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UNLV CEE 121 Elementary Survey

UNLV CEE 121 Elementary Survey. Advisory Board 6 May 2010. Agenda. Advisory Board Objective Class Goals – Big Picture Identify a Professional Organizations Equipment List Lecture/Curriculum Topics. Advisory Board Members. Jeff Jensen, PE Steve Youngberg, PLS Scott Hill, PLS

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UNLV CEE 121 Elementary Survey

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  1. UNLV CEE 121 Elementary Survey Advisory Board 6 May 2010

  2. Agenda • Advisory Board Objective • Class Goals – Big Picture • Identify a Professional Organizations • Equipment List • Lecture/Curriculum Topics

  3. Advisory Board Members • Jeff Jensen, PE • Steve Youngberg, PLS • Scott Hill, PLS • Trent Keenan, PLS • Bill Desjardins (not present) • Rick Barron, LSI • Vern Little, PLS

  4. Advisory Board Objectives • Improve the CEE 121 Elementary Surveying Class • Surveying Topics • What every Civil Engineer should know about surveying • Surveying Equipment • Mentoring and Advising • Internships • Fundraising • Scholarships

  5. Goals – Big Picture • Identify Existing Conditions • Data gathering (boundary identify), creating a topographic map • Civil Design • Construction/Project Layout • As-Builts/Record Drawings

  6. Equipment • Proposed • Trimble M3 Total Station ($6,400) • M3 only ~ $4500 – get 3 units • Trimble R8 GNSS Rover ($9520) • 2 units includes TSC2 • Nice to Have • Trimble S 6 Robotic ($24,779) • Trimble Net R5 Base ($17,395) • Lvvwd – Skip Harness might be interested in setup a basestation at UNLV • Recommend Looking into Lease Program

  7. Lecture Topics • Field Notes • Leveling • Rotational Levels (skip) • Boundary Surveys • Record Research, Legal Descriptions (Vern). Research your home plat • Distance Measurement • Pacing, Chain, Total Station • Traversing • Angles, Azimuths, Bearing, Compass Rule, Accuracies • Topographic Mapping • Aerial Photos, Data Collection, Stereo , Infill Leo’s work, As-Built Surveys (Trent-Bill Scanner) • CAD • COGO, Closed Traverse, Misclosures, Alignments/Profiles, DTM, Earthwork (Volumes), Cross Section • GPS (2 lectures) • RTK, Survey Controller, Trimble Office • Ellipsoid, Geoid • Coordinate Systems • State Plane, Lat/Long, UTM • Scale Fractors, Grid-Ground, Datums (NAD & NAVD, Geodetic) • Public Lands System (Steve) • As-Built Surveys • Construction Staking (DVD)

  8. Student Chapters • Nevada Association of Land Surveyors • American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing • National Society of Professional Surveyors (NSPS) • American Congress on Surveying & Mapping (ACSM) • Geographic and Land Information Society

  9. Scholarships and Fundraisers • NALS • Boy Scouts – Surveying Merit Badge

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