Study Guide

Objective

Students acquire a broad understanding of construction surveying related to infrastructure projects. After completing the course, students master a wide range of ways to use the total station and the GPS hardware.Students will become familiar with BIM and machine control in infrastructure projects

Content

Use of robotic total station
Use of total station in a versatile way for structure mapping and position measurement
Use of GPS equipment
Use of total station jointly with GPS equipment.
Load measurements
BIM and machine control applications.

Prerequisites

No

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

The assessment focuses on the student’s work during the course as well as the acquired skills at the end of the course.
Weighting of exams:
- 50%: theoretical exam
- 50%: use test of the total station.

Satisfactory (1-2)
The student knows the basics of the different aspects of total station and GPS measurements and load measurement that BIM and machine control. The student is required to complete the use test of the total station in the given maximum time and within the given precision tolerance.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

The student masters most of the different aspects of total station and GPS measurements and load measurement that BIM and machine control. The student is required to complete the use test of the total station within the average value of the minimum and maximum time limits and within the given precision tolerance.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

The student has a versatile competence in the different aspects of total station and GPS measurements and load measurement that BIM and machine control. The student is required to complete the use test of the total station within the minimum time and the given precision tolerance.

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

The assessment focuses on the student’s work during the course as well as the acquired skills at the end of the course.
Weighting of exams:
- 50%: theoretical exam
- 50%: use test of the total station.

Satisfactory (1-2)
The student knows the basics of the different aspects of total station and GPS measurements and load measurement that BIM and machine control. The student is required to complete the use test of the total station in the given maximum time and within the given precision tolerance.

Further information

The course involves laboratory work in groups, including practical measurement exercises with measuring equipment, with emphasis on measurements with different variety of total stations and GPS devices, as well as a variety of related calculation exercises.
The laboratory provides also capacity measurements with the measurement equipment.

No literature is required. The material consists of the contents of the theory sessions and the student’s notes.
In the laboratory, the teaching material consists of different measuring devices, notes and instructions written on the board, and exercises done with the measuring devices.

For the laboratory sessions you should dress according to the weather and prepare to be outdoors for up to one hour. In heavy rain we do not do outdoor measurements.
However, cold weather is not an obstacle to surveying, so dress according to the weather!