Educational Facilities Project Experience
U.T. Austin - Speedway , East Mall, Blanton Museum
Design, Tree & Topographic Survey
Austin Independent School District - Outlots 6, 7 and 8, Division E
Boundary Survey
U.T. Austin - Proposed Fire Protection Plan at Speedway
SUE Quality Level B & A Services
Austin Community College , Rio Grande Campus Fire Line Improvements
SUE Quality Level B & A Services
Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
SUE Quality Levels D, C, B & A
U.T. Austin - Speedway, East Mall, Blanton Museum
Design, Tree & Topographic Survey
Surveying And Mapping, Inc. (SAM, Inc.) prepared a Design survey for landscape and accessible route planning, and included the following services:
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Location of Building walls, building doors, building windows and vents, loading docks, building dumpsters and recycling containers, walls (freestanding, retaining, planter, etc.), ramps, steps, air shafts or vents, curbs, gutters, edge of paving (planter cut-outs, treewells, etc.), tree grates, handrails, guardrails, fences, light poles, signs, mail boxes, vending machines, parking meters, bollards, kiosks, bus stops, bike racks, benches, trash cans, etc.
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Surface (ground & walls) material identification (grass, concrete, asphalt, brick, tree grates, etc.)
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Surface and apparent subsurface utility locations & descriptions (meters, manholes, boxes, vaults and piping relative to power system, electrical system, telecommunications system, traffic control system, gas system, water system, storm sewer system, sanitary sewer system, and irrigation systems; including catch basins, area drains, drop inlets, valve boxes, backflow preventers, irrigation control boxes, utility tunnels, etc.). Subsurface locations were based upon schematic plans rectified to surface evidence.
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Location of, identification of and trunk caliper size of Trees 4" caliper and greater; For each tree the trunk location, tree dripline and spot elevation of ground plane at trunk were collected and shown. Survey showed the perimeter outline of shrubs and ground covers (massed), and description of rock outcroppings or other natural features.
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Grades and elevations, including spot elevations at corners of buildings, walls, and at grade breaks, sufficient to describe surface warping and at 25' intervals along long runs of buildings, walls, curbs.
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Contours (1' spacing; 5' major/l' minor)
Austin Independent School District - Outlots 6, 7 and 8, Division E
Boundary Survey
This project consisted of boundary surveying services related to various properties out of Outlots 6, 7 and 8, Division E of the Original City of Austin. The project is located generally between West 12th St. and West 15th St., east of Shoal Creek Blvd. The survey is being performed in accordance with T.S.P.S. Standards for a Category IB, Condition II Standard Land Survey. Directional control for this survey is grid azimuth, state plane coordinate system, Texas Central Zone, NAD 83. Services for this project include reviewing and analyzing current subject tract and adjoining deeds, plats and right-of-way information; setting subject tract property corners; preparing a metes and bounds description for each of the subject tracts; reviewing any easements or encumbrances provided to us by the client. Deliverables for this project include a final drawing, signed and sealed by a Texas RPLS, and an AutoCAD drawing file on diskette.
The project consisted of several phases which were ultimately combined into one seamless product. An AutoCAD file along with ASCII survey point data was supplied to both UT System and the University's landscape architecture consultant.
U.T. Austin - Proposed Fire Protection Plan at Speedway
SUE Quality Level B & A Services
This project consisted of providing Quality Level B (QL-B) and Quality Level A (QL-A) services for approximately 12,000 linear feet of roadway on the University of Texas at Austin campus. Phase I was located along Speedway , for 2,150 linear feet . SAM, Inc. identified, located and mapped all existing underground utilities, and completed eighteen (18) Test Holes to determine the horizontal and vertical location of the utilities. Phase II was located around Speedway on various roadways for 10,000 linear feet and designated water, wastewater, primary and secondary electrical, storm drainage, gas, fiber optic, and telephone for all active and/or abandoned underground lines . SAM, Inc. completed thirty-eight (38) Test Holes to determine the horizontal and vertical location at the critical utility crossings of the proposed fire loop.
Austin Community College, Rio Grande Campus Fire Line Improvements
SUE Quality Level B & A Services
This project was a part of the 6-inch ductile iron Fire Line design starting at the west right of way of West Avenue and continued east across West Avenue to the ACC campus building. All utilities along West Avenue were designated and mapped as a part of the Quality Level B (QL-B) effort for approximately 600 linear feet of roadway.. Quality Level A (QL-A) services of the designated utilities crossing the proposed fire water line consisted of five (five) Test Holes on gas, water, and wastewater lines.
Texas Tech University, Lubbock , TX
SUE Quality Levels D, C, B & A
This campus expansion project consisted of four (4) separate areas within the main campus of TTU. TTU proposed new building additions requiring additional utility needs. SAM, Inc. provided subsurface utility engineering Quality Levels D, C, B & A services for this project so that the new utilities would not conflict with the existing utility systems. This required the identification, locating and mapping of existing underground utility systems and overhead utility systems. This project consisted of mapping utility systems consisting of cable TV, electrical for traffic and street lighting systems, natural gas, three and single phase electrical systems, communication, fiber optic, water, sanitary sewer and storm drainage systems. Once the horizontal locations of the utility systems were mapped, SAM, Inc. exposed the existing utilities at critical areas that were in conflict with proposed improvements. SAM, Inc. utilized vacuum excavation technology (safe-dig procedures) for exposing the utility. SAM, Inc. then surveyed the precise horizontal and vertical location of the utility for trying the resolve the conflict with new improvements. Utility coordination was provided for the SUE services. Quality Levels D (record collection of existing systems) and Quality Level C (field surveys of existing, visible utility surface features) were also provided by SAM, Inc.
