We went back to the ECFC 2 acre site to resurvey the site. It seems like what was done before was definitely not good enough since defining certain points were impossible due to the lack of information. Therefore, from 9:00am to 1:00pm Stephen (the other intern), Ivy (The EMI2 office Architect) and myself went to the site to remeasure everything. This was actually a very relaxing and fun time and we all had a great time surveying. Interesting information: apparently this happens frequently, where the owner of the land is not exactly quite certain of where his/her land actually is. This piece of land is interesting because he actually owns the front half, and a piece in the back of the land, which is separated by 3 parcels of land which is not purchased as of yet. As we tried to mark out and measure the middle parcel which separated his two pieces of land, he shows us two arbitrary rocks/paths and said his land is from here to there. After measuring it, we came to find that the area he showed us is only 750sqft. However, he insists that the middle parcel of land that is not purchased is supposed to be 13,650sqft.
After finishing up there, we eventually went back for lunch and then started drafting up the site. We had a few tough issues which we had to sort out which was eventually sorted out by 12am. Keep in mind that meals here are long, so lunch and dinner were each around 2 hours. At 12am I ended up taking a nap while Stephen (the civil engineer) drafted up the survey by hand. Our first time seeing an engineer draw =) Then at 1am, when he finished, we switched up and I went over it in ink for the architect and retraced it onto a cleaner sheet and then finished up the TIM site survey as well. Ended up sleeping at 2am. We drafted in the dark with a flashlight due to power surges and electricity failures. Stephen got a few pictures of these so I'll post them up later when I'm able to get them.
After finishing up there, we eventually went back for lunch and then started drafting up the site. We had a few tough issues which we had to sort out which was eventually sorted out by 12am. Keep in mind that meals here are long, so lunch and dinner were each around 2 hours. At 12am I ended up taking a nap while Stephen (the civil engineer) drafted up the survey by hand. Our first time seeing an engineer draw =) Then at 1am, when he finished, we switched up and I went over it in ink for the architect and retraced it onto a cleaner sheet and then finished up the TIM site survey as well. Ended up sleeping at 2am. We drafted in the dark with a flashlight due to power surges and electricity failures. Stephen got a few pictures of these so I'll post them up later when I'm able to get them.
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