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This presentation highlights the importance of surveying and maintaining monuments in construction projects. It discusses the problems associated with monuments, such as being paved over and buried, and the impact on job closure and public perception. It also provides examples of well-set monuments and offers ways to enforce surveying requirements.
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Construction Spring Training 2004 Surveying and Monuments Presentation by: Michael Schoder, PLS – CR Survey Manager Mike Miller, PLS – CR Assistant Survey Mgr.
Construction Spring Training 2004 Surveying and Monuments • Central Region FTP Site • ftp.cadastral.info/dot-cadastral/Construction_Surveys • At this site you will find • Blank Monument of Record Forms • Sample Completed Monument of Record Forms • Section 642 Standard Specifications • Memos concerning the use of GPS for construction activities • Memo outlining changes to the Final Traverse and Final Monumentation specification • This presentation
Construction Spring Training 2004 Surveying and Monuments • PROBLEMS WITH MONUMENTS – A REASON WHY WE ARE CONCERNED • Right-of-Way Ownership is long term (>30 yrs or more in many project areas between surveys) • Surveyors continuously need to access monuments (365 days) • Maintenance issues with digging up road to find monuments • Traffic safety issues for surveys in roadways are related to amount of exposure of surveyors to traffic • State Statutes require all existing monuments be protected • Your job won’t close out if monumentation work is incomplete • Appearances to public that we haven't done our job right • THE FOLLOWING SLIDES DEMONSTRATE PROBLEMS
Construction Spring Training 2004 Surveying and Monuments • Recovering a monument that was paved over. • No monument box has been installed
Construction Spring Training 2004 Surveying and Monuments • Recovering a buried monument
Construction Spring Training 2004 Surveying and Monuments • Recovered monument • NO MONUMENT CASE
Construction Spring Training 2004 Surveying and Monuments • Recovered monument • NO MONUMENT CASE • Monument has not been raised • Monument is approximately 12” below grade • Increases crew time in road digging up the monument • Increase crew time in the road tying monument
Construction Spring Training 2004 Surveying and Monuments • Recovered Monument (originally set in 1919) • Monument had no case • Monument becomes unreadable from repeated excavations
Construction Spring Training 2004 Surveying and Monuments • Recovered monument in a case • Monument had to be excavated • Monument should have been raised • Resulting hole in road surface has to be patched • Monument would have to be dug up by the next surveyor
Construction Spring Training 2004 Surveying and Monuments • Recovered monument has a case • Excavation will need to be patched • Monument and box should have been raised
Construction Spring Training 2004 Surveying and Monuments • Rebars with or without caps, in no monument boxes • Typically require referencing and replacing in box • If unfound in pre-construction survey, cause havoc to milling machines • Some “booklet” and “gravel to black” projects require construction surveyor to find any existing monuments & reference and replace them
Construction Spring Training 2004 Surveying and Monuments • An example of a well set monument • This is a monument and box that was raised on the Seward Highway
Construction Spring Training 2004 Surveying and Monuments • An example of a well set monument case • The only issue here is the top of the box is below grade • The recessed monument case allows for the pooling of water and ice • MONUMENTS LIKE THIS MAKES US LOOK GOOD!!
Construction Spring Training 2004 Surveying and Monuments • How can we help you enforce the surveying requirements? • Ask your contractor’s surveyor to request a pre-work meeting with Central Region Survey Department • Call out Central Region Surveyor to help you inspect survey work • Call, e-mail or fax survey questions to CR Survey Section • Call 1-800-survey-gone-bad (humor)
Construction Spring Training 2004 Surveying and Monuments • We Are Done – Questions??