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Survey Markers and Monumentation



Course Outline

This course presents engineers and land surveyors with established criteria and guidelines on monumentation installation and documentation for all types of surveys required during various stages of construction projects based on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Engineer Manual on Survey Markers and Monumemtation. This manual provides naming criteria, standard installation procedures, and associated surveying accuracies for horizontal and vertical control and boundary survey markers and monumentation for standard Corps monuments. It should be used as a guide in planning surveys and marker and/or monument installation and identification.

This course includes a multiple choice quiz at the end, which is designed to enhance the understanding of the course materials.

Learning Objective

At the conclusion of this course, the student will:


Intended Audience

This course is intended for Land Surveyors and civil engineers.


Benefit to Attendees

Attendee of this course will be able to correctly choose, install and document the survey markers and monuments.

Course Content

You will be directed to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' website to study:

Engineering and Design - Survey Markers and Monumentation (1990 edition, 54 pages, PDF file format).

This engineering manual discusses in details about the criteria and guidelines for monumentation during various stages of construction projects.

Related Links

For additional technical information related to this subject, please refer to:

http://www.acsm.net/KarayanLegalAspect42004.pdf
Quiz

Once you finish studying the above course content, you need to take a quiz to obtain the PDH credits.

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DISCLAIMER: The materials contained in the online course are not intended as a representation or warranty on the part of PDHonline.org or any other person/organization named herein. The materials are for general information only. They are not a substitute for competent professional advice. Application of this information to a specific project should be reviewed by a registered professional engineer. Anyone making use of the information set forth herein does so at their own risk and assumes any and all resulting liability arising therefrom.