NGSS Surveyors Use - Lab Report Example

NGSS surveyors’ use Customer Inserts His/her Name Customer Inserts Grade Course Customer Inserts Tutor’s Name 18, 04, 2015 Table of Contents Introduction 3 Existing approval required 3 Standard data collection plan 4 Checking and Quality assurance processes throughout 5 Communication protocols 6 Processing 7 Reporting 12 References 14 Introduction The main aim is to carry out a reconnaissance for the easement park and produce a sketch for the site showing the important permanent features including buildings, boundaries, services nearby, control points, etc. Suitable control points to triangulate the site at suitable positions were selected and the angles were more than 20 degrees. In this task, a site was selected and Sokkia 2700 ISX GNSS system together with the Allegro & SurvCE was setup in order for us take collect data for the project. Existing approval required Before undertaking the project approval was required from the authorities. Local government of Sydney will construct an easement Park lot. A project plan will be developed after this, and this will be presented to the Sydney city council for approval. The activities of the project will commence upon approval of the survey plan and the availability of all the resources needed to implement it. The survey plan will include a scope statement the schedule, cost, and estimates, survey schedule, quality assurance, communication protocol as well as report processing. The main purpose of the easement park is to proactively addressing Sydney’s residents’ needs. The main deliverable of this survey id data that will be used in designs. A complete survey plan will be developed and submitted to Sydney city council who are the sponsors for approval by 24th April 2015. Upon approval, the resources will be assigned within the next 5 days whereupon work will commence. The work is expected to run as scheduled and the team leader is mandated to obtain any schedule changes affecting the survey progress. Standard data collection plan Survey designs are becoming more and more complex with modern hi-tech technology like using the Sokkia 2700 ISX GNSS system together with the Allegro & SurvCE. Often in the design, the optimal status of the boundaries of the technologies is never known and guesses are usually made by the designers. These guesses are usually justified at nearly the end of the design process a time that is usually very late for any corrections to be made. Survey processes designed help avoid this kind of problems and others of similar type. The data collection plan will be as follows date time Weather conditions Team members Type of work carried out 27th April 2015 10.a.m -1.00p.m Rainy Caren, Abdul, Patel, and Chu linear survey for the easement park 30th April 2015 10.a.m -1.00p.m sunny Caren, Abdul, Patel, and Chu Vertical leveling 4th may 2015 10.a.m -1.00p.m windy Caren, Abdul, Patel, and Chu drain profiling On 27th April 2015, the climate conditions were windy at 10.00am when we had set out for the project. My team consisted of Caren, Abdul, Patel, and Chu and we wanted to carryout a reconnaissance for the university car and produce a schedule for the same. We selected control points which were triangular and which had higher angles which we measured their diagonals and recorded down. We recorded this information and each member wrote a report on them at 1.00 pm when the whether conditions was sunny and windy. On the 30th April 2015, we set out at 10.00 am when the weather conditions were cloudy. The main aim was carryout leveling for the project. We had se out our equipments and started the leveling process. It took 9 minutes for my team member to settle down for the exercises. We carried out leveling up to 12 pm when we recorded and calculated level of control points. Each member gave a feedback of the calculations at 1 p.m. On 4th may 2015, we started our project at 8 am when the weather conditions were sunny and our team members took 20 min to settle down for our project of drain profiling. We selected two points which we measured and calculated levels at 5m interval and produced a longitudinal sections showing invert levels of train with drain with a gradient of 1:150. At 10.30 am we started calculating the earthwork quantities for the drain. Then we drew the longitudinal sectional. We gave our feedback at 1p.m. Instruments for data collection We had various equipments to use which included survey pegs, Sokkia 2700 ISX GNSS system together with the Allegro & SurvCE. We will enter raw data into