The Practical Usage of GPS on Construction Site Training Course with Hitechniques will improve your surveys, help get more site information and ensure you spend less time connecting the dots in the office.
After the training you will be more confident in using modern technology on site, complete your jobs faster and increase your revenue with better orders from contractors.
The course takes pace on Wed, 2 November 2022, from 09:00 – 13:00 at Hitechniques Ltd Unit 17 Block Q, Grants Road, Greenogue Business Park D24 N252 Rathcoole.
Practical Usage of GPS on Construction Site Training Course
Architects, Engineers – if you are involved in
- preparing planning applications – learn to survey with the latest technology, use a 1-man system to complete a survey in the field to Ordnance Survey co-ordinates
- surveying sites for preparation of plans for new buildings or structures – check existing site layouts
- overseeing construction work – see how to set out quicker and more efficiently than using a total station
Site Managers/Foremen
- If you are involved in construction, learn how to use GPS for setting out or surveying. There will be no complicated mathematics (unless you want it!) and nothing more complicated than using your Satnav.
You will Learn
- How to survey with GPS Rover
- Topographical survey with output to Autocad & Excel
- Using feature coding for layered survey
- Dealing with overhanging trees
- Surveying close to buildings
- How to set out buildings, roads, features
- Solving up/downloading problems
- How GPS works
- Coordinate Systems, ITM/Irish Grid
- Troubleshooting internet connection problems
- Quality control
- How accurate is your survey
- Testing your GPS Rover
- Adding Contours
- Calculating Areas & Volumes
- and more
The Instructor, Philip Hanrahan B.E., B.A., M.I.E.I has over 35 years of experience in surveying instrument handling:
- 6 years as a site engineer on civil construction projects, including roads, sewerage schemes, housing developments, industrial buildings.
- 27 years demonstrating and training users in surveying instruments
- 2 years lecturer in Engineering Surveying, Trinity College Dublin, including design of the Engineering Surveying module in the Civil Engineering degree course and approval by Engineers Ireland
Program
09:00 – 11:00 Surveying - carry out survey of surrounding area, picking up lines, features, utilities, points. Download the survey
11:00 – 12:00 Setting out points & lines, recording set out points.
12:00 – 13:00 How the GNSS rover works, the NTRIP caster, georeference, ITM/IG coordinate system, checking your GNSS rover.
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