In support of a local hydro engineering firm, Franklin Surveys mobilized to an idyllic section of the Farmington River in picturesque Barkhamsted, Connecticut. Our crew worked alongside a fluvial geomorphologist and his crew and independently to establish a base map for the project. Natural river forces, combined with the proximity of the adjacent river road, created … Read more
Franklin Surveys was hired as the land surveyor for a large scale river restoration project conducted in and around Whitford Pond, in southeastern Connecticut. The project is being headed up by Save the Sound, formerly known as Connecticut Fund for the Environment/Save the Sound. Whitford Pond is an impoundment created by the construction of an earth … Read more
Control Point Networks In the process of fieldwork, one of the important decisions for the crew chief is where to establish control points. Modern instruments are electro optical, meaning that they measure positions by sighting features through a telescope. The instrument is on a tripod erected directly over the control point such that the instrument … Read more