CIV2220

Surveying

P Meinhardt

4 points
* 24 lectures and 12 field classes
* First semester
* Clayton

Objectives The student is expected to acquire a basic knowledge and understanding of the methods and processes of field measurement, computations and setting out in engineering surveying.

Synopsis Theories of measurement; errors and their adjustment; plane surveying; measurement of distance including electronic measurement; measurement of angles; the theodolite, instrumental errors and adjustment; traversing; levelling; calculation of areas and volumes; topographic surveying tacheometry; design and setting out of circular, transition and vertical curves; survey drafting. Global Positioning Systems (GPS); industrial measurement and monitoring; maps and map systems.

Assessment Examinations (3 hours):60%
* Practical work: 40%

Prescribed texts

Meinhardt P Instructions and notes for fieldwork projects Department of Civil Engineering, Monash University

Recommended texts

Hadgraft R G and Ho T Surveying course notes
Muskett J Site surveying and Ed BSP 1995