Sokkia 2700 ISX GNSS system so as to enable use efficiently manage our data in a central repository. Checking and Quality assurance processes throughout Quality assurance/ quality control are important for the final project results hence should be taken seriously. Each member was allocated activities to carryout during the exercise. Caren had a responsibility of recording all measurements during the field work for the three days. Patel and Chu were responsible for ensuring that proper procedures were employed during the survey. They set up the equipment, ensured that the top level was straight and other equipments were used properly to give accurate results. Abdul, was in charge of checking the accuracy of the equipments that have been set for the project. Local government of Sydney should first ensure it has enough personnel to inspect the work of surveyors. When the quality assurance report is received, then outcomes are compared with expectation. This process is crucial and is under continuous quality assurance monitoring. Communication protocols The project manager has to keep track of the project and control and review activities. These functions comprise the major chunk of project management tasks. The project manager will implement a communication plan whereby he holds regular team meetings to share status and progress and to resolve problems. He monitors progress and risks and manages scope by keeping track of changes. He updates the plans whenever required and keeps stakeholders informed about the developments. Tracking the project allows getting the required information that is needed to evaluate the project’s progress, in addition to getting the required status that is to be conveyed to stakeholders. The completion and assessment stage involves activities that help the project manager in ensuring an efficient transition and in leveraging learning for future projects. In this stage, the project manager develops a checklist, wherever applicable, and completes the required documentation. In conducting a final project review, he facilitates the transition to service organizations. It is important that efficient sponsor management, risk and issue management and communication are planned and spontaneously implemented in keeping with the need of the project. Processing The data collected and processed before sketches are presented to Sydney City Council. The sample data obtained is as follows; Traverse fieldwork data group   2014 at to Horizontal Angels vertical angels  slope dist       FL Horiz  FR Horiz   FL Vert  FR vert  A3 Y 0o 0’ 1’ 180o 0’ 8’’ 93o 47’ 2’’ 266o 12’ 49’’ 63.479 A3 X 5o 4’ 36’’ 185o 4’ 27’’ 93o 19’ 5’’ 266o 40’ 53’’ 50.283           X A3 0o 0’ 1’’ 180o 0’ 12’’ 86o 35’ 28’’ 273o 24’ 27’’ 50.288 X B3 226o 33’ 8’’ 46o 33’ 29’’ 100o 30’ 29’’ 259o 29’ 44’’ 28.927              B3 X 2o 52’ 53’’ 182o 52’ 59’’ 79o 20’ 16’’ 280o 39’ 42’’ 28.942 B3 Y 32o 4’ 17’’ 212o 4’ 24’’ 81o 26’ 46’’ 278o 32’ 59’’ 27.392             Y B3 0o 0’ 0’’ 180o 0’ 0’’ 90o 0’ 0’’ 270o 0’ 0’’ 27.101 Y A3 99o 11’ 21’’ 279o 11’ 21’’ 90o 0’ 0’’ 90o 0’ 0’’ 63.336 Horizontal Angle Reduction Transfer your horizontal angle readings to a table Traverse fieldwork data group   2014 at to Horizontal Angels Red Angle       FL Horiz  FR Horiz   Diff FR-FL Corr to FL Mean FL A3 Y 0o 0’ 1’ 180o 0’ 8’’ +7’’ +3.5 0o 0’ 9’ 0o 0’ 0’ A3 X 5o 4’ 36’’ 185o 4’ 27’’ -9’’ -4 5o 4’ 35’’ 5o 4’ 26’’     X A3 0o 0’ 1’’ 180o 0’ 12’’ +11’’ +5.5 0o 0’ 10’’ 0o 0’ 4’’ X B3 226o 33’ 8’’ 46o 33’ 29’’ +21’’ +10.5 226o 33’ 19’’ 226o 33’ 11’’       B3 X 2o 52’ 53’’ 182o 52’ 59’’ +6’’ +1.5 2o 52’ 58’’ 2o 52’ 56’’ B3 Y 32o 4’ 17’’ 212o 4’ 24’’ +7’’ +2.5 32o 4’ 20’’ 32o 4’ 22’’       Y B3 0o 0’ 0’’ 180o 0’ 0’’ 0’’ +2.5 0o 0’ 3’’ 0o 0’ 5’’ Y A3 99o 11’ 21’’ 279o 11’ 21’’ 0’’ +2.5 99o 11’ 24’’ 99o 11’ 21’’ Vertical Angle Reduction Transfer your horizontal angle readings to a table Traverse fieldwork data group   2014 at to Vertical Angels Red Angle       FL Vert  FR vert  Diff FR-FL Corr to FL Mean FL A3 Y 93o 47’ 2’’ 266o 12’ 49’’ -7o 34’ 53’’ -3o 67’ 27’’ 89o 79’ 75’ 0o 0’ 0’ A3 X 93o 19’ 5’’ 266o 40’ 53’’ -6o 68’ 52’’ -3o 34’ 26’’ 89o 84’ 79’’ 0o 5’ 4’’         X A3 86o 35’ 28’’ 273o 24’ 27’’ -3o 11’ 01’’ -1o 55’ 06’’ 84o 80’ 22’’ 0o 0’ 0’’ X B3 100o 30’ 29’’ 259o 29’ 44’’ -21o 00’ 85’’ -10o 50’ 43’’ 89o 79’ 86’’ -4o 99’ 64’’          B3 X 79o 20’ 16’’ 280o 39’ 42’’ +21o 19’ 26’’ +10o 59’ 72’’ 89o 79’ 88’’ 0o 00’ 00’’ B3 Y 81o 26’ 46’’ 278o 32’ 59’’ +7o 06’ 13’’ +3o 03’ 07’’ 84o 29’ 53’’ -5o 50’ 35’’         Y B3 90o 0’ 0’’ 270o 0’ 0’’ 0’’ 