SURVEYIING

I. Survey Planning (25%)

Professional Activities:

1. Distinguish the purposes and procedures of various surveys (e.g., topographic, route, control, construction)
   
   

2. Use of datums for horizontal and vertical control
   
   

3. Determine the scope of civil engineering surveying
   
   

Topics May Include:

• Control surveys (purpose and procedures)
  
  

• Alignment surveys (e.g., route, horizontal, vertical)
  
  

• Topographic surveys (e.g., aerial, surface, utilities)
  
  

• Data collection methods (e.g., leveling, LiDAR)
  
  

• Accuracy and precision (e.g., data collection, measurements, errors, application of data)
  
  

• Horizontal and vertical datums (e.g., assumed non-geodetic)
  
  

• Use and applications of GIS
  
  

• Role and limitations of a civil engineer in surveying
  
  

II. Field Data Collection (15%)

Professional Activities:

1. Perform the measurement of horizontal distances
   
   

2. Perform the measurement of angles
   
   

3. Perform the measurement of elevations
   
   

4. Determine potential construction conflicts (e.g., utilities, existing/proposed structures, substructures)
   
   

Topics May Include:

• Establishing points or alignments using distances and angles
  
  

• Establishing elevations using trigonometric and differential leveling
  
  

• Surveying equipment usage
  
  

• Creating and checking level notes
  
  

III. Data Analysis and Evaluation (30%)

Professional Activities:

1. Identify accuracy requirements and limitations for measured data and map development
   
   

2. Perform traverse survey calculations (e.g., closure, error, side shots)
   
   

3. Perform leveling calculations
   
   

4. Perform rectangular coordinate calculations
   
   

5. Determine line and grade (e.g., plans and profiles)
   
   

Topics May Include:

• Measuring equipment errors
  
  

• Error of closure
  
  

• Calculating distances, angles, and curves (horizontal/vertical)
  
  

• Contour lines and cross-sections
  
  

• Plan/profile interferences
  
  

• Offset distances
  
  

• Area calculations (e.g., double meridian distance)
  
  

• Rectangular coordinates (e.g., latitudes, departures)
  
  

IV. Mapping (10%)

Professional Activities:

1. Interpret maps and plans
   
   

2. Prepare topographic and planimetric maps
   
   

Topics May Include:

• Elevation interpolation
  
  

• Plotting topographical features from field data
  
  

• Plotting profiles and cross-sections
  
  

• Map scales and accuracy standards
  
  

V. Construction Surveying (20%)

Professional Activities:

1. Apply construction staking procedures
   
   

2. Locate and set cross-section points (e.g., hinge points, catch points, grade breaks)
   
   

3. Locate and set points along an alignment (e.g., horizontal and vertical curve)
   
   

Topics May Include:

• Construction staking
  
  

• Identifying critical cross-section points
  
  

• Alignment layout

ENGINEERING SURVEYING EXAMINATION

Civil Engineering Reference Manual

15th Edition, 2015

Michael Lindeburg

Professional Publications, Inc.

Surveying Principles

2nd Edition, 2003

Paul Cuomo

Professional Publications, Inc.

Elementary Surveying: Introduction to Geomatics

15th Edition, 2017

Charles Ghilani

Pearson

Elementary Surveying

9th Edition, 1997

Wolf and Brinker

Land Surveyors Publications

Surveying

10th Edition, 1997

Moffitt and Bossler

Prentice Hall

Surveying: Theory and Practice

7th Edition, 1998

Anderson and Mikhail

McGraw-Hill, Inc., New York

Surveying with Construction Applications

8th Edition, 2014

Kavanagh and Slattery

Pearson

Definitions of Surveying and Associated Terms

2005

American Congress on Surveying and Mapping

Subdivision Map Act, 2015

Subdivision Map Act, Sections 66410 - 66499.58 of the Government Code

Available online from the Legislative Counsel's web site.

Available for purchase from:

ACEC-CA (American Council of Engineering Companies - California)

1303 J Street, Suite 450

Sacramento, CA 95814

(916) 441-7991

OR

CLSA - California Land Surveyors Association

2520 Venture Oaks Way, Suite 150, Sacramento, CA 95833

Tel.: (916) 239-4083 – Fax: (916) 924-7323

E-mail: clsa@californiasurveyors.org