Jim in AZ, post: 354216, member: 249 wrote: Do you have any data to support this? We currently have a USFS contract that recognizes us as providing Professional Services...
The one that I remember was a Corps of Engineers contract but either POB or Professional Surveyor had pretty good article on this.
Kent McMillan, post: 354345, member: 3 wrote: Yes, although, except in the case of the most routine tasks, the various parts of the survey will be much more more contingent upon different variables, including terrain, technology, state of public records, remaining evidence, et cet. Sort of like the mechanic who took the job on understanding it was a water pump on a late-model Ford truck, but having a Hispano-Suiza actually arrive in his shop.
It would be an enormously useful contribution to get a general consensus of how different scenarios effect the time required for different types of work. Naturally the time estimates will vary wildly by locality and jurisdiction, but it would still be a project worth tackling.
Perhaps just require that the survey include the billed amount within the signature block?
Then you could have people looking at two surveys: This one was $500, this one was $5000...which one do I believe?
This is a little tongue in cheek, but when you think about it for a bit, it would be very interesting.
Bushwhacker, post: 354410, member: 10727 wrote: The one that I remember was a Corps of Engineers contract but either POB or Professional Surveyor had pretty good article on this.
The classification can have bearing on the need to pay prevailing wage, I believe.
We have submitted our scope of services to the labor department in the past, and they have outlined for us which was which (technical, which is prevailing wage vs professional, where the wage is not regulated). Within a project there can be both, by the same person.
