Surveying for Construction 2 (U00474)

? Credit Points : 10 ? SCQF Level : 8 ? Acronym : EEL-2-CVSC2

The course consists of surveying for construction.

Entry Requirements

? Costs : YES: This course involves a Surveying Field Trip, the cost to the student being approximately £120. The field trip is compulsory for those students on Programmes within the Discipline of Civil & Environmental; it is optional for visiting students and those from other programmes.

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Civil, (School of Engineering and Electronics, Schedule M)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : 2nd year

? Delivery Period : Semester 2 (Blocks 3-4)

? Contact Teaching Time : 2 hour(s) per week for 10 weeks

? Other Required Attendance : 35 hour(s) per week for 1 weeks

First Class Information

Date	Start	End	Room	Area	Additional Information
11/01/2008	09:00	10:50	Lecture Theatre 1, Eng Sanderson Building	KB

All of the following classes

Type	Day	Start	End	Area
Lecture	Friday	09:00	10:50	KB

? Additional Class Information : One-week field course to be arranged.

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

By the end of the course, the student should be able to:
- undertake topographical surveys using theodolites or total stations;
- assess the accuracy of levelling and traverse surveys;
- adjust traverse closure errors;
- produce a scale plan of an area;
- set out earthworks, foundations and curves from given data; and
- measure river discharge using flow velocity observations.