The question really isn't what the low bidder charges. It's how much money he left on the table. If the second lowest bidder was just a dollar more then the problem isn't the low bidder, it's a system that has too many surveyors chasing too little work.
Mark Mayer, post: 428107, member: 424 wrote: The question really isn't what the low bidder charges. It's how much money he left on the table. If the second lowest bidder was just a dollar more then the problem isn't the low bidder, it's a system that has too many surveyors chasing too little work.
well, it's Bock&Clark, so i'm gonna go ahead and toss whatever normal market force metric that would normally apply right out the window. don't know how it is everywhere, but I haven't heard about a Texas surveyor hurting for work in about 6 or 7 years.
the fee, with taxes, came in a fair ways short of 5K. keep in mind this is new construction, about 5 acres covered with improvements, with no prior work upon which to rely, and they did not do the site plan or any precon work. so, basically, a tabula rasa ALTA for somewhere on the order of 20-25% of what I would estimate for that job. based upon how i priced things, i might be a little bit high- but much closer to the mean than the fee invoiced here.
Mark Mayer, post: 426063, member: 424 wrote: But is it the surveyor who will eat it or the title company? If the easements were not listed on the title report then it's the title company. If they were on the title report and not accounted for on the survey I have to wonder how that slipped by title company inspection.
Every time I've found something like that, they just revise the title commitment and ask me to address it, which is cyclical because they wouldn't have know about it unless I'd addressed it already.
flyin solo, post: 428108, member: 8089 wrote: well, it's Bock&Clark, so i'm gonna go ahead and toss whatever normal market force metric that would normally apply right out the window. don't know how it is everywhere, but I haven't heard about a Texas surveyor hurting for work in about 6 or 7 years.
the fee, with taxes, came in a fair ways short of 5K. keep in mind this is new construction, about 5 acres covered with improvements, with no prior work upon which to rely, and they did not do the site plan or any precon work. so, basically, a tabula rasa ALTA for somewhere on the order of 20-25% of what I would estimate for that job. based upon how i priced things, i might be a little bit high- but much closer to the mean than the fee invoiced here.
You haven't been listening thing. Things only began to improve, with the exception of 2011, last year from 2008.
Kris Morgan, post: 428116, member: 29 wrote: You haven't been listening thing. Things only began to improve, with the exception of 2011, last year from 2008.
fair enough. shoulda said i haven't heard about a Texas surveyor within 250 miles of where i'm sitting...
Mark Mayer, post: 428107, member: 424 wrote: ...it's a system that has too many surveyors chasing too little work.
That comment was not meant to excuse someone for undertaking a piece of work and failing to even appear to complete it. The scenario you are describing smells like gross incompetence to me.
thebionicman, post: 428071, member: 8136 wrote: The nice part of multi State Licensure is the cool ideas you get from other states.
In Nevada if the map is submitted three times and still deficient you turn it over to the Board. Problem solved...
I like that!
