Surveying/Utilities Services

AMERICEC provides the public and private sectors with professional services in the surveying, utilities inspection and assessment, and mapping fields.  Our goal is to work closely with our Clients to offer reliable documentation of surface and subsurface utilities as well as topographic surveys to the finest details in support of planning, design, and construction management projects and assignments.  We help our Clients turn design and planning challenges, including unavailability of proper documentation and the usual lack of reliably usable as-built records, into a competitive advantage by integrating the careful documentation and mapping of inspected and surveyed and mapped networks, features, and data with the various engineering planning and design disciplines, and developing innovative cost-effective plans and solutions involving tested and state-of-the-art techniques.

AMERICEC and its affiliates have completed a widely diverse range of surveying, inspection, assessment, and mapping projects, and always strive to maintain a local focus coupled with the necessary attention to detail while providing professional long-term solutions and competitive results-oriented services.

SERVICES

  • Surveying
  • Mapping
  • Inspection (Sweeping and Video Monitoring)
  • Assessment
  • General Civil Engineering

REPRESENTATIVE PROJECTS BY THE AMERICEC TEAM
 

Long Beach City College Liberal Arts Campus – Long Beach, CA

Geotechnical engineering, utility inspection, &  surveying

 

In May 2008, AMERICEC provided LBCC with surface and subsurface utility investigations, mapping and surveying services for the Parking Lot “J” site located at LBCC’s LAC campus.  A new Math & Tech Building and a new Parking Structure are planned at the Parking Lot “J”.  Additionally the AMERICEC Team, with Geotechnolgies Inc as our sub-consultants, prepared a geotechnical report for the site based on drilling twelve soil boreholes within the Project Area and completing the necessary soils field inspections and investigations as well as the required laboratory testing and analyses.

 

 

Long Beach City College Pacific Coast Campus – Long Beach, CA

Geotechnical engineering services

 

In parallel with the above mentioned geotechnical assignment at LAC, AMERICEC provided similar services for the MDAB project site at the PCC.  The MDAB buildings will be undergoing major renovations.  In order to support the design team with reliable soils information, the Pacific Coast Campus (PCC) needed a geotechnical investigation at several locations.  The AMERICEC Team, with Geotechnolgies Inc as our sub-consultants, prepared a geotechnical report for the site based on drilling seven soil boreholes within the Project Area and completing the necessary soils field inspections and investigations as well as the required laboratory testing and analyses. 

 

Long Beach City College Pacific Coast Campus – Long Beach, CA

Sewer Manholes - Surveys, Inspections, and Reports

In May and June 2007, AMERICEC provided Long Beach City College (LBCC) with surveying, inspection, mapping, and assessment services related to several sewer manholes in and adjacent to Alamitos, May, and Walnut Avenues at LBCC’s Pacific Coast Campus (PCC).  In the absence of reliable as-built drawings, the objective of the assignment was to collect pertinent data, characterize the manholes, and confirm the wastewater flow directions to assist in the sewerage design for facilities upgrades and renovations at PCC.

AMERICEC’s services covered the following tasks:

  • Participating in site visits with the Client to discuss scope and assess requirements.

  • Reviewing available drawings of the sewer network currently serving the specific area and deciding on the manholes to be surveyed and characterized.

  • Surveying, inspecting, and photographing the various manholes and collecting the necessary data for each of the manholes including coordinates tied to existing benchmarks, rim (finished surface) elevations, depths of manhole channels, directions of flow in the manhole channels, invert elevations and pipe diameters of incoming and outgoing sewers, and the general physical conditions of the manholes.

  • Developing the necessary maps and drawings for each of the manholes and how they relate to each other within the sewer network.

  • Defining the direction of wastewater flows within the sewer network.

  • Preparing and submitting reports documenting the tasks completed and the findings arrived at including the survey tabulations of the manholes and adjacent control points with northings, eastings, elevations, and descriptions, the necessary drawings and data depicting the characteristics of each manhole, the directions of wastewater flows in the sewer pipes between the manholes, and the applicable photographs.

  

Long Beach City College Liberal Arts Campus – Long Beach, CA

Child Development Center Project Zone - Surveys, Inspections, Reports, and Drawings

 

In June and July 2006, AMERICEC provided Long Beach City College (LBCC) with topographic and surface utility survey and mapping services at the site where the new Child Development Center (CDC) is planned at LBCC’s Liberal Arts Campus (LAC).  The objective was to prepare the as-built survey and mapping drawings for the CDC project zone documenting existing topography, planimetrics, and visible improvements to adequately complete the expected CDC design and construction project.  Documented improvements included structures, walks, curbs, drives, gutters, walls, trees, planters, fences, visible indications of surface utilities, and rim and invert elevations of observed drainage structures.

