Penn State

Thomas H. Colledge

Assistant Professor of Engineering Design
The Pennsylvania State University

Mailing Address
213 Hammond Building
 University Park, PA 16802
Office
213 Hammond Building
Phone
814-863-1527
Fax
814-863-7229
E-Mail
Also:
Faculty AdvisorEngineers for a Sustainable World
 Editor-in-Chief—International eJournal for Service Learning in Engineering
Surveying

Surveying for Water Projects and Bridges

Nueva Esperanza, El Salvador

An essential first step to any project is the development of community knowledge and relationships. Obtaining baseline data of the project site quickly follows. Surveying equipment is used to develop detailed topographic maps of the projects sites. Very often these are the first and only maps the community has of their property.

 

 

 

 

 

 

updated: 30 January 2005