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Which way does the staking shift?
crew is provide a set of plans with datum statement, being on the local state plane. Crew establishes connectivity the local Net, assumes the proper projection and begins staking clearing limits. After a couple of hours the crew has worked their way to control shown on the plan set and check, only to find the control point is 2-ft larger in the Northerly coordinate than reported on the plan set. Addition plan set control is checked finding the same error in the Northern coordinate. Further checking isolates the error to the plan set. Crew localizes to the plan set control and continues staking. Next day the crew moves the clearing limits North 2-ft for work done before the localization. Did they adjust the stakes correctly?
The problem should not have occurred initially with a check first, then stake procedure, but the blunder was committed and repair was necessary. Only question for the client is, was the fix to the North the correct choice?
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