Building Layout & Field-to-CAD Survey Training
A practical, field-focused surveying course
This course is for civil and engineering diploma students, junior overseers and aspiring surveyors who want hands-on practical skill, not classroom theory. Where a standard total-station course stops at basic instrument operation, this training centres on the skill site engineers use every day: laying out a building correctly on the ground, and turning field coordinates into a usable AutoCAD drawing.
- Total station setup
- Traversing
- Distance & angle measurement
- Building layout
- Cadastral surveying
- Levelling
- AutoCAD plotting
- Duration
- 2 days field training + 1–2 hour AutoCAD plotting session
- Mode
- Full-day practical field work plus hands-on classroom plotting
- Batch size
- Small groups (max 10–15) for individual instrument time
- Certificate
- Certificate of Completion from Shubhakamana Engineering Consultancy Pvt. Ltd.
What you will be able to do
The objective is not theoretical knowledge. Participants are guided to understand how surveying concepts apply in real field situations, and how field information becomes a usable technical drawing.
- Set up and operate a total station confidently on site.
- Transfer a benchmark and establish reference and control points.
- Lay out a building footprint accurately — corners, grid lines, offsets — and verify it with diagonal checks.
- Lay out a road intersection and alignment on the ground.
- Understand cadastral surveying basics — land parcel boundaries and cadastral maps.
- Plot collected field coordinates into AutoCAD to produce a finished layout drawing.
- Understand how field work translates directly into a construction-ready drawing.
Session by session
Day 1 — Field fundamentals & building layout basics
| Time | Session | Details |
|---|---|---|
| 10:00 – 11:00 | Instrument basics | Total station components, setup, levelling, backsight/foresight orientation |
| 11:00 – 12:00 | Benchmark & control | Benchmark transfer, establishing reference and control points on site |
| 1:00 – 3:00 | Building layout — basics | Setting out corner points, offsets and grid lines from a given building plan |
| 3:00 – 4:00 | Squareness check | Checking diagonals for squareness — a core site skill rarely taught elsewhere |
| 4:00 – 5:00 | Group practice | Students lay out a simple building footprint on the ground as a group |
Day 2 — Advanced layout & road intersection
| Time | Session | Details |
|---|---|---|
| 10:00 – 12:00 | Advanced building layout | Column and grid layout for a multi-room building footprint |
| 1:00 – 2:00 | Road intersection layout | Alignment and intersection layout, taught by the Chief Surveyor |
| 2:00 – 3:00 | Cadastral surveying basics | Land parcel boundaries, cadastral maps, setback and property line verification |
| 3:00 – 4:00 | Levelling | Vertical control points, relative levels of existing ground, cut-fill profile calculation |
| 4:00 – 5:00 | Mock project | Groups lay out a small building plus adjoining road intersection, recording all coordinate data |
Plotting session — field points to AutoCAD (1–2 hours)
| Time | Session | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Part 1 | Data import | Importing or entering the coordinates collected over Day 1 and 2 into AutoCAD |
| Part 2 | Drawing the layout | Plotting points and joining them into the building outline and grid lines |
| Part 3 | Finishing touches | Adding dimensions, scale and layout annotations |
| Part 4 | Field-to-drawing comparison | Comparing the finished CAD drawing against what was physically staked on the ground |
Who teaches the course
Field sessions are led by our Chief Surveyor, who brings 35+ years of surveying experience and international field exposure.
Binod Prasad Upadhyay
Director · Chief Surveyor
Specialist in building layout and road intersection surveying, leading the hands-on field sessions across both days and the road intersection layout on Day 2. Brings 35+ years of professional surveying experience with international exposure, including surveys for high-rise buildings and road and runway projects.
Who should join
- Civil and engineering diploma students and fresh graduates.
- Junior overseers and site supervisors.
- Engineering students and graduates seeking stronger field knowledge.
- Professionals wanting to improve surveying and AutoCAD plotting skills.
- Anyone preparing for field roles in construction, municipal or consultancy work.
Requirements
- No prior surveying experience required.
- Basic familiarity with AutoCAD helps but is not mandatory.
- Comfortable footwear and clothing suitable for outdoor field work.
What makes this course different
- Most local courses stop at instrument operation and basic traversing. This one teaches the outcome — a usable, verified building layout.
- Real road intersection layout training, led by a specialist — rarely offered elsewhere.
- Guidance from a senior advisor with 35+ years' experience, international exposure, and hands-on work on high-rise buildings and runway surveys.
- The field-to-CAD loop lets students watch their own field work turn into a finished drawing, within the same course.
Register for the next batch
Batches are kept to 10–15 participants so everyone gets individual instrument time. Contact us for the next available dates and fee details.
Contact details- Telephone
- 9768915887
- [email protected]
- Office
- Lasuntaar, Budhanilkantha-11, Kathmandu