Welcome to the
International Right of Way
Association’s
Course 900
Principles of Real Estate
Engineering
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900-PT – Revision 2 –02.25.07.CA
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 effects
of 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)
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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
Schedule (2)
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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
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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20 m
20 m
20 m
20 m
Sta 1+40
Sta 1+20
Sta 1+00
Sta 0+80
Sta 0+60
100 m Sta. 328.08’
20 m
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Sta 0+40
Sta 0+20
Sta 0+00
100 Metre Station
20 m
20 m
Scale 1:1000
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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Contours
Lines of equal
elevation
Shape and slope
of 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/Benchmark
Datum
Basis for elevation reference
Example: Mean sea level
Benchmark
Known elevation point
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Used as reference
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
Shows effect on property
Cut or fill
Construction limits
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Ditches
view)
Superelevation
Slope pavement surface
To counter centrifugal force
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Exercise No. 6
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Pipeline/Powerline
Height and width
Wire spacing
Brace detail
Clearance
Foundation
Trench depth
Trench width
Pipe diameter
Backfill details
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Bedding details
Highway
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Overhead Transmission Line
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Pipeline
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Area Map
Utilities List
Title Sheet
Agency Name
Project Name
Project No.
Layout Map
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Sheet Index
Schematic Plan/Typical Sections
Schematic Plan: Overall scope of
project.
Typical Sections: Finished shape
and 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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Area Map
Right of Way Plan
Utilities List
Agency Name
Project Name
Project No.
Layout Map
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Sheet Index
Centreline Plan
Major geographic features
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Filed for record
Property Maps
Parcel acquisition details
Major land details
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Summary Sheet
Tabulation of all parcels
Ownership index
Areas acquired
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Detail Sheet
Individual property plan
Property 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
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N 57o 00’ W
S 57o 00’E
Exercise No.10 (2)
N 68o 00’ E
S 48o 45’ W
N 28o 00’ W
S 25o 00’ E
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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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Sections
36 section
in a township
Numbered
1 through 36
Beginning
in SE corner
Approximatel
y 1 mile
square
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640 acres
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. 14
Commencing 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
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acres, more or less.
Point Description
Highway 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
_________:
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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.
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.
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Said easement having a 20’ uniform width, 10’ being on each side
of the above described centreline. Containing 9,906 sq. ft.
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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Methods
Dominion 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 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)
Now, you are able to…
• Identify types of highway curves
• Discuss the engineering effects
of 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 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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Thank you!
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900-PT – Revision 2 –02.25.07.CA