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  1. ShafeW

    Drafting - Stationing a manhole on the inside of a tangent-tangent intersection

    I appreciate the answers and I agree with you two that using the centerline of the sewer is simplest for representing the sewer. I have a couple hang ups owing to preference, such as I prefer my baseline to follow existing features in the field like roadway centerlines or property corners (as...
  2. ShafeW

    The Tale of Two Datums

    Not always a surveyor or contractor problem. e.g. Engineer 1 provides roadway plans to engineer 2 for reference. Engineer 2 reads roadway elevations from those plans, not paying attention to the datum used, and designs his pavement and sewer tie-ins 4" in error. He always needs to check what...
  3. ShafeW

    Drafting - Stationing a manhole on the inside of a tangent-tangent intersection

    I've been drafting and engineering a long time, so I feel like I should know this, but for the life of me I can't remember how to handle this situation. (I did try to search Google and these fora.) I have an offroad sanitary sewer running in an easement that follows a sidelot property line. The...

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