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10457 (v.4) Engineering and Control Surveying 281



 

Area:

Department of Spatial Sciences

Contact Hours:

5.0

Credits:

25.0

Lecture:

1 x 2 Hours Weekly

Tutorial:

1 x 1 Hours Weekly

Fieldwork:

1 x 4 Hours Fortnightly

Prerequisite(s):

10418 (v.2) Plane and Construction Surveying 181
AND
10416 (v.2) Survey Computations 185
Geometric aspects of road and railway design, terrain modelling, measurement and computation of volumes. Adjustment and maintenance of surveying instruments. Planning and surveying of local control networks for construction surveying and as constructed surveys. Set-out techniques for construction serveying. As constructed surveys. CivilCad surveying software. Use and calibration of survey instrumentation: total stations, electronic distance measurement (EDM) devices, spirit levelling and trigonometric heighting. Field checks. Introductory least-squares adjustment of control networks. Assessment includes a one-week survey camp.


Availability

YearLocationPeriodInternalArea ExternalCentral External
2004Bentley CampusSemester 1Y  

Area
External
refers to external course/units run by the School or Department, offered online or through Web CT, or offered by research.
Central
External
refers to external course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area

 
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