1. Construction Spring Training 2004 Surveying and Monuments
Presentation by:
Michael Schoder, PLS – CR Survey Manager
Mike Miller, PLS – CR Assistant Survey Mgr.

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Central Region FTP Site
ftp.cadastral.info/dot-cadastral/Construction_Surveys
At this site you will find
Blank Monument of Record Forms
Sample Completed Monument of Record Forms
Section 642 Standard Specifications
Memos concerning the use of GPS for construction activities
Memo outlining changes to the Final Traverse and Final Monumentation specification
This presentation

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PROBLEMS WITH MONUMENTS – A REASON WHY WE ARE CONCERNED
Right-of-Way Ownership is long term (>30 yrs or more in many project areas between surveys)
Surveyors continuously need to access monuments (365 days)
Maintenance issues with digging up road to find monuments
Traffic safety issues for surveys in roadways are related to amount of exposure of surveyors to traffic
State Statutes require all existing monuments be protected
Your job won’t close out if monumentation work is incomplete
Appearances to public that we haven't done our job right
THE FOLLOWING SLIDES DEMONSTRATE PROBLEMS

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Recovering a monument that was paved over.
No monument box has been installed

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Recovering a buried monument

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Recovered monument
NO MONUMENT CASE

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Recovered monument
NO MONUMENT CASE
Monument has not been raised
Monument is approximately 12” below grade
Increases crew time in road digging up the monument
Increase crew time in the road tying monument

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Recovered Monument (originally set in 1919)
Monument had no case
Monument becomes unreadable from repeated excavations

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Recovered monument in a case
Monument had to be excavated
Monument should have been raised
Resulting hole in road surface has to be patched
Monument would have to be dug up by the next surveyor

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Recovered monument has a case
Excavation will need to be patched
Monument and box should have been raised

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Rebars with or without caps, in no monument boxes
Typically require referencing and replacing in box
If unfound in pre-construction survey, cause havoc to milling machines
Some “booklet” and “gravel to black” projects require construction surveyor to find any existing monuments & reference and replace them

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An example of a well set monument
This is a monument and box that was raised on the Seward Highway

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An example of a well set monument case
The only issue here is the top of the box is below grade
The recessed monument case allows for the pooling of water and ice
MONUMENTS LIKE THIS MAKES US LOOK GOOD!!

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How can we help you enforce the surveying requirements?
Ask your contractor’s surveyor to request a pre-work meeting with Central Region Survey Department
Call out Central Region Surveyor to help you inspect survey work
Call, or fax survey questions to CR Survey Section
Call survey-gone-bad (humor)

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We Are Done – Questions??