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Engineering Survey Principles

Building Technology · Level 6  ·  4 Chapters

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Chapters

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Apply surveying linear measurements
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Carry out engineering survey
7 topics
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3
Set out construction works
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Perform earthworks
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What Engineering Survey Principles covers: 27 main topics in 4 chapters

1. Apply surveying linear measurements

  1. 1.1 Linear survey tools and equipment
  2. 1.2 Linear surveying measurements
  3. 1.3 Linear surveying obstacles

2. Carry out engineering survey

  1. 2.1 Reconnaissance
  2. 2.2 Site clearance
  3. 2.3 Reduced levels
  4. 2.4 Contours
  5. 2.5 Longitudinal profiles
  6. 2.6 Mass haul diagrams
  7. 2.7 Levelling Site clearance

3. Set out construction works

  1. 3.1 Nature of the construction
  2. 3.2 Site layout plan
  3. 3.3 Construction plan
  4. 3.4 Construction line
  5. 3.5 Construction base line
  6. 3.6 First corner/centre
  7. 3.7 setting out methods
  8. 3.8 transformation of dimension
  9. 3.9 Profile boards

4. Perform earthworks

  1. 4.1 Earthwork working drawings
  2. 4.2 Site clearance works
  3. 4.3 Cross sections
  4. 4.4 Top soil removing
  5. 4.5 Excavation to formation level/reduced level
  6. 4.6 Formation of embankments per drawings
  7. 4.7 Compaction of formation level
  8. 4.8 Excess earthwork material disposal

Revise this unit

Exam-style questions Written to CDACC standard, with answers Test yourself Multiple-choice, one at a time Practise questions Quick recall — check you know the facts
3 more for this unit
Oral exam preparation What the assessor asks, and how to answer out loud Worked calculations Step-by-step maths with the common mistakes Quick cards Myth busters, skill tips and scenarios

Beyond the syllabus

Decision simulator On site, what would you do? Workplace scenarios Real site situations — what would you do? Turn this into income Where this skill earns — what to charge, how to find clients

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