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Welcome to the International Right of Way

Association’s

Course 900Principles of Real Estate

Engineering

900-PT – Revision 2 –02.25.07.CA

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Introductions

Who we are…What we do…

Where we do it…

How long we’ve been doing it…

Our goals for the course...

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Objectives (1)

At the conclusion of the course,

you will be able to…• Describe the basic principles of engineering drawings

• Understand and interpret information on plans

• Use an engineer’s scale and a metric (rational) scale to determine distances

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Objectives (2)

At the conclusion of the course,

you will be able to…

• Identify types of highway curves

• Discuss the engineering effectsof a project on a property

• Understand the background of property descriptions

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Objectives (3)

At the conclusion of the course,

you will be able to…• Describe the basic features of property descriptions

• Identify the most common systems and methods of property descriptions

• Write and plot property descriptions using various methods

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Housekeeping

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Schedule (1)

8:00 - 8:30 Introductions, Etc.

8:30 - 12:00 Use of Engineering Drawings and Plan Development

1:00 - 1:30 Utility Alignment Plans

1:30 - 2:30 Highway Construction Plans

2:45 - 3:45 Right of Way Plans

3:45 - 4:15 Interpreting Engineering Plans

4:15 - 4:45 Bearings

4:45 - 5:00 Recap Day One

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Schedule (2)

8:00 - 8:15 Recap Day One/Introduce Day Two

8:15 - 2:00 Property Descriptions

2:15 - 2:45 Summary of Property Descriptions

2:45 - 3:00 Summary and Review

3:00 - 5:00 Exam

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Plans Used By...

Engineers

Appraisers

Negotiators

Lawyers

Others

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Three-View Concept(Three perpendicular views)

Plan View: Top view (length and width)

Profile View: Side view (length and height)

Cross-section view: End view (width and height)

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Plan View (Top view)

Horizontal alignment

Topography

North arrow

Symbols

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Scales (1)

Metric

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Scales (2)

Imperial

Architect

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Exercise No. 1

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Stations

Stations: 100m or 1,000m intervals on centreline. Intermediate points are indicated as a “plus”.

Station equation: Stations not continuous. A point has two station numbers, one ahead and one back.

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100 Metre Station

20 m20 m 20 m

20 m 20 m 20 m20 m

100 m Sta. 328.08’

Sta 0+00

Sta 0+20

Sta 0+40

Sta 0+60

Sta 0+80

Sta 1+00

Sta 1+20

Sta 1+40

Scale 1:1000

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Exercise No. 2

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Offsets

Perpendicular distances

Left or right of the centreline

Locate a point by station and offset

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Exercise No. 3

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Curves (1)

Simple curve

Reverse curve

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Curves (2)

Compound curve

Spiral curve

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ContoursLines of equal elevation

Shape and slopeof land

Close lines = steep slope

Point up stream

Annotation faces uphill (convention)

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Pipeline

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Overhead

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Highway

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Profile View (Side view)

Centreline elevations

Existing and proposed

Exaggerated vertical scale

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Datum/BenchmarkDatum

Basis for elevation reference

Example: Mean sea level

Benchmark

Known elevation point

Used as reference

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Profile Grade Line

Proposed centreline elevations

Percent grade

Rate of elevation change (%)

Rise (+) or Fall (-)

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Highway Curves

Parabolic (sag or crest)

P.V.C.

P.V.I.

P.T.

L

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Pipeline

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Overhead

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Highway

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Cross-section View (End view)

Shows effect on property

Cut or fill

Construction limits

Ditches

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Superelevation

Slope pavement surface

To counter centrifugal force

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Exercise No. 6

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Pipeline/Powerline

Trench depth

Trench width

Pipe diameter

Backfill details

Bedding details

Height and width

Wire spacing

Brace detail

Clearance

Foundation

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Highway

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Overhead Transmission Line

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Pipeline

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Title SheetArea Map

Agency Name

Project Name

Project No.

