Scribd Logo
Upload

Welcome to Scribd!

  • 586 views

    Leveling Height of Colimation Method

    Uploaded by

    joenew2000
    This document provides steps for conducting a leveling survey using the height of collimation method. It outlines setting up the instrument at the benchmark and recording the backsight. Intermediate sights are then taken between stations and recorded. When relocating the instrument, the last sight becomes a foresight and the first sight at the new location is a backsight. This process is repeated until sights have been taken between all stations. To close the survey and check for errors, a final backsight and foresight are taken closing the loop back at the original benchmark.

    Copyright:

    Attribution Non-Commercial (BY-NC)
    Download as PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Leveling Height of Colimation Method

    Uploaded by

    joenew2000
    586 views7 pages
    This document provides steps for conducting a leveling survey using the height of collimation method. It outlines setting up the instrument at the benchmark and recording the backsight. Intermediate sights are then taken between stations and recorded. When relocating the instrument, the last sight becomes a foresight and the first sight at the new location is a backsight. This process is repeated until sights have been taken between all stations. To close the survey and check for errors, a final backsight and foresight are taken closing the loop back at the original benchmark.

    Original Title

    Leveling+Height+of+Colimation+Method

    Copyright

    © Attribution Non-Commercial (BY-NC)

    Available Formats

    PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Did you find this document useful?

    Is this content inappropriate?

    This document provides steps for conducting a leveling survey using the height of collimation method. It outlines setting up the instrument at the benchmark and recording the backsight. Intermediate sights are then taken between stations and recorded. When relocating the instrument, the last sight becomes a foresight and the first sight at the new location is a backsight. This process is repeated until sights have been taken between all stations. To close the survey and check for errors, a final backsight and foresight are taken closing the loop back at the original benchmark.

    Copyright:

    Attribution Non-Commercial (BY-NC)
    Download as PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as pdf or txt
    586 views7 pages

    Leveling Height of Colimation Method

    Uploaded by

    joenew2000
    This document provides steps for conducting a leveling survey using the height of collimation method. It outlines setting up the instrument at the benchmark and recording the backsight. Intermediate sights are then taken between stations and recorded. When relocating the instrument, the last sight becomes a foresight and the first sight at the new location is a backsight. This process is repeated until sights have been taken between all stations. To close the survey and check for errors, a final backsight and foresight are taken closing the loop back at the original benchmark.

    Copyright:

    Attribution Non-Commercial (BY-NC)
    Download as PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as pdf or txt
    of 7
    At a glance
    Powered by AI
    The key takeaways are that this document describes the process of leveling heights using the height of collimation method. It involves taking backsights, intermediate sights and foresights to determine reduced levels at stations along a traverse.

    Intermediate sights are taken to determine the reduced levels at stations between the instrument and benchmark locations. This allows the heights at intervals along the traverse to be measured.

    To close a traverse, a backsight is taken to the change point used as the last foresight when moving the instrument. Then a final foresight is taken to the original benchmark. The total backsights are compared to the total foresights to check for any misclose errors.

    Leveling

    Height of Collimation Method


    This method is used more day to day by builders. It is more convenient for “Area Levelling” but it can
    become cumbersome on long traverses. It can also lead to errors as levels may be anticipated.

    It is also an easier method for “On the Fly Levelling”

    A closed traverse to measure heights at 5.0m intervals is to be taken through the center of a large
    residential block. There are two existing structures on site that will obscure the view to some of the
    positions.

    STEP 1

    Set up the instrument where the benchmark can be viewed within correct parameters and a
    reasonable number of sights can be viewed. This location is identified as L1

    STEP 2

    Read a backsight to the benchmark that is on the kerb and gutter (1.575) and book this your field notes.

    This is recorded as a backsight and establishes the height of the instrument above the benchmark.

    The actual Reduced Level of the Bench Mark is also recorded

    Booking Sheet
    Surveyor______________________ Chainmen_________________________________

    Instrument No___________________ Date__________________


    Intermediate Height of Reduced
    Backsight Sight Fore sight Collimation Level Top Bottom Dist Remarks
    1.575 48.770 47.195

    STEP 3

    Sight and Book all intermediate sights that can be viewed from station S1 to S4

    Booking Sheet
    Surveyor______________________ Chainmen_________________________________

    Instrument No___________________ Date__________________


    Intermediate Height of Reduced
    Backsight Sight Fore sight Collimation Level Top Bottom Dist Remarks
    1.575 48.770 47.195
    1.250 47.520 S1
    0.850 47.920 S2
    1.330 47.440 S3
    1.580 47.190 S4
    Step 4

    The sight to S5 will be a change point so it will be recorded as a foresight. Note when moving
    the instrument the change point at S5 will become a backsight for the new set up

    Booking Sheet
    Surveyor______________________ Chainmen_________________________________

    Instrument No___________________ Date__________________


    Intermediate Height of Reduced
    Backsight Sight Fore sight Collimation Level Top Bottom Dist Remarks
    1.575 48.770 47.195 BM
    1.250 47.520 S1
    0.850 47.920 S2
    1.330 47.440 S3
    1.580 47.190 S4
    1.450 48.770 S5

    STEP 5

    Move instrument to position L2 and read backsight to changepoint S5

    Booking Sheet
    Surveyor______________________ Chainmen_________________________________

    Instrument No___________________ Date__________________


    Intermediate Height of Reduced
    Backsight Sight Fore sight Collimation Level Top Bottom Dist Remarks
    1.575 48.770 47.195 BM
    1.250 47.520 S1
    0.850 47.920 S2
    1.330 47.440 S3
    1.580 47.190 S4
    2.550 1.450 49.870 47.320 S5
    STEP 6

    Sight and Book all intermediate sights that can be viewed from station L6 to L10. At this point
    all required observations required for the task have been taken. This is called an open traverse,
    we need to close the survey to check for errors.

