The module is designed to equip students with the fundamental principles and practical skills required for accurate surveying and setting out in engineering projects. In this module, students will engage in a comprehensive study of surveying techniques, including the use of modern instruments and technologies. The lectures will cover essential topics in engineering surveying and focus on surveying methods and their practical applications in real-world scenarios. Students will gain a thorough understanding of the principles of engineering surveying and setting out across small, medium, and large-scale projects. It will look at applications such as civil works (motorways and tunnels and utilities) and industrial and commercial projects (high-rise buildings, precise setting out for pharma, data centres and semiconductors facilities).
Surveying Instrumentation
Use of robotic total stations.Site calibration and equipment maintenance.
Traversing
Teaches the design and measurement of a survey control traverse using construction specifications.Covers the principles of control points design.Traverse Calculations and Adjustment
Setting Out
This includes checking design drawings and transferring data to surveying equipment.Covers accurate setting out of the design.Includes interpreting design drawings and practising data transfer formats and techniques (including join calculation).
Trigonometric Heights
Use of total stations to determine inaccessible structures' heights.The trigonometric calculation for determining heights.
Circular Curves
Calculation of setting out elements of small curves for roads/transport infrastructure.
Automation in Surveying Instrumentation
Introduce the most up-to-date technologies in surveying (site visits or guest lectures)
Internal Surveys
Measured building survey (MBS) principles (as built measurements)Output examples (Point clouds for BIM, internal plans for fit-out, valuations, etc.)
Controlling Verticality
Use of surveying technologies and techniques to ensure high rise buildings constructions verticality.
Lectures: These will provide the module's theoretical foundation. They will cover key concepts and principles with examples.
Tutorials: Interactive sessions where students can apply the concepts learned in lectures. Tutorials will include problem-solving exercises, discussions, and hands-on activities through fieldwork. Labs will be used for calculations and data processing where required.
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| Other Assessment(s) | 100 |