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Assignment - Cadastral Surveying (Queensland)
Assignment information
Introduction
This assignment allows you to demonstrate your ability to prepare a survey plan that is fit for purpose. This work is closely related to civil engineering applications.
Assignment topics
This Assignment is summative and assesses material from all modules in the course.
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Assignment Body
This assignment involves a lot of work and consequently is worth a lot of marks. Allocate plenty of time to complete this assignment!
This question is designed to assess your knowledge with respect to several module objectives. The question also relies on prior knowledge gained in pre-requisite courses.
Section 4.3 of Module 4 of the Study Book includes a detailed example of a reinstatement. The attached field notes record the details of a second field survey performed in the same area. In this survey the intention is to reconfigure Lots 1-3 on RP154480 so that a new east-west boundary creates two new lots. The Local Authority required that a truncation with three chords and a tangent length of 10m (known as a 10m by three chord truncation) be created at the intersection of Price St and Aerodrome Rd and your client requires that the final lots both have the same area and the common boundary to be perpendicular to Price St. An indicative sketch is shown below. Perform the reinstatement calculations using all the new field data, paying careful attention to the reinstatement arguments and bearing adjustments to field data and plan data. To swing the field data onto the plan azimuth use Price St and RP154480 for the meridian.
The example includes a FINAL SKETCH. The study book has two examples of a final sketch (p74 and p107). A similar plan must be prepared on an A3 sheet at suitable scale and included as the first page of your answer to this question. The plan must include all information the drafter will need to create the final plan (excluding the surveyor's certificate). As a result, it is necessary to use the prescribed abbreviations and drafting standards. However, there is no requirement to use the specific font styles. Neat hand drawn plans are quite acceptable. Examination of this plan will enable the examiner to quickly determine if the reinstatement and referencing are correct. Great weight will be placed on the information shown on this plan for assessment purposes.
In addition to the plan, you are required to provide a list of the radiations to all corner marks that will need to be placed to complete the survey. These radiations are to be on the field book azimuth. Note what independent checks would be applied to these corner marks after placement.
It is advisable (but not mandatory) that all engineering calculations also be shown. This will enable the examiner to find at what point in the reinstatement calculation errors were made and apportion marks accordingly. If no working is shown, no marks can be allocated for incorrect answers.
A reinstatement report is required in the form dictated by the Cadastral Survey Requirements.
Finally, a Quality Assurance check list has been provided. It is to be returned with sketch and have the first surveyor column filled out. When the item has been checked the box is initialled. If the item is not relevant or not required NA is to be written in the column.
Marks will be allocated using the rubric shown below:
SURV DRAFT SURV
1. Does Survey agree with instructions? Do Lot Numbers Agree?
2. Do Lot Numbers appear on all parcels?
3. Does each lot have legal access?
4. Is adjoining information correct?
5. Is the search reliable & complete?
6. Is scale of plan & diagrams correct?
7. Is scale bar shown & correct?
8. Is North Point shown & correct?
9. Are all the dimensions correct?
10. Check sum of through distances correct?
11. Original information compiled correctly from cancelled plan?
12. Does the original information certificate have the correct plan numbers?
13. Are balance distances shown & correct?
14. Do all station numbers appear on the plan
15. Do all Stn Nos in Traverse & Reference Tables appear on the face of the plan?
16. Do secants and traverses appear in the Traverse Table & vice-versa?
17. Are original marks shown at station and in the Reference table?
18. Have original marks been checked against original plans? Is origin correct?
19. Are new reference marks correct?
20. Permanent Marks - are references correct? Numbers unique?
21. Is the occupation shown at corners correct?
22. Are encroachments shown correctly & clearly? Is notice required?
23. Do all severances close?
24. Do areas agree with calculations? Are close ratios adequate?
25. Are conversions of balance area correct?
26. Are new road and creek areas shown & correct?
27. Are easements shown correctly on plan, diagrams and title block?
28. Are existing easements shown and intersections calculated correctly?
29. Are road names & spelling correct?
30. Are creek names & direction of flow correct?
31. Is the sheet number box completed on each sheet?
32. Is peg placed statement shown?
33. Are the diagrams referenced on the plan?
34. Are original portion boundaries plotted?
35. Are Parish, County & State boundaries plotted correctly?
36. Are the necessary action statements appropriate and correct?
37. Is a Road Reservation certificate required? Is a three line area required?
38. Are duplicated dimensions and station numbers identical on abutting sheets?
39. Have sufficient connections made between the lots?
40. Have all the common property areas been labelled and is the area correct?
41. Are service diagrams required?
42. Has the Form 13 or Form18 been fully completed?
43. Does the plan title agree with the plan face? Do easements require "proposed"?
44. Is the cancelling clause correct? (Use title)
45. Are survey records required and attached?
46. Is the meridian shown correctly?
47. Is the Locality correct?
48. Is the Local Authority correct?
49. Is the Format correct?