0’’ 90o 0’ 0’’ 0o 0’ 0’’ Y A3 90o 0’ 0’’ 90o 0’ 0’’ 0’’ 0’’ 90o 0’ 0’’ 0o 00’ 00’’ Horizontal Angle Reduction Transfer your horizontal angle readings to a table Traverse fieldwork data group   2014 at to Horizontal Angels     Mean FL Red Angle   slope dist A3 Y 0o 0’ 9’ 0o 0’ 0’ 63.479 A3 X 5o 4’ 35’’ 5o 4’ 26’’ 50.283       X A3 0o 0’ 10’’ 0o 0’ 4’’ 50.288 X B3 226o 33’ 19’’ 226o 33’ 11’’ 28.927       B3 X 2o 52’ 58’’ 2o 52’ 56’’ 28.942 B3 Y 32o 4’ 20’’ 32o 4’ 22’’ 27.392       Y B3 0o 0’ 3’’ 0o 0’ 5’’ 27.101 Y A3 99o 11’ 24’’ 99o 11’ 21’’ 63.336 Transfer your horizontal angle readings to a table Traverse fieldwork data group   2015 at to Vertical Angels Red Angle       FL Vert  FR vert  Diff FR-FL Corr to FL Mean FL A3 Y 93o 47’ 2’’ 266o 12’ 49’’ -7o 34’ 53’’ -3o 67’ 27’’ 89o 79’ 75’ 0o 0’ 0’ A3 X 93o 19’ 5’’ 266o 40’ 53’’ -6o 68’ 52’’ -3o 34’ 26’’ 89o 84’ 79’’ 0o 5’ 4’’         X A3 86o 35’ 28’’ 273o 24’ 27’’ -3o 11’ 01’’ -1o 55’ 06’’ 84o 80’ 22’’ 0o 0’ 0’’ X B3 100o 30’ 29’’ 259o 29’ 44’’ -21o 00’ 85’’ -10o 50’ 43’’ 89o 79’ 86’’ -4o 99’ 64’’          B3 X 79o 20’ 16’’ 280o 39’ 42’’ +21o 19’ 26’’ +10o 59’ 72’’ 89o 79’ 88’’ 0o 00’ 00’’ B3 Y 81o 26’ 46’’ 278o 32’ 59’’ +7o 06’ 13’’ +3o 03’ 07’’ 84o 29’ 53’’ 185o 50’ 35’’         Y B3 90o 0’ 0’’ 270o 0’ 0’’ 0’’ 0’’ 90o 0’ 0’’ 0o 0’ 0’’ Y A3 90o 0’ 0’’ 90o 0’ 0’’ 0’’ 0’’ 90o 0’ 0’’ 90o 00’ 00’’ Angular misclose Calculate your angular misclose Allowable Misclose = 30”+ 5 where k (for a Total Station) is 5” and n is the number of angles. = 50’’ Remove angular misclose Obs Angle corr Final Angle AYB 67o 25’ 83’’ +5 67o 25’ 88’’ AXB 120o 50’ 92’’ +5 120o 50’ 97’’ XAY 83o 70’ 42’’ +5 83o 70’ 47’’ XBY 88o 52’ 63’’ +5 88o 52’ 68’’ Reporting Document for Keeping Reasons for Recording Regular survey Status Reports These documents are to provide the most efficient data on whether or not the survey being pursued is on track Risk Grid Measurement Report During and after the project completion, it would help to know what risks were dealt with and how they were effectively managed for the development of the project’s immediate completion. Status reports on surveying This documentation shall provide an expansive understanding on whether or not the entire system established for the sake of connecting the two organizations involved actually respond to the expectations they are supposed to meet. Status report on the competence record of the trained employees This record shall allow the project manager to see whether or not the surveyors are actually prepared to face the actual job requirements and if they are in a competent status that would respond to the needs of survey. Summary report After completing the project, I have managed to connect theory and practical in the field of survey engineering. This field experience has given me insides which will help me succeed in future by trying to enhance and reduce the weaknesses discovered during the study. One of strengths that come out clearly is the essence of teamwork, communication, humility and focus. Communication was critical in producing reports after the fieldwork has been done. While teamwork and humility ensured that I accepted comments made by team members. During the experiment, I realized that I was unable to use a surveying equipment accurately results although I followed all the procedures that were necessary for the survey. Although there was a desire to have accurate results in future, that kind of weakness will lead to my failure in future. This area will need to be improved by going out for another experiment. I also realized that I had a weakness in interacting with my team mates especially in giving feedback. Therefore I need to increase my level of interaction with class members. The two peg test for leveling did not give me much difficult because I did it successively. References Air University, 2014. Guidelines for planning, organizing and conducting survey, Sampling and Surveying Handbook Bowm, S, 2013. Evaluating Enterprise GIS Requirements. 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The main aim was carryout leveling for the project. We had se out our equipments and started the leveling process. It took 9 minutes for my team member to settle down for the exercises. We carried out leveling up to 12 pm when we recorded and calculated level of control points. Each member gave a feedback of the calculations at 1 p.m. On 4th may 2015, we started our project at 8 am when the weather conditions were sunny and our team members took 20 min to settle down for our project of drain profiling.

