CNST 200 Construction Surveying

This course introduces students to the fundamentals of land surveying, meets and bounds survey, property lines, and the instruments used in construction surveying operations. Students will gain familiarity and exposure to various types of surveys and the corresponding instruments and tools used in construction surveying. Topics covered include route surveys, traverse, horizontal and vertical controls, establishing benchmarks and transfer stations, leveling operations, and laying out of horizontal and vertical curves.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

CNST 100 and MATH 143

Hours Weekly

2 hours lecture, 2 hours lab

Course Objectives

1. Demonstrate the ability to solve plane surveying problems using geometry/trigonometry and appropriate mathematical concepts.
2. Describe various surveying instruments and their appropriate uses for calculation of bearings and angles.
3. Collect and analyze field data, including designing a traverse, recording field observations, maintaining a field notebook, performing computations, and adjusting and interpreting the data.
4. Establish benchmarks, stations, shoot elevations and perform building layout.
5. Generate layouts of horizontal and vertical curves.

Course Objectives

1. Demonstrate the ability to solve plane surveying problems using geometry/trigonometry and appropriate mathematical concepts.

   This objective is a course Goal Only

2. Describe various surveying instruments and their appropriate uses for calculation of bearings and angles.

   This objective is a course Goal Only

3. Collect and analyze field data, including designing a traverse, recording field observations, maintaining a field notebook, performing computations, and adjusting and interpreting the data.

   This objective is a course Goal Only

4. Establish benchmarks, stations, shoot elevations and perform building layout.

   This objective is a course Goal Only

5. Generate layouts of horizontal and vertical curves.

   This objective is a course Goal Only