Civil Engineering

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Course description The law protects everyone, including the Civil Engineering Surveyor and those with whom he/she deals in pursuance of his/her professional duties. The student learns to appreciate the law that protects him/her, and what his/her rights and duties are under the law. He/she will be guided as to how to conduct him/herself in court...
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Course description Insurance companies, as well as financiers, are beneficiaries of this programme, for if projects are based upon the correct data, then there will be less failures and less claims. The Surveyor, though, runs risks, particularly to staff, vehicles, cash on the job, fire from stored fuels, equipment and labour. This course provides the...
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Course description This course moves on to the study of survey equipment, including instruments, particularly of the theodolite type, such as the tacheometer and total station, and methods of measurement concerned with coordinated positions and how to plot them to scale on a grid. It has a decided bias towards bearing and distances measurements and...
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Course description Map drawing by computer and provision of field data in soft digital form is essential. This course builds up the input as well as the use of the necessary software for these purposes. Objectives To introduce the computer as a working tool on the job Its use to record reading, reduce readings and...
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Course description An understanding of the terms used by the Civil Engineer enables the Surveyor to understand the mind of the Civil Engineer, which is vital in any proposal. The Engineer should not have to translate what he/she requires into survey terminology as this would still lead to misunderstandings between the two. The Surveyor should...
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