INDUSTRY NEWS
NEW SURVEY STANDARDS
David Thompson Industry Engagement Manager
For some time, there has been a whisper of an Industry wide Survey Standard being developed for the Public Works sector - one Survey Standard for all 77 councils. Not only will the new Standard be used by local government, it will be available for the private sector where any local government project is being surveyed. A private survey or engineering firm would only need one Standard state-wide pending the uptake of the IPWEAQ Public Works Survey Standard. IPWEAQ listened to the needs of industry, formed a Working Group and developed the new codes, linestyles, attributes and supporting mapping files based on the shared collective of survey standards utilised by those represented on the Working Group. Considerable time was generously given to the industry by Working Group members to ensure consistency, limits to customisations and Council specific standards and to provide
a reliable and consistent coding system without abandoning everything developed in the sector to date. The new IPWEAQ Public Works Survey Standard will be published and released early in 2022. IPWEAQ was invited to announce the new Public Works Survey Standard at the Surveying and Spatial Science Institute (SSSI) Queensland annual conference in Brisbane, 18 November providing an opportunity to gauge industry responses. It became clear early that the new Standard would solve considerable challenges for those providing services multiple councils.
INFORMS. CONNECTS. REPRESENTS. LEADS.
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ENGINEERING FOR PUBLIC WORKS | DEC 2021
The concept of a single, consistent Standard is driving a whole of system change as a pre-design Standard. The Survey Standards are driving the need for a consistent CAD Standard. Then, the CAD Standard is consistently driving the specification and elements of the Standard Drawings, culminating in a consistency product for construction activities. In the end, consistency in construction processes will provide a sound base for ADAC and other asset management practices. This is the impact of a supported, whole of industry Survey Standard.