Utilities List

Layout Map Sheet Index

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Schematic Plan/Typical Sections

Schematic Plan: Overall scope of project.

Typical Sections: Finished shapeand dimensions. Pavement type and thickness. Superelevation details.

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General Notes/General Summary

General Notes: Clarify construction. Additional information.

General Summary: Total quantities. Cost estimate. Bid preparation.

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Plan-Profile Sheets

Plan View: North arrow. Centreline and station. Detailed information.

Profile View: Centreline elevations. Exaggerated vertical scale.

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Cross-sections (1)

Existing and proposed elevations

100m intervals

Looking ahead, up sheet

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Cross-sections (2)

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Right of Way PlanArea Map

Agency Name

Project Name

Project No.

Utilities List

Layout Map Sheet Index

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Centreline Plan

Major geographic features

Filed for record

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Property MapsParcel acquisition details

Major land details

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Summary Sheet

Tabulation of all parcels

Ownership index

Areas acquired

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Detail SheetIndividual property planProperty rights acquired

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Bearings

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Exercise No. 10 (1)

N 36o 30’ E S 36o 30’W

S 43o 30’ W N 43o 30’E

S 71o 00’ E N 71o 00’ W

N 57o 00’ W S 57o 00’E

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Exercise No.10 (2)

N 68o 00’ E

S 48o 45’ W

S 25o 00’ E

N 28o 00’ W

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Recap Day One

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Day Two

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Property Descriptions (1)

Dominion Lands Survey System

Plane coordinate system

Metes and bounds

Point

Centreline

Lot and block

Subdivision

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Property Descriptions (2)

Caption/Preamble

Body

Reservations/Exceptions

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Dominion Lands Survey System

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Exercise No. 11

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Sections36 section in a township

Numbered1 through 36

Beginningin SE corner

Approximately 1 mile square

640 acres

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Section Parts (1)

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Section Parts (2)

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Exercise No. 12 (1)

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Exercise No. 12 (2)

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Plane Coordinate System*

Well monumented

Points located by coordinates

“X” Easting

“Y” Northing

High degree of accuracy

* Not currently permitted in any province or territory. However, experiments underway.

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Plane Coordinate System (2)

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Plane Coordinate System (3)

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Plane Coordinate System (4)

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Metes and Bounds

Metes: Measurements of boundary.

Bounds: Adjoining property owner.

Monuments: Natural and artificial.

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Angles

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Property Descriptions

Begins at a known point

Enables future location

Point of commencement (P.O.C.)

Point of beginning (P.O.B.)

Description (call for each line [clockwise],

bearing and length, must close)

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Magnetic North Pole

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Exercise No. 13

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Exercise No. 14Commencing at the intersection of Provincial Highways 5 and 19;

Thence, N 44o 51’ E - 127.92’ to the true Point of Beginning, which point is a 2” diameter brass cap mounted on a 3/4” iron pipe;

Thence from the POB, N 49o 07’ W - 273.64’ to corner # 2, which corner is marked by a 1/2” iron rod. Said line crosses Red Creek at a distance of 12.5’ from corner #2;

Thence N 61o 05’ E - 195.83’ to corner #3, which corner is a 10” white oak tree;

Thence, S 26o 01’ E - 140.27’ to corner # 4, marked by a 4” x 4” wooden post. Said line crosses Red Creek at 18.5’ from corner #3.

Thence, S 10o 00’ W - 150.00’ to the Point of Beginning. Containing 0.72 acres, more or less.

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Point DescriptionHighway right of way

Centreline - recorded

Stations are basis

Each point described by station and offset

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Station and Offset

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Exercise No. 15

Beginning at a point 25 feet left of highway station 210+98, which point is in the northern right of way line of Provincial Highway 47, as recorded in _________:

Thence, leaving said right of way line, and going to a point 54 feet left of station 211 +05; Thence, to a point 65 feet left of station 211 +50; Thence, to a point 57 feet left of station 212+07; Thence, to a point in the aforesaid right of way line, 25 feet left of 212+13; Thence, along said right of way back to the Point of Beginning.

