Teaching Responsibility

LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:

Civil Engineering and Built Environment

Learning Methods

Lecture
Off Site
Practical
Tutorial
Workshop

Module Offerings

5201CIV-SEP-CTY

Aims

To introduce methods of infrastructure route planning. To introduce highway geometry, design & construction. To introduce geodetic and satellite surveying. To demonstrate how total stations and GNSS receivers, can capture data for use in software packages to produce contoured plans and sections. To develop practical surveying skills

Learning Outcomes

1.
Explain methods used and data requirements for infrastructure planning
2.
Apply mathematical methods and design standards proficiently to the effective use of surveying information and the design of highways.
3.
Obtain position and orientation of and from remote points and set out and control on site infrastructure works.
4.
Use a standard computer software package to process total station and satellite surveying observations and produce appropriate drawings
5.
Use a range of land surveying equipment effectively for setting out engineering works

Module Content

Outline Syllabus:Evaluation of infrastructure route choices. Basic highway alignment design. Orientation: The use of the Reference Object (RO) and orientation to the National Grid system of the Ordnance Survey and other coordinate systems. Standard maps and plans, scales and symbols. Safety and Risk Assessment in surveying and construction operations. Horizontal Control: Set up, use and adjustment of the theodolite and Total Station. Introduction to Global Navigational Satellite Systems. Setting out of highways works: Field positioning of points and lines using the Total Station. Applications: Production of site drawings. Orientation and Position: Resection and intersection techniques. Total stations: Demonstrations of the field measurements and coding systems available with total stations and GNSS receivers and their use with a computer software package.
Module Overview:
In this module you will develop your understanding of, and competence in using, land surveying techniques. You will extend your understanding to be able to apply these techniques to highway design. You will be introduced:
  • To highway geometry, design & construction
  • To geodetic and satellite surveying
  • To how total stations and GNSS receivers can capture data for use in software packages to produce contoured plans and sections
  • To practical surveying skills.
Additional Information:Students will develop their understanding of, and competence in using, land surveying techniques. They will extend their understanding to be able to apply these techniques to highway design. Where this module is part of a Degree Apprenticeship programme, the knowledge learning outcomes are K2 and K4.

Assessments

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