Setting Out by Total Stations for Site Engineers (2 days)

Aims & Objectives:

 

 

 

 

Course Outline:

The course is designed to enable delegates to:

  • Understand Engineering Surveying and maps/plans
  • Appreciate the Theory of Errors in Surveying
  • Know the difference between Accuracy and Precision
  • Understand the nature of errors and their effects on surveying and setting out
  • Understand the need for Quality Assurance/Control
  • Understand the concept of different types of site survey control (primary & secondary etc.), and site grids
  • Understand the difference in coordinate systems used on site, and associated problems with Ordnance Survey National Grid
  • Undertake setting out calculations from grid coordinates
  • Understand the concepts of Theodolites/Total Stations
  • Set up and use Total Station/EDM equipment
  • Set out points using a total station and coordinates
  • Undertake an as-built survey and compare with design criteria
  • Use Total Station functions; resection, remote elevation measurement, missing line, and offsets from a gridline (set out from line)