. Final Comprehensive Planning and Design Staking Exercise
XIV. Office Processing of Field Data
A. Data download and storage
B. Data QC/QA, reduction, edits and preparation
C. Baseline and vector processing
D. Vector QC/QA, loop closure check
E. Adjustment of final solutions
F. Report preparation