Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering

City University of Hong Kong

CA3144 Engineering Surveying (Semester A 2014/2015)
Course Outlines
(subject to changes as necessary)
The Form 2B, which contains the full description of the course, is available at
http://bccw.cityu.edu.hk/main/wp_program_course_form2b.asp
Lecture/Seminar
Venue: AC1 LT-18 17:00pm 18:50 pm

Lecturer

1 (2/9)

Introduction to Engineering Surveying

CK Wong

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Blackboard

2 (9/9)

Holiday Mid Autumn Festival

3 (16/9)

Levelling Measurement of Height

CK Wong

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Week

Lecture
Materials

4 (23/9)

Levelling Calculation and Application

CK Wong

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5 (30/9)

Linear Distance Measurement Direct and indirect methods CK Wong

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6 (7/10)

Angle Measurement and Triangulation

CK Wong

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7 (14/10)

Mid-term test

8 (21/10)

Traversing Principle and Coordinate Computation

CK Wong

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9 (28/10)

Coordinates by Angle and Distance Resection

CK Wong

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10 (4/11)

Setting Out Principle and Procedures

CK Wong

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11 (11/11)

Circular Curves and Calculation

CK Wong

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12 (18/11)

GPS Principle and Applications

CK Wong

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13 (25/11)

Revision for examination

CK Wong

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Staff involved: Dr. Raymond Y.Y. Lee, Dr. Y.T. Tsang, and Dr. C.K. Wong
Course Leader: Dr. C.K. Wong
Tel: 3442-6508 Fax: 34420427 E-mail: wongck@cityu.edu.hk
Part-time lecturers: NIL

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Venue: Ground level at Lift 7 (Surveying Lab) Laboratory Work (3-hour session)
Week/date
Laboratory Work Content
Lecturers
1 (3,4,5/9)
2 (10/9)

Remark

NO CLASS

2 (11/9)

Level and Total Station- Equipment Demonstration T03 CK,YT, RL

Level and Total Station- Equipment Demonstration T01 CK,YT, RL

3hrs
3hrs

2 (12/9)

Level and Total Station- Equipment Demonstration T02 CK,YT, RL

3hrs

3 (17,18,19/9)

NO CLASS

4 (24/9)

Levelling T03

CK,YT, RL

3hrs

4 (25/9)

Levelling T01

CK,YT, RL

3hrs

4 (26/9)

Levelling T02

CK,YT, RL

3hrs

5 (1,2,3/10)

NO CLASS

6 (8/10)

Triangulation T03

CK,YT, RL

3hrs

6 (9/10)

Triangulation T01

CK,YT, RL

3hrs

6 (10/10)

Triangulation T02

CK,YT, RL

3hrs

7 (15,16,17/10)

NO CLASS

8 (22,23,24/10)

NO CLASS

9 (29/10)

Angle and Distance resection T03

CK,YT, RL

3hrs

9 (30/10)

Angle and Distance resection T01

CK,YT, RL

3hrs

9 (31/10)

Angle and Distance resection T02

CK,YT, RL

3hrs

10 (5,6,7/11)

NO CLASS

11(12/11)

Setting Out T03

CK,YT, RL

3hrs

11(13/11)

Setting Out T01

CK,YT, RL

3hrs

11(14/11)

Setting Out T02

CK,YT, RL

3hrs

12 (19/11)

GPS Demonstration T03 [AC1 G5-317]

CK

3hrs

12 (20/11)

GPS Demonstration T01 [AC1 P4302]

CK

3hrs

12 (21/11)

GPS Demonstration T02 [AC1 G5-214]

CK

3hrs

13(26,27,28/11)
NO CLASS
CK- CK Wong; YT- YT Tsang; RL- Raymond Lee

Assessments:
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Coursework: 50 % (which includes a mid-term test of 20%)

Assignment (assessment weighting)
Mid-term test
Lab report on Levelling
Lab report on Triangulation
Lab report on Angle and Distance resection
Lab report on Setting Out

Date for issue

14 October 2014
23 September 14
7 October 14
28 October 14
11 November 14

Submission Date
14 October 14
10 October 14
31 October 14
14 November 14
25 November 14

Remark
20%
7.5%
7.5%
7.5%
7.5%

Penalties for late/non- submission

Failure to submit assessment tasks on time /
Non-submission
Late within 5 working days

Penalties

Deduction of 20% of the total mark assigned to

that assignment component
Late for more than 5 working days
No marks being awarded to that assignment
component
Non-submission
No marks being awarded to that assignment
component
Working days refer to Mondays to Fridays, excluding Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays.
Examination: 50 %
2-hr close book examination
(Where courses are assessed by a combination of coursework and examination.)
To pass a course, a student must obtain minimum marks of 30% in both coursework and
examination components, and an overall mark of at least 40%.
The following Grade Definitions in the City University Academic Regulations shall apply.
Letter
Grade
A+
A
AB+
B
BC+
C
C-

Grade
Point
4.3
4.0
3.7
3.3
3.0
2.7
2.3
2.0
1.7

Grade
Definitions

1.0

Marginal

0.0

Failure

Excellent
Good
Adequate

Pass

Date: 20 August 2014

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Strong evidence of original thinking; good organization, capacity to

analyse and synthesize; superior grasp of subject matter; evidence of
extensive knowledge base.
Evidence of grasp of subject, some evidence of critical capacity and
analytic ability; reasonable understanding of issues; evidence of
familiarity with literature.
Student who is profiting from the university experience; understanding
of the subject; ability to develop solutions to simple problems in the
material.
Sufficient familiarity with the subject matter to enable the student to
progress without repeating the course.
Little evidence of familiarity with the subject matter; weakness in
critical and analytic skills; limited, or irrelevant use of literature.
"Pass" in a pass-fail course. Courses to be graded on a pass-fail basis
for a programme are specifically identified under the programme in the
course catalogue.