Engineering Surveying - BUET KHUZDAR

Specific Objectives of course:

To enable students to understand theory and practice of land surveying.
To enable students in reading and preparing surveying maps.
To develop skills to use modern survey instruments.

Course Outline:
Introduction: Introduction to land surveying, definitions of basic surveying terms, branches and their application, Instruments used.
Techniques: Distance measurement techniques, Theodolite and its Types, Traversing and Triangulation, Bearings and Meridians, Plane Table Surveying. Computation of areas and volumes by various methods.

Modern Methods in Surveying: Principles of EDM Operation, EDM Characteristics, Total Stations, Field procedures for Total Stations in Topographic Surveys, Construction layout using Total Stations.
Leveling and Contouring: Methods and types of levels, Precise leveling. Methods and applications of contouring.
Surveying Drafting and Computations: Maps and Plans, Plotting, Contour Maps, Profiles, Cross- sections, Prismoidal formula, Computations of area and volumes by graphical analysis and use of surveying software.
Field Work: Horizontal and Vertical control, Construction Surveys, Railways, Highways, Pipelines and other infrastructures, Layout of buildings and structures.

Lab Outline:
The Design work and/or experiments related to above mentioned outline shall be covered in the Laboratory/Design class.

Recommended Books:

Wolf P.R. & Ghilani C. D. Elementary Surveying – An introduction to Geometrics, 11th Edition, Prentice Hall, USA, 2004.
Kavanagh,B. Surveying principles and Application, Prentice Hall (8th Edition), 2008
Irvine, W. Surveying for Construction, McGraw Hill (4th Edition), 1995
Davis, R.E. Surveying Theory and Practice, McGraw Hill (7th Edition), 1966
Russel, P.W. and Brinker, C. , Elementary Surveying, Harper Collins(9th Edition), 1997
James M. Anderson and Edward M. Mikhail, Introduction to Surveying, International Student Edition, 1984, McGraw Hill Book Company.