Hawaii Land Surveyor Exam case studies
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The Hawaii Land Surveyor (LS) credential is one of the four EASLA license types administered by the state Board of Professional Engineers, Architects, Surveyors & Landscape Architects within the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs (DCCA) Professional and Vocational Licensing Division. It is the license that lets a person practice land surveying in Hawaii; the Board's renewal page states plainly that a licensee may not practice in Hawaii without a current, valid license. The Hawaii Land Surveyor Exam case studies are 5 cases and about 3,003 words.
1Retracement of a 1925 Plantation Lot with Conflicting Calls
You are retracing Lot 12 of the Kilohana subdivision on Kauai, created by a 1925 plat. The deed begins at an iron pin at the makai corner, runs N 12°30′ E 250.00 ft to a stone mound, then 200.00 ft to the edge of a county road.
639 words, about 3 min2GNSS Grid Versus Ground Coordinates on a Kona Parcel
Your firm is staking a 40-acre parcel in Kona, Hawaii Island, using two control points established by network RTK in Hawaii State Plane Zone 1, NAD83(2011), epoch 2010.0. The published projection scale factor at the site is 0.999966.
566 words, about 3 min3Shoreline Certification and Accretion on a North Shore Lot
A beachfront lot on Oahu's North Shore is for sale. The 1985 shoreline certification places the shoreline 120 ft seaward of a concrete seawall built in 1970 under a county permit.
623 words, about 3 min4Encroaching Garage and a Fence Inside a 20-Ft Access Easement
You survey a 5-acre rural lot in Waimea, Hawaii Island, for a buyer. The lot benefits from a 20-ft-wide access easement along its makai boundary, described as “a 20-foot wide right of way centered on the existing fence line.” In the field, the existing wire fence is 4 ft inside the easement's northerly line, and a neighbor's detached garage, built in 2003, extends 1.2 ft over the common boundary.
593 words, about 3 min5Flood Elevation Certificate with a Marginal Level Loop
You are surveying a lot in Kailua-Kona for a new residence in FEMA Zone AE, where the Base Flood Elevation is 14.0 ft NAVD88. The lowest floor is planned at 15.0 ft NAVD88 for 1 ft of freeboard.
582 words, about 3 min