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. 6, March 26, 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.
