Engineering survey in the education spectrum.

Surveying, the first step of starting a new civil engineering project, is a very important branch of
civil engineering.

However the importance in civil engineering, there has been a significant decline of surveying
education in civil engineering programs across the United States. Based on a study by Gillins, Olsen, and
Schultz (2016), which evaluated 239 accredited bachelor's programs in civil engineering in the United
States, 35.5% of the bachelor's programs in civil engineering do not require students to take any courses
in surveying. This study also found 27.6% of those civil engineering programs do not even list surveying
as an elective for civil engineering students. In addition, it was stated that the average number of
required semester credits in surveying required within civil engineering curricula in the United States
has significantly decreased, as shown in the accompanying figure below.

Reference: Gillins, D.T., Olsen, M.J., and Schultz, R.J. 2016. The Current State of Surveying Education
within Civil Engineering Programs in the United States. Surveying and Land Information Science, 2016.
The knowledge of surveying is advantageous in many phases of engineering. Surveying is of vital
importance in any engineering project. Engineering survey serves a lot of purpose in conducting huge
scale project. As the world we know of now with its rapid population growth and technological
advancement, constructing a structure that is mind-blowing in size is fairly common. Hence come the
importance to have sufficient surveyor and why it is fairly important.. Some of the basic importance of
Surveying is discussed below.

 The first necessity in surveying is to prepare a plan and a section of an area to be covered by the
project. From these prepared maps and sections the best possible alignment, amount of
earthwork and other necessary details depending upon the nature of the project can be
calculated.
 The planning and design of all Civil Engineering projects such as railways, highways, tunneling,
irrigation, dams, reservoirs, waterworks, sewerage works, airfields, ports, massive buildings, etc.
are based upon surveying measurements.
 During execution of the project of any magnitude is constructed along the lines and points
established by surveying.
 The measurement of land and the fixation of its boundaries cannot be done without surveying.
 The economic feasibility of the engineering feasibility of a project cannot be properly
ascertained without undertaking a survey work.
 The execution of hydrographic and oceanographic charting and mapping requires.
 Surveying is used to prepare a topographic map of a land surface of the earth.