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agsProjectInvestigation

Object description

Basic metadata for investigations, generally ground investigations, relevant to the file/data set. Referenced from various parts of the schema. More detailed metadata may be provided using an agsiDataPropertySet object referenced from here.

The parent object of agsProjectInvestigation is agsProject

agsProjectInvestigation has associations (reference links) with the following objects:

agsProjectInvestigation has the following attributes:

Attributes

investigationID

Internal identifier for this investigation. Referenced by other parts of the schema such as agsiGeometryExpHole.
Type: string (identifier)
Condition: Required
Example: GIPackageA

investigationName

Name of investigation
Type: string
Condition: Required
Example: Gotham City Metro Purple Line, C999 Package A

description

Further description of investigation, if required
Type: string
Example: Preliminary sitewide investigation, March-July 2018

contractor

Contractor undertaking the investigation
Type: string
Condition: Recommended
Example: Boring Drilling Ltd

client

Commissioning (contracting) client for the investigation
Type: string
Condition: Recommended
Example: XYZ D&B Contractor

engineer

Organisation acting as Engineer, Investigation Supervisor, Contract Administrator or equivalent. If technical and contractual roles are split, then include both.
Type: string
Condition: Recommended
Example: ABC Consultants

parentProjectName

Name of the parent project that this investigation is for. If parent is ultimate parent project, then may be left blank.
Type: string
Example: C999 Area A Phase 1 Design and Build

ultimateProjectName

Name of the ultimate parent project that this investigation is for
Type: string
Condition: Recommended
Example: Gotham City Metro Purple Line

ultimateProjectClient

Client for the ultimate parent project
Type: string
Example: City Transport Authority

subcontractors

List of significant subcontractors or suppliers working on the investigation. List as a text string, not an array.
Type: string
Example: Acme Specialist Lab, XYZ Environmental Lab

fieldworkDateStart

Date of start of fieldwork. Date in ISO 8601 format so it could be to nearest month (2019-05) or just the year if exact date not available.
Type: string (date)
Condition: Recommended
Example: 2018-08-21

scopeDescription

Brief description of scope
Type: string
Example: Preliminary investigation comprising 27 boreholes of which 15 extended by rotary coring up to 55m depth, 45 CPT (max 15m), 35 trial pits, 26 dynamic sampling holes, geotechnical and contamination sampling and testing, piezometric monitoring, limited gas monitoring.

locationCoordinateProject

Coordinates, in a relevant model coordinate system (if applicable), of a point that represents the general location of the investigation, typically the middle of the site. Relevant system will be usually be a 3D system that is used for all 3D models, or a 2D map system. Do not use this attribute if multiple different 3D model systems are in use.
Type: array (coordinate tuple)
Example: [25500,13200]

locationCoordinateGlobal

Coordinates, in global coordinate system (national or regional system, as defined in agsProjectCoordinateSystem) of a point that represents the general location of the investigation, typically the middle of the site.
Type: array (coordinate tuple)
Example: [475270,137965]

locationDescription

Brief description that locates the site. Could be a postal address.
Type: string
Example: Gotham City, west, central and southeast

specificationDocumentSetID

Reference to the specification for the GI, details of which should be provided in an agsProjectDocumentSet object
Type: string (reference to documentSetID of agsProjectDocumentSet object)
Example: GIPackageASpec

reportDocumentSetID

Reference to the report(s), details of which should be provided in an agsProjectDocumentSet object
Type: string (reference to documentSetID of agsProjectDocumentSet object)
Example: GIPackageAReport

dataDocumentSetID

Reference to the data for the GI, typically the AGS (factual) data, details of which should be provided in an agsProjectDocumentSet object.
Type: string (reference to documentSetID of agsProjectDocumentSet object)
Example: GIPackageAData

propertySetID

Reference to an agsiDataPropertySet object. Used to provide further metadata relating to the investigation, if required.
Type: string (reference to propertySetID of agsiDataPropertySet object)
Example: PropGIGeneralA

remarks

Additional remarks, if required
Type: string
Example: Some additional remarks