Written by a field manager with 17 years experience, this is an in-depth training manual for employees of municipalities, utility companies, and contract locating firms. With over 300 photos and illustrations, this is the first book to provide an actual curriculum for locating buried utilities. Chapters include Laws & Regulations, Waves & Frequencies, the EM Locate Machine, Step by Step Locating, Common Terms, Telephone Cables, Fiber & Coaxial, Pressurized Water Pipes, Traffic Systems, Electrical Power, Natural Gas, Private Utilities, and much, much more. The basic physics of EM locating is explained in EM Wave Theory, Conduction, Induction, Phase, Capacitance, EMF, Ohm's Law, etc., while the chapter on Telephone Cables includes T-Screens, Lead Cables, Repeaters, Load Coils, Pair Gain, etc. From 3 phase primaries and cathodic protection to fiber jumpers and ATMS systems, this book covers it all, the historical, technical, and procedural knowledge needed to safely locate underground utilities.

Introductory technical guidance for professional engineers and professional land surveyors interested in survey markers and monuments. Here is what is discussed: 1. INTRODUCTION, 2. SITE SELECTION, 3. HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL CONTROL MONUMENTS.

Introductory textbook for graduate and undergraduate civil engineering students studying civil engineering surveying. Here is what is covered: 1. TOPOGRAPHIC SURVEYS OVERVIEW 2. SURVEY METHODS AND TECHNIQUES 3. SURVEY CONTROL MONUMENTS 4. FIELD DATA COLLECTORS AND COORDINATE GEOMETRY 5. HORIZONTAL CONTROL SURVEY TECHNIQUES 6. VERTICAL CONTROL SURVEY TECHNIQUES 7. ACCURACY STANDARDS FOR LAND SURVEYS 8. GEODETIC REFERENCE SYSTEMS 9. PLANNING AND CONDUCTING CONTROL AND TOPOGRAPHIC SURVEYS

CI/ASCE Standard 38-02 presents a credible system for classifying the quality of utility location information that is placed in design plans. The Standard addresses issues such as: how utility information can be obtained, what technologies are available to obtain that information; how that information can be conveyed to the information users; who should be responsible for typical collection and depiction tasks; what factors determine which utility quality level attribute to assign to data; and what the relative costs and benefits of the various quality levels are. Used as a reference or as part of a specification, the Standard will assist engineers, project and utility owners, and constructors in developing strategies to reduce risk by improving the reliability of information on existing subsurface utilities in a defined manner.