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Centreline Description

Used by utilities

Acquisition of right of way strips

Reference is stations

Referenced, recorded

Width of right of way specified

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Exercise No. 16 (1)

An easement for the construction, maintenance, use and operation of utility services, said easement situate, lying and being in Block 4 of Rolling Trails Addition, as shown on a plan thereof, recorded in __________, and being more particularly described as follows:

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Exercise No. 16(2)

Commencing at the intersection of the easterly right of way line of First Street and the northerly right of way line of Able Drive:

Thence, in a northwest direction, along the easterly right of way line of First Street, a distance of 100’ to the true Point of Beginning for the centreline of the easement:

Thence, N 59°58' E, 193.82’ to a point;

Thence, N 84°05' E, 301.47’ to a point in the westerly right of way line of Second Street. Said point is 215’ in a northerly direction from the intersection of said right of way line with the northerly right of way line of Able Drive.

Said easement having a 20’ uniform width, 10’ being on each side of the above described centreline. Containing 9,906 sq. ft.

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Subdivision Plan

Land subdivided into lots

Named, plotted and recorded

Description (lot number, subdivision name,

location or record plan)

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Lot and Block

Urban areas

Block plotted and recorded

Description (lot number and block name,name of the political subdivision,

location or registered plan)

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Exercise No. 17

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Metes and Bounds - Lot and Block

Caption: A portion of Lot 7, Block 4, as shown on the map entitled “Tract 426” filed in the office of __________, on May 5, 1997, in Map Book 9, Page 78, described as follows.

Body: Beginning at the northwesterly corner of Lot 7; thence along the northerly line of said lot S 88o, 50.00’; thence E, 50.00’ to the easterly line of said tract; thence along last said line S 1o 10’ W, 21.50’; thence S 72o 30’ W, 55.00’ to the westerly line of said lot; thence along last said line N 1o 10’ E, 39.12’ to the POB.

Area: Containing 1,516 square feet, more or less.

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Metes and Bounds - Dominion Lands Survey System

Caption: A portion of the SW 1/4 of Section 3, T3N, R2W, MDB&M, described as follows.

Body: Beginning at the southeasterly corner of the SW 1/4 of Section 3; thence along the southerly line of said Section 3, S 89o W, 1,200’; thence N 36o E, 2,000’ to the easterly line of the SW 1/4 of said section; thence along the last said line S 1o E, 1,600’ to the POB.

Area: Containing 22 acres.

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Metes and Bounds -Metes and Bounds

Caption: A portion of the parcel of land described in the deed to E. C. Jones, recorded February 1, 1960 in Volume 1620, Page 12, described as follows.

Body: Beginning at a point on the southerly line of said parcel, distance thereon N 88o E, 100.00’ from the southwest corner of said parcel; thence N 2o W, 60.00’; thence N 88o E, 60.00’; thence S 2o E, 60.00’ to said southerly line; thence along said line, S 88o W, 60.00’ to the POB.

Area: Containing 360 square feet, more or less.

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Summary

Property descriptions

Essential elements of a right of way

Proper wording critical

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MethodsDominion Lands Survey System

Plane coordinate system

Metes and bounds

Point

Centreline

Lot and block

Subdivision

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Objectives (1)

Now, you are able to…

• Describe the basic principlesof engineering drawings

• Understand and interpret information on plans

• Use an engineer’s scale anda metric (rational) scale todetermine distances

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Objectives (2)

Now, you are able to…

• Identify types of highway curves

• Discuss the engineering effectsof a project on a property

• Understand the background of property descriptions

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Objectives (3)

Now, you are able to…

• Describe the basic featuresof property descriptions

• Identify the most common systems and methods of property descriptions

• Write and plot property descriptions using various methods

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Thank you!

900-PT – Revision 2 –02.25.07.CA