Vishva Hithaishi

Land & Hydrographic Surveyor at Epoch Associates
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(386) 825-5501
Location
Malé, Maldives, MV
Languages
  • English Professional working proficiency
  • Sinhala Native or bilingual proficiency

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Credentials

  • FIG/IHO/ICA CAT-B (International Board on Standards of Competence (IBSC) for Hydrographic Surveyors and Nautical Cartographers in Category B level)
    International Hydrographic Organization (IHO)
    Aug, 2022
    - Nov, 2024
  • MRICS - Candidate (Geomatics Pathway)
    RICS

Experience

  • Epoch Associates
    • Maldives
    • Civil Engineering
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Land & Hydrographic Surveyor
      • Dec 2022 - Present

      ▪ Bathymetric Survey, Island’s Boundary Demarcations (Baseline, Territorial Zone, Exclusive Zone... etc) survey, Hydrographic Setting outs, Channels Progress Surveys, Topographic Surveys, Setting Out Surveys, Control Surveys, Precise Point Positionings (PPP), Drone Mappings, Progress Surveys, Volume Calculations, As Built Surveys, and all kind of surveying related field tasks have been covered. ▪ Also, Final survey reports, drawings, maps, charts, and all related deliverables of all surveyed tasks were prepared. ▪ Topcon/Sokkia/Trimble GNSS Receivers, Total Stations, Auto level, Sonarmite/Kongsberg Single Beam Echo Sounders & CHCNAV Apache 3 Compact Hydrographic Drone were used. ▪ For Bathymetric Survey, RTK-Tide Method was widely utilized. And for the data gathering & processing tasks, HYPACK software was used. ▪ The CHCNAV Apache 3 Compact Hydrographic Drone, an Unmanned Surface Vehicle (USV), was widely used for shallow area bathymetric surveys, and all the final deliverables were processed using its related software. ▪ For Drone Photogrammetric tasks, DJI Phantom 4 Pro V2, Phantom 4 RTK, Mavic 2 Pro, Mavic 3 Enterprise RTK Drones (UAVs) were used. For the processing tasks, Pix4D Mapper & DJI Terra software were utilized. ▪ Using drones, the wide range of activities covered included mapping, volume calculations, DEM modelling, video making and more. ▪ Total hours of Hydrographic Surveying – 220h Show less

  • NARA - National Aquatic Resources Research and Development Agency
    • Sri Lanka
    • Research Services
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Hydrographic Surveyor - National Hydrographic Office
      • Mar 2022 - Jun 2022

      Bathymetry Survey, Side Scan Survey, Hydrographic Setting out, Land Survey, and ENC & Chart Production were conducted.  Also, Bathymetry and Side Scan data were processed.  Kongsberg SBES, SVP, deso30 SBES, GNSS, SSS and MRU instruments were used.  Total offshore surveyed time - 225h  Total 24h continuous operation days - 5 days Bathymetry Survey, Side Scan Survey, Hydrographic Setting out, Land Survey, and ENC & Chart Production were conducted.  Also, Bathymetry and Side Scan data were processed.  Kongsberg SBES, SVP, deso30 SBES, GNSS, SSS and MRU instruments were used.  Total offshore surveyed time - 225h  Total 24h continuous operation days - 5 days

  • Vijitha Property Sales (Pvt) Ltd
    • Nittambuwa, Western Province, Sri Lanka
    • Geomatics Surveyor
      • Sep 2021 - Mar 2022

      Conduct land surveying and the making of legal documentation under the supervision of a Licensed Surveyor. * Also, work with care to resolve disputes and correct problems in the title documentation and deeds for different properties. * Using GNSS and TS instruments. * Total number of lands surveyed - 200 * Total number of plans made - 30 Conduct land surveying and the making of legal documentation under the supervision of a Licensed Surveyor. * Also, work with care to resolve disputes and correct problems in the title documentation and deeds for different properties. * Using GNSS and TS instruments. * Total number of lands surveyed - 200 * Total number of plans made - 30

  • Global Survey (Pvt) Ltd
    • Kandy, Daraniyagala, Gampaha, Kurunagala
    • Surveying Engineer
      • Aug 2019 - Mar 2022

      *Conducted initial road topographic survey, longitudinal section survey and cross section survey in Kothmale area for 100,000 Km Alternative Road System Project. Total length– 20km. *Conducted initial road topographic survey, longitudinal section survey and cross section survey in Ibbagamuwa and Malsiripura areas for pipe laying (NWSDB Projects). Total length – 25km. *Preliminary profile survey and Setting out survey for proposed 33kv double circuit tower lines in Mahara and Gampaha areas for Ceylon Electricity Board. Total length – 15km. *GNSS-RTK, Auto Level and TS instruments were used. *Total number of topo-surveyed lands – 05 *Total number of surveyed lands – 15 *Total number of small Buildings Setting out - 06 Show less

  • Global GIS
    • Sri Lanka
    • Retail Office Equipment
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Geomatics Surveyor
      • Feb 2021 - Sep 2021

      Conducted initial road topographic survey, longitudinal section survey, and cross-section survey of Kotmale, Matale, Raththota, and Rajjammana areas for pipe laying.  GNSS-RTK, Digital level, Auto Level, and TS instruments were used.  Total length – 210km  Total number of topo-surveyed lands – 16 Conducted initial road topographic survey, longitudinal section survey, and cross-section survey of Kotmale, Matale, Raththota, and Rajjammana areas for pipe laying.  GNSS-RTK, Digital level, Auto Level, and TS instruments were used.  Total length – 210km  Total number of topo-surveyed lands – 16

  • Self-employment
    • Kadawatha, Western Province, Sri Lanka
    • Electrician
      • Sep 2015 - Mar 2021

      *Total number of House Wiring - 23 *Total number of Building Wiring - 01 *Total number of House Wiring - 23 *Total number of Building Wiring - 01

  • 4ZERO Surveying & Engineering (Pvt) Ltd
    • Katharagama, Sri Lanka
    • Land Surveyor
      • Dec 2020 - Feb 2021

      *Conducted initial road topographic, longitudinal section, and cross-section surveys in the Gampaha district area for the 100,000 Km Alternative Road System Project. *GNSS, Auto Level, and TS instruments were used. *Total length – 15 km *Conducted initial road topographic, longitudinal section, and cross-section surveys in the Gampaha district area for the 100,000 Km Alternative Road System Project. *GNSS, Auto Level, and TS instruments were used. *Total length – 15 km

Education

  • Faculty of Geomatics, Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka
    BSc (Hons.) Surveying Sciences in Hydrographic Surveying (Geomatics Engineering), Geomatics Engineering & FIG/IHO/ICA Cat B in Hydrography
    2017 - 2022
  • Sri Dharmaloka College - Kelaniya
    G.C.E. A/L Examination (SL) in Physical Science Stream (C.Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry) - 2015, Z-Score 1.5
    2013 - 2015
  • Jayakody MV
    G.C.E. O/L Examination (SL) - 2012, 8A's & 1B
    2002 - 2012

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