ND Land Surveyor case studies
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The North Dakota Land Surveyor credential is a professional license issued by the North Dakota State Board of Registration for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors. It authorizes the holder to practice land surveying independently in North Dakota, sign and seal survey plats and reports, and certify boundary determinations. The ND Land Surveyor case studies are 5 cases and about 3,637 words.
1The Fence That Wasn't the Line: A Lost Quarter Corner in Ward County
You are retracing the E 1/2 of the SW 1/4 of Section 14, T152N, R81W, 5th Principal Meridian, in Ward County, North Dakota. The 1883 GLO plat gives the south boundary of the SW 1/4 as 2,640.00 ft and the east boundary as 2,639.50 ft.
906 words, about 5 min2Horizontal Curve Layout for a Cass County Road Realignment
Your firm is laying out a horizontal curve for a Cass County road realignment. The point of intersection (PI) is at station 214+37.50.
670 words, about 3 min3State Plane, Ground Distance, and a Pipeline Control Network in Williams County
You are establishing horizontal control for a 4.5-mile produced-water pipeline in Williams County. You observe static GNSS sessions on three new monuments and process them relative to a North Dakota continuously operating reference station in NAD83(2011), epoch 2010.00.
702 words, about 4 min4Winter RTK and Safety at a McKenzie County Well Pad
A two-person crew is performing a topographic survey for a well-pad access road in McKenzie County in January. The temperature is -18°F with a 25-mph wind.
708 words, about 4 min5The Developer Who Wanted the Easement Omitted
A developer hires your firm to survey and plat a 12-lot subdivision on 38 acres in Burleigh County. During the boundary and topographic work you discover that the proposed access road crosses a 30-ft-wide recorded easement held by a neighboring farmer, and that Lots 7 and 8 have only 52 ft of frontage where the county zoning ordinance requires 60 ft.
651 words, about 3 min