MCCCD Official Course Competencies:

SUN109  2005 Spring – 2009 Fall

Field Engineering Principles

1.

List and define specific terms relating to field engineering. (I)

2.

Calculate the size of designated tracts of land described in the Government Land Survey System. (II)

3.

Locate and describe specific properties using lot and block numbers, metes and bounds, and monuments. (III)

4.

Explain, by the use of diagrams, how land is described by the various methods available. (II, III)

5.

Explain the use and care of the builder's level and the builder's transit-level. (IV)

6.

Describe the steps used to develop a simplified plot plan layout including property corner locations and setbacks. (V)

7.

Describe procedures for determining elevation differences using a builders level or transit. (VI)

8.

Demonstrate the correct use of the tools and instruments necessary to perform field engineering functions. (VII)

9.

Lay out property lines with a surveying instrument. (VII)

10.

Perform calculations to determine elevations. (VI, VII)

MCCCD Official Course Outline:

SUN109  2005 Spring – 2009 Fall

Field Engineering Principles

I. Terminology

A. Abstract

B. Azimuth

C. Batter boards

D. Bearing

E. Bench mark

F. Builders level

G. Contour line

H. Datum

I. Easement

J. Elevation

K. Grade

L. Meridian

M. Other

II. Government Land Survey System

A. Principal meridian

B. Baseline

C. Divisions

1. Checks

2. Ranges

3. Townships

4. Sections

D. Size calculations

III. Property Location

A. Lot and block numbers

B. Plat maps

C. Metes and bounds

1. Point of beginning

2. Degrees, minutes and seconds

D. Monuments

IV. Surveying Instruments

A. Level - types

1. Dumpy

2. Builder's

3. Self-leveling

4. Tilting

B. Level - nomenclature

1. Telescope

2. Focusing screw

3. Cross line adjusting screw

4. Sunshade

5. Eyepiece

6. Telescope level

7. Horizontal circle and vernier

8. Clamp screw

9. Tangent screw

10. Leveling head

11. Leveling screws

12. Tripod plate

13. Trivet points

14. Tripod

15. Tripod mounting stud

16. Plumb bob hook

17. Tripod cap

C. Transit

1. Lock release lever

2. Vertical clamp screw

3. Vertical tangent screw

4. Vertical arc and vernier

5. Level lock lever

D. Care of surveying instruments

E. Instrument set up

1. Tripod erection

2. Instrument attachment

3. Leveling procedure

F. Use

1. Rods

2. Hand signals

3. Rod readings

G. Taping techniques

1. Types of tapes

2. Care of tapes

3. Standard length

4. Alignment

5. Slope correction

6. Tension and sag corrections

7. Temperature corrections

8. Taping with a plumb bob

9. Dynamic taping

H. Contours

V. Plot Plan Layout

A. Point of beginning

B. Building lines

C. Tape distances

D. Corner locations

E. Diagonal checks

F. Setbacks

VI. Determining Elevations

A. Two points

B. Multiple settings

C. Calculations

VII. Field Exercise

A. Elevations and height of instrument

B. Transferring grade elevations

C. Setting grade stakes

D. Determining slope

E. Horizontal angles

F. Acute and obtuse angles

1. Angle layout

2. Reading circle and vernier scales

G. Winding angles

H. Property line layout

I. Building layout for batter boards

J. Establishing grade lines