New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 12 - TRADE, COMMERCE AND BANKING › Chapter 8 - TRADE PRACTICES AND REGULATIONS › Part 2 - MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR SURVEYING IN NEW MEXICO › Section 12.8.2.14 - CONTROL SURVEYING REPORTING

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
Whenever a professional surveyor undertakes control
				  surveying as defined in
				  12.8.2.7
				  NMAC, where the coordinates and elevations of the control points established by
				  the survey will be relied upon by professionals other than the original
				  surveyor for future phases of the work, the licensee shall prepare a control
				  survey report and shall provide the report to the prime client and to any other
				  person who makes a written submittal. Alternatively, if the entire report is
				  contained on the face of the work product no other reporting is required. The
				  report will contain the following information as appropriate to work being
				  performed.
A. A listing of the final
				adjusted coordinates and elevations for all points within the control network
				along with a complete description of all monuments established or
				recovered.
B. A complete
				description of the horizontal and vertical datum used including the basis of
				bearings.
C. A complete description
				of the state plane or UTM zone used including all pertinent metadata, if
				appropriate.
D. Units used for
				coordinates and elevations.
E.
				Description of monument(s) used to constrain the control network including the
				reference coordinates and elevations used for said monument(s).
F. If the final adjusted coordinates are
				based on a modified (ground datum) state plane coordinate system or a
				low-distortion local coordinate system (ground referenced) derived from
				geospatial positions, a complete description of the method(s) used to generate
				the modified coordinates shall be included in the report.
G. A brief description detailing the field
				methods and equipment used to conduct the control survey.
H. The date when the control monuments were
				set, the date when the control monuments were positionally observed, and the
				date of the final network adjustment.
I. Nothing in this section dictates the
				spatial accuracy that will be required by any specific project. It will be the
				responsibility of the individual licensee to determine the appropriate level of
				accuracy for each project. However, the licensee shall report the spatial
				accuracy in both the horizontal and vertical components.
J. A certificate followed by the dated
				signature and seal of the surveyor responsible for the control survey stating
				that the surveyor conducted an actual survey on the ground and is responsible
				for the survey. The following model certification is considered to be an
				example of the minimum that the surveyor should certify to:
I, (surveyor's name) , New Mexico Professional Surveyor No.
				  (surveyor's license number), do hereby certify that this Control Survey Report
				  was prepared by me or under my direct supervision based on an actual survey on
				  the ground as described herein; that I am responsible for this survey; and that
				  the survey and report meets the minimum standards for surveying in New
				  Mexico.