Specifications and accuracy in setting-out

Fort, M.J.

Specifications and accuracy in setting-out - 1994 - Civil Engineering Surveyor 19(8) October 1994, 20-23(4) .

Looks at the means of adjusting errors in setting-out and control surveys for engineering and building projects, and the impact of recommendations from the Institutions of Highways and Transportation and Civil Engineers on Department of Transport guidance. Contrasts a more recent document, BS 5964, with DTp practice, and explains its more comprehensive accuracy criteria in terms of a permitted deviation.


CONTROL SURVEYS
INSTRUMENTS
PERMITTED DEVIATION
POSITION POINTS
SETTING-OUT
STANDARD DEVIATION
SURVEY STANDARDS