Ordnance Survey

These place-names are given on the Ordnance Survey maps as Manachan and Goonhilly Down. 

Control for highway construction has recently been installed for the widening of the Ml motorway North of London, from the M25 intersection to Junction 10, near Luton Airport, a distance of some 14 Km (Uniscott, 1991 [2]). Four receivers were deployed simultaneously to establish precise coordinates for 16 control stations. The network incorporated two high order Ordnance Survey control stations, one at Dunstable Down and the other on the roof of the tower of St Albans Cathedral. The deployment of GPS was justified on a cost basis, with estimated savings of some 60% over conventional means. The accuracy obtained also exceeded those which would have been achieved by conventional methods, by at least one order of magnitude. Over a site (which included the Ordnance Survey stations) of 12 Km by 20 Km, relative positional standard errors of 5 mm were typical. The observations were completed in only four days, with very little reconnaissance being required. 

Research on the Engineering applications of GPS at Nottingham University is sponsored by the United Kingdom Science and Engineering Research Council, and several other commercial organizations, notably Shell, British Petroleum, the Ordnance Survey, and Thames Water Utilities Ltd. Support for research on the applications of GPS in geophysics and geodynamics is also provided by the Natural Environment Research Council and the European Community. 

For a long time geodesists have been very well versed in handling networks. In almost all countries the ordnance survey is based on a triangulation network. Between the points of a geodetic network directions and distances are measured or the points are used for a photogrammetric analysis (Gaufi 1887 Linkwitz 1961 Baarda 1968). 

All the radiological information collected on and off the site is visually displayed on plant layout drawings and Ordnance Survey Maps respectively. Such information is progressively updated as the information is received from the monitoring teams. 

The Site Licence is a simple document containing a brief identification of the site, the type and size of the reactors, and a plan from an Ordnance Survey map delineating the site boundary. The Licence refers to schedules which require operating rule and maintenance schedules to be written and formally submitted to the Nil for approval. These are legally binding upon all station personnel and such documents are unique to a particular power station site. 

Figure 5. Quedgeley, Gloucestershire, National Filling Factory No.5, block plan illustrating the main activities of the building within the factory. Site plan redrawn from Ordnance Survey, Gloucestershire, 1923, 25-inch, Sheets XXXIII.IO and XXXIII.14. CopyrighLNMR...

Consider using an experienced ordnance survey, clearance and disposal company to undertake explosive ordnance threat assessment. 

The labels of seed bags are important documents for seed growers. They contain evidence of the variety sown and the reference number of the seed lot. It is important therefore that they are retained after sowing and that one example label is displayed in the crop (although these are often vandahsed) and that at least one is retained in the farm office with evidence of the name and Ordnance Survey (OS) number of the field where the seed is sown. There is a colour coding of labels which identifies the generation of a particular seed lot Pre-Basic seed - white with a purple stripe Basic seed - white Cl seed - blue C2 seed - red. 

This survey work is published on coloured Ordnance Survey maps on three scales ... 

Historical Ordnance Survey maps and site plans and if available, aerial photographs Yes D/No ... 

S.M. Kaye, Determination of the Purity of Inorganic Compounds of Ordnance Interest by Titration in Nonaqueous Madium , PATR 1947 (1953) 30a) Ibid, A Survey of the... 

A comprehensive survey of the IR spectra of inorganic nitrates and analytical techniques for the determination of ordnance related nitrates is presented in Ref 32. The applications of IR spectroscopy to identification and quantitative analysis have ako been reviewed (Ref 37)... 

J. R. Holden, Literature Survey on the Effects of Neutron and Electromagnetic Irradiation on Explosives, U.S. Naval Ordnance Laboratory NAVORD Report 4448, (AD-127340), White Oak, Md., 1957. 

Forester Electromagnetic Detector A test conducted at the Comhusker Army Ammunition Plant (CAAP) required unexploded ordnance (UXO) support in order to investigate the subsurface in areas where ordnance disposal activities may have occurred. An UXO geophysical team used the Forester Electromagnetic Detector (MK 26 Ordnance Locator), Eagle 2, White 6000 for both surface sweeps and subsurface surveys. 

A very experienced ordnance contractor—a former artillery colonel with a Ph.D. in Chemistry, Tom Jenkins—was cleaning up a remote howitzer range. The several mile morning dirt road trip in the jeep was made more fun by that one bump in the road, over which they could clear all four wheels. After finishing the range, an air geophysical survey of nearby areas for stray rounds found one anomaly. The bump in the dirt road turned out to be a 200-pound live fused bomb. 

Third, atomic bomb tests in the west may have contaminated areas later used as ranges for conventional ordnance. Radioactive elements in the early atom bombs have a half-life of 12,000 years. Thus, these areas are just about as radioactive now as they were 60 years ago. Ranges in suspected atomic bomb test plumes should be surveyed prior to ordnance recovery work. Radio assay of groundwater or drinking water also requires substantial expertise. 

Because the remediation efforts at Spring Valley did not address all of the areas of concern reflected in the Historical Report, serious questions remain over the adequacy of the search for unexploded ordnance as well as the survey for residual contamination from the toxic substances used in the research. There are five areas of research findings that bear on the issue of whether or not a potential for more buried chemical weapons munitions exists ... 

The District of Columbia surveyed the area of the Glenbrook Road Ground Scar with a Fisher M-Scope Gemini-3 instrument. A large anomaly, at a 45° angle to the road, exists exactly at the ground scar placement by EPIC and Parsons. The anomaly was outlined with blue paint. Other nearby areas were also surveyed by the Corps and three pits containing live ordnance have been discovered. Two pits are within 150 feet of this anomaly. 

Where practicable/feasible a threat assessment and underwater survey should be carried out to ascertain the presence or otherwise of unexploded ordnance in an area. If a proactive approach is not possible, reactive measures need to be explored. The guidelines given in Box 4.8 have been prepared specifically to provide advice and recommendations as to the measures to be undertaken in the event that ordnance items are encountered. 

Information regarding the possible/probablc presence of ordnance and the results of any surveys, previous clearance operations, etc. should be included in any Pre-Tcndcr H S Plan provided by the client. However, this information is usually extremely generic c.g. unexpioded ordnance may be present... and places the onus on the contractor to manage the situation. 

It is unlikely that a survey will be 100% accurate, so it is important to have emergency procedures in place to deal with any unexploded ordnance dug up during the works. This would include ... 

The procedures put in place for a particular project will be based on the results of a risk assessment that should consider issues such as locality of military firing ranges, previous survey results, previous ordnance finds, local knowledge, etc. 

China Ordnance Industry Survey, Design Research Institute, Beijing, China... 

The geotechnical engineering investigation report of Shunyi Olympic Rowing—Canoeing Park for 2008 Olympics, China Ordnance Industry Survey, Design Research Institute, 8, 2004. 

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