Frost Amphitheater, Stanford University

Sandis provided surveying services for the development of Stanford University’s  Frost Amphitheater.

Sandis conducted 3D laser scanning and providing one set of construction stakes for the following: rough grade building, pad certification, building control,  storm drain; firewater,  domestic water,  sanitary sewer,  rough grade curb,  finish grade curb; finish grade seat walls,  finish grade meandering path, locate and verify existing control points,  establish off-sets for excavation,  centerline for the concert hall,  3 vertical benchmark locations; and horizontal radial stake.

Our engineers had a lot of fun engineering a solution to the drainage problem that outdoor amphitheaters often pose. The Frost Amphitheater in particular sits at the bottom of a small incline, resulting in the need to engineer a way to divert rainwater and create a landscape that diverted rather than gathered rainwater.