We selected two points which we measured and calculated levels at 5m interval and produced a longitudinal sections showing invert levels of train with drain with a gradient of 1:150. At 10.30 am we started calculating the earthwork quantities for the drain. Then we drew the longitudinal sectional. We gave our feedback at 1p.m. Instruments for data collection We had various equipments to use which included survey pegs, Sokkia 2700 ISX GNSS system together with the Allegro & SurvCE. We will enter raw data into Sokkia 2700 ISX GNSS system so as to enable use efficiently manage our data in a central repository.

Checking and Quality assurance processes throughout Quality assurance/ quality control are important for the final project results hence should be taken seriously. Each member was allocated activities to carryout during the exercise. Caren had a responsibility of recording all measurements during the field work for the three days. Patel and Chu were responsible for ensuring that proper procedures were employed during the survey. They set up the equipment, ensured that the top level was straight and other equipments were used properly to give accurate results.

Abdul, was in charge of checking the accuracy of the equipments that have been set for the project. Local government of Sydney should first ensure it has enough personnel to inspect the work of surveyors. When the quality assurance report is received, then outcomes are compared with expectation. This process is crucial and is under continuous quality assurance monitoring. Communication protocols The project manager has to keep track of the project and control and review activities. These functions comprise the major chunk of project management tasks.

The project manager will implement a communication plan whereby he holds regular team meetings to share status and progress and to resolve problems. He monitors progress and risks and manages scope by keeping track of changes. He updates the plans whenever required and keeps stakeholders informed about the developments. Tracking the project allows getting the required information that is needed to evaluate the project’s progress, in addition to getting the required status that is to be conveyed to stakeholders.

The completion and assessment stage involves activities that help the project manager in ensuring an efficient transition and in leveraging learning for future projects. In this stage, the project manager develops a checklist, wherever applicable, and completes the required documentation. In conducting a final project review, he facilitates the transition to service organizations. It is important that efficient sponsor management, risk and issue management and communication are planned and spontaneously implemented in keeping with the need of the project.

Processing The data collected and processed before sketches are presented to Sydney City Council. The sample data obtained is as follows; Traverse fieldwork data group   2014 at to Horizontal Angels vertical angels  slope dist       FL Horiz  FR Horiz   FL Vert  FR vert  A3 Y 0o 0’ 1’ 180o 0’ 8’’ 93o 47’ 2’’ 266o 12’ 49’’ 63.479 A3 X 5o 4’ 36’’ 185o 4’ 27’’ 93o 19’ 5’’ 266o 40’ 53’’ 50.283           X A3 0o 0’ 1’’ 180o 0’ 12’’ 86o 35’ 28’’ 273o 24’ 27’’ 50.

288 X B3 226o 33’ 8’’ 46o 33’ 29’’ 100o 30’ 29’’ 259o 29’ 44’’ 28.927              B3 X 2o 52’ 53’’ 182o 52’ 59’’ 79o 20’ 16’’ 280o 39’ 42’’ 28.

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