Construction Surveying Job

Where there is a construction site, there are construction surveyors. Before any construction project can start, the site area must be surveyed. The drawings created by the engineering team must be oriented to the actual lie of the land. Measurements of the building site are taken using surveying equipment, which are then compared to the set of master blueprints. These initial measurements will serve as the basis for all events that take place throughout the construction process.

Prior to the electronic age, surveyors used something called a transit to help mark locations and perform other surveying-type tasks, such as defining angles. The total station is the modern update of that vital tool, and it is the prime piece of equipment in any construction surveyor’s bag of tricks. Sitting on a tripod, the total station uses trigonometry, triangulation, and coordinates (x-y-z in a three-dimensional plane) to measure angles and distances in the field. Points are marked and noted in the total station’s software, and all data can be downloaded to any number of computing-type devices in order to create a map, modify an existing map, or simply confirm that map data are correct. These days, GPS data are also incorporated into the total station’s computing ability. In outdoor locations where sky visibility is adequate-urban canyons or heavy tree canopy conditions can be problematic-it is not unusual for a construction surveyor to achieve sub-centimeter accuracy.

Construction Insurance

Construction insurance is an important policy to have if you own, run or manage a construction site.

Construction insurance provides safeguards for you as an employer against your construction workers being injured on site. Construction insurance does not exempt you from maintain a safe workplace. Usually, construction insurance policies only pay out if a strict set of health and safety guidelines are followed.

Scope, Budget and Schedule of Construction Projects

Construction Projects are defined by their scope, budget, and schedule.

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For example, an Agency is to undertake a project to design and build a new maintenance facility for its fleet of buses (scope), at an estimate of $30 million (preliminary budget) over a three-year period of construction (schedule). The schedule specifies a defined beginning and end. Projects go through a life cycle of phases between their beginnings and ends that forconstruction projects are typically: initiation, planning, design, construction, commissioning, and closeout.