Excerpt from The Law of Operations Preliminary to Construction in Engineering and Architecture: Rights in Real Property, Boundaries, Easements, and Franchises, for Engineers, Architects, Contractors, Builders, Public Officers and Attorneys at Law This book might consistently have been entitled "Engineering and Architectural Jurisprudence," and have made a volume of an earlier work published under that name by the author. In fact a large part of the material from which this book has been prepared, was collected for the earlier book, and would have been embodied in it had not its size forbidden. The earlier book was a presentation of the law of construction, while this treats of the law attending those operations which precede construction. Such operations are those required for the determination of data and information which should be obtained before a project is undertaken. They comprise the preliminary surveys and investigations to determine the boundaries, the areas, the elevations, the quantities, and the other physical conditions and phenomena that exist and from which the cost, resources, and revenues of the enterprise are estimated. They include an estimate of the value of the natural products, forces, and benefits to be appropriated or utilized in the undertaking, and a determination of the rights and powers to be secured, and of the duties and obligations which attend the carrying out of the enterprise. These are essentially things to be determined before construction work may be commenced, but the misfortune is that they are too frequently overlooked until the time for their favorable acquisition has passed, when they are secured at great cost and expense. The necessity for such a work as the present one may not be at once apparent, and while the author has no apologies to make for its presentation, he has thought it expedient to explain the occasion for a combined treatment of the subjects of law and construction, and particularly the utility of a work setting forth the legal difficulties met with in Operations Preliminary to Construction. The book has been written for engineers, architects, and those persons engaged in the promotion, organization, construction, and operation of projects usually embraced within the general term of public improvement, or of private enterprises of such magnitude as to be of public interest, first and foremost because there is no book published in English covering the same ground. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