 

AMERICEC’s services covered the following tasks:

  • Reviewing the information provided by the Client including old existing surveys, title-related information, and maps prepared by others for sub-surface utilities.

  • Participating in site visits with the Client to discuss scope and assess requirements.

  • Establishing the survey control points, making the necessary site observations, surveying the topography, coordinating efforts, and reporting.

  • Surveying the surface utilities and visible improvements within the site boundaries, with vertical elevations.

  • Performing the necessary office work for downloading the survey data collected in the field and generating the necessary plots and maps.

  • Establishing the related easements based on title-related information provided by the Client as originally compiled from the Chicago Title Company.

  • Participating in site walk-throughs with the Client and representatives of other consultants to coordinate results, and perform QA/QC checks related to the sub-surface utilities work performed by others, and resolve discrepancies.

  • Reviewing, analyzing, plotting, and mapping the collected survey data, and submitting the final survey drawings and the necessary related files and reports.

 

Long Beach City College Pacific Coast Campus – Long Beach, Ca

Southern Interim Bungalow project - Surveys, Inspections, Reports, and Drawings

 

In April and May 2006, AMERICEC provided Long Beach City College (LBCC) with surveying, inspection, mapping, and assessment services related to three proposed portable buildings (two at 24ft.x40ft. and one at 48ft.x40ft.) on the Southeast Interim Bungalow Project site at LBCC’s Pacific Coast Campus (PCC).  The proposed locations of the portables were surveyed and the corners of the portables were marked on the site so that the portables would be correctly positioned.  Additionally, the portables needed utility connections which entailed providing new utility trenches on site.  In the absence of reliable as-built utility drawings, necessary surveys and inspections were completed on site and in the immediate vicinity to define and map the locations of existing utilities. 

 

AMERICEC’s services covered the following tasks:

  • Reviewing the information provided by the Client showing the proposed locations of the portables as well as the surrounding facilities.

  • Participating in a site visit with the Client to discuss scope and assess requirements.

  • Establishing the survey control points, making the necessary site observations, surveying, and coordinating efforts with the contractor and marking the corners of the proposed portables on site.

  • Surveying the surface utilities within the site boundaries, with vertical elevations.

  • Surveying open trenches, within the site boundaries, that contained the newly installed underground utility pipes and conduits, along with the general locations of the pipes and conduits and their depths.

  • Surveying some open trenches to the west of the project site boundaries to assist in future designs.

  • Reviewing, analyzing, plotting, and mapping the collected survey data, and submitting the survey drawings and the necessary related files and reports.


Utilities and Infrastructure Survey, Mapping, and Assessment Services – Los Angeles City College (LACC), CA

The Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD) is the largest Community College District in the Nation and comprises nine public two-year community colleges serving over one hundred cities and communities in an area encompassing 882 square miles.

Since July 2003, AMERICEC has been undertaking campus-wide infrastructure utilities surveying, mapping, assessments, and engineering planning at Los Angeles City College (LACC), one of the nine community colleges comprising LACCD. LACC was established on September 9, 1929 on the former site of UCLA, and the campus covers 48 acres on the Northeast side of Hollywood. With an enrollment figure of about 17,000 students, LACC is the fourth largest of the nine campuses.

AMERICEC developed an appreciably more accurate, up-to-date, underground utility and infrastructure as-built plan to aid in all new construction per LACC’s Master Plan. Prior to commencing the field investigations, AMERICEC performed an in-depth examination of numerous old documents and drawings obtained from the campus management team and several public agencies. AMERICEC also played the key role of liaising with the Client and coordinating and supervising the different aspects of the project ranging from underground utility locating and tracing, to surveying and digital data capture, to office field data reduction and processing, as well as map production. Throughout the entire project, AMERICEC ensured QA/QC controls were properly maintained and implemented to the satisfaction of the Construction Project Management Team. AMERICEC also completed capacity calculations, analyses, and needs assessments, and utility engineering planning studies for the demands (existing and projected under the new campus wide master plan) placed on the water, wastewater, storm water, and gas systems. All the data collected are structured and formatted to allow easy conversion into a GIS database. The tasks involved in this project are important steps in support of any new construction, and can save time and money during the implementation phase. Obtaining data in GIS format contributes towards future planning and upgrading since GIS will become a standard practice used in all design and construction as well as planning. The comprehensive planning and assessment reports for the four utility systems were submitted in early July 2005.