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If you're currently involved in the construction process,
for example having a home custom-built, it may be difficult for you to tell the
difference between a surveyor and an engineer. Both visit the site frequently
to examine the work as it progresses. A surveyor and an engineer will often be
found working on the same project; these two professions have complementary
skills, but vastly different jobs, though the differences can be difficult to
ascertain if you're not a trained professional.
An engineer may be trained in a variety of different types
of construction, from aeronautical to architectural, and from mechanical to
structural to electrical. Each type of engineer typically works on a construction
project or is involved in a particular step of the project. No matter what type
of construction project it is, the engineer will nearly always need to interact
with a surveyor.
A surveyor provides site information to both engineers and
architects, allowing them to take site-specific details into account when
making their plans. For example, the engineer determines how much weight a
bridge can hold, while the surveyor provides input on precisely where the
bridge footings should be located on the land.
The surveyor is nearly always called upon to survey the site before any
construction or planning begins. The survey undertaken by the land surveyor
provides a basis to advise the engineers on the optimum location for the
structure. The engineer's drawings must consider the actual lie on the land;
the engineer cannot simply assume that the land in question is perfectly flat
and devoid of obstructions.
The land surveyor's responsibilities are many, particularly
when it comes to dealing with engineering.
Surveyors are often involved during the blueprint-drawing phase of the
project, providing GPS coordinates and other data for inclusion in the plans.
This data will then be referred to by the construction crews.
Throughout the entire construction process, surveyors ensure
that the engineering plan is being followed, often down to mere millimeters of
deviance away from the plans drawn by the engineer, checking to make sure that
the engineer's structural plan is properly aligned in the correct location when
it is constructed on the land. Often known as as-built or construction surveys,
this survey checks the location of every part of the structure against the
engineer's plans.
On the construction site itself, rarely will the survey be
conducted by a single person. Even with today's technology, engineering
projects usually require a team of surveyors to generate all the distances and
angles that need to be measured at a given site. This is particularly true as
the project is being constructed, resulting in many more possible measurements
than the site as vacant land.
Wherever you find a construction or an
engineering project, you will invariably find one or a team of surveyors.
Depending on the specific activities being undertaken at the site, the
surveyors may be conducting a property survey, a construction survey, an
as-built survey, a topographic survey, or any number of other survey types,
though you can bet that at least one type of survey is involved in every
project.
Omland & Osterkorn – Your Trusted property surveyors in
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