Boundary and topographic surveying, benchmarks, datums, and control points, how a site plan is developed from survey data, site grading fundamentals, cut/fill earthwork balance, and utility coordination during site development.
Every civil and structural drawing is ultimately a claim about where something sits in space, and none of those claims mean anything without the measured survey reference this module covers — boundary and topographic surveys, the benchmarks and control points that tie every elevation and coordinate on a project to a shared reality, and how a site plan actually gets developed by overlaying a proposed design onto that survey data. From there this module works through site grading (achieving positive drainage while balancing accessibility, parking, and driveway geometry), the cut/fill earthwork calculations that keep a project's soil-moving costs under control, and the utility coordination work that has to happen before any excavation begins.
By the end of this module you should be able to explain why a cut/fill balance matters financially, and why verifying existing utility locations in the field is treated as mandatory rather than something an excavation contractor is expected to simply discover while digging.