    Booking Sheet
    Surveyor______________________ Chainmen_________________________________

    Instrument No___________________ Date__________________


    Intermediate Height of Reduced
    Backsight Sight Fore sight Collimation Level Top Bottom Dist Remarks
    1.575 48.770 47.195 BM
    1.250 47.520 S1
    0.850 47.920 S2
    1.330 47.440 S3
    1.580 47.190 S4
    2.550 1.450 49.870 47.320 S5
    1.980 47.890 S6
    1.760 48.110 S7
    1.710 48.160 S8
    1.840 48.030 S9
    1.920 47.950 S10

    STEP 7

    Take sight to S11 this will be a change point so it will be recorded as a foresight. Note when moving the
    instrument the change point at S11 will become a Backsight for the new set up.

    Booking Sheet
    Surveyor______________________ Chainmen_________________________________

    Instrument No___________________ Date__________________


    Intermediate Height of Reduced
    Backsight Sight Fore sight Collimation Level Top Bottom Dist Remarks
    1.575 48.770 47.195 BM
    1.250 47.520 S1
    0.850 47.920 S2
    1.330 47.440 S3
    1.580 47.190 S4
    2.550 1.450 49.870 47.320 S5
    1.980 47.890 S6
    1.760 48.110 S7
    1.710 48.160 S8
    1.840 48.030 S9
    1.920 47.950 S10
    3.250 46.620 S11 (CP)
    STEP 8

    Take Backsight to Sll than close traverse with foresight to B.M.

    Booking Sheet
    Surveyor______________________ Chainmen_________________________________

    Instrument No___________________ Date__________________


    Intermediate Height of Reduced
    Backsight Sight Fore sight Collimation Level Top Bottom Dist Remarks
    1.575 48.770 47.195 BM
    1.250 47.520 S1
    0.850 47.920 S2
    1.330 47.440 S3
    1.580 47.190 S4
    2.550 1.450 49.870 47.320 S5
    1.980 47.890 S6
    1.760 48.110 S7
    1.710 48.160 S8
    1.840 48.030 S9
    1.920 47.950 S10
    1.831 3.250 48.451 46.620 S11 (CP)
    1.258 47.193 BM

    STEP 9

    Total Backsights column and Tally Foresight column

    Booking Sheet
    Surveyor______________________ Chainmen_________________________________

    Instrument No___________________ Date__________________


    Intermediate Height of Reduced
    Backsight Sight Fore sight Collimation Level Top Bottom Dist Remarks
    1.575 48.770 47.195 BM
    1.250 47.520 S1
    0.850 47.920 S2
    1.330 47.440 S3
    1.580 47.190 S4
    2.550 1.450 49.870 47.320 S5
    1.980 47.890 S6
    1.760 48.110 S7
    1.710 48.160 S8
    1.840 48.030 S9
    1.920 47.950 S10
    1.831 3.250 48.451 46.620 S11 (CP)
    1.258 47.193 BM
    5.956 5.958
    5.958
    -0.002 Misclose
    As the survey is a closed the Backsights should equal the foresights. Due to errors and limitations of the
    instruments there may be a discrepancy this is called a misclose. To determine misclose

    Backsight 5.956 –
    Foresight 5.958
    -0.002mm Note always remember to take foresight from backsight and note negatives

    In this case as there is only a -2mm misclose(Foresight is Larger than Backsight. The allowable misclose
    12 x SQRT (0.194)= +/- 5.2mm therefore results are OK

    STEP 10

    The next step is to compare start benchmark with the calculated end benchmark.

    Booking Sheet
    Surveyor______________________ Chainmen_________________________________

    Instrument No___________________ Date__________________


    Intermediate Height of Reduced
    Backsight Sight Fore sight Collimation Level Top Bottom Dist Remarks
    1.575 48.770 47.195 BM
    1.250 47.520 S1
    0.850 47.920 S2
    1.330 47.440 S3
    1.580 47.190 S4
    2.550 1.450 49.870 47.320 S5
    1.980 47.890 S6
    1.760 48.110 S7
    1.710 48.160 S8
    1.840 48.030 S9
    1.920 47.950 S10
    1.831 3.250 48.451 46.620 S11 (CP)
    1.258 47.193 BM
    5.956 5.958
    5.958
    -0.002 Misclose

    End RL 47.193
    Start BM 47.195
    Misclose -0.002

    You might also like