EDSGN 100 Name:______________________

Fall 2015 Date:_______________________

EDSGN 100
Fall 2015
Civil Engineering Lab
Civil engineers are faced with many issues when designing site plans for any number of projects.
Two considerations for site design include controlling erosion and sediment caused by moving
water, as well as the management of post-construction stormwater caused by impermeable and
semipermeable surfaces. When designing these plans, some spatial requirements must be met to
store soil, equipment, and user facilities as well as control the disturbed area. This lab introduces
the design for handling such spatial requirements.

To download topographical contours, follow the outlined steps as follows:

1) Download Site Data from PASDA (Pennsylvania Spatial Data Clearinghouse) Go
to www.pasda.psu.edu and click on the Online Mapping tab toward the top center of
the screen. Then, on the left-hand side of the screen, click the link for Map Services.
Find the contours you are looking for and click to download.
2) Extract the Files Downloaded files will be in a compressed, zipped folder. You must
right click the folder and extract all files to a designated location
3) Open AutoCAD Civil 3-D software.
4) Import Shape Files When in model space, type the command MapImport. When the
dialog box appears, change the file extension to include all shape files. Find the path to
where you saved the files and select the shape file from the folder.
Procedure:
1) Go to angel and download the Point Park Contours file. Save this file to a file path of
your choosing (i.e. X: drive).
2) Open AutoCAD Civil 3-D and start a new drawing file. Once in model space, use XRef
to overlay the image of the Point Park Contours.
3) Next, using Google Maps, find Point Park in Pittsburgh, PA. Take a screen shot of the
image and paste it into the AutoCAD drawing file. (Note the scale at which you obtained
the screen shot.)
4) Once the screen shot image is inserted in model space, use the scale command to fit the
screen shot image to a 1:1 scale.
5) When the screen shot is to the correct scale, pick a common point and using the move
command, overlay the image onto the contours. Once the image is overlaid, right-click
the image and change the display order to send to back.
6) Create a new layer called PGHBuilding and change the color to DIC 577 under the
True Colors tab.
7) Using this new layer, trace all adjacent buildings around the Area Of Interest.
8) Create a new layer called Waterways and change the color to DIC 234 under the True
Colors tab.
EDSGN 100 Name:______________________
Fall 2015 Date:_______________________

9) Using this new layer, trace all waterways within and around the Area Of Interest.

Design
1) Design a road into Point State Park that leads to a gravel pad that can hold the following:
a. 2 Tractor Trailers
b. 1 Skid Steer Loader
c. 4 Porta-Pottys
d. 25 x 25 Soil Stockpile
e. Additional BMP supplies
(i.e. Filter Sock, Culvert, Rip Rap, E&S Matting) = 600 sq. ft.
2) Hatch the road and pad with the GRVL hatch pattern and color DIC 2540.
3) The pad cannot be placed over existing walkways, though the road is allowed to intersect
existing walkways.
4) Pad should be maneuverable by all equipment.

Deliverables
1) DWF drawing printed and turned in that includes labeled roads, pad, buildings, and
waterways.
2) Electronic DWG file submitted to the dropbox on Angel.
3) Show and label all items that will be stored on the pad.