skwyd, post: 374809, member: 6874 wrote: Related to the lack of setting pincushions, don't call a monument off by 0.01'. The instrument can't reliably measure to that precision, you can't hold the rod that steady, and you can't guarantee that the bubble is that accurate.
You mean, like this (not that I've ever done things almost as dumb).
Nate The Surveyor, post: 374654, member: 291 wrote: This thread is intended to go on for a long time to come, as others add to this.
NEVER write a description, before setting corners.
IF you write it, and THEN go to set it, and FIND some other corner already there, you are now in a predicament. It's BEST not to write it, until you have SET all corners, and VISITED them all. I am in the middle of retracing another surveyor, who was being PUSHED to ger 'er done, and I have one of his descriptions, and it is on the PERIMETER of the project. And, we have a 31' difference, between where he SAYS the corner is, and where I found an old one.... I'd bet he never saw it.
OK, your turn.
Agree completely. The best example I've ever seen is the "Set 1/2" iron rebar" on new right-of-way plans, only it falls in the concrete floor inside an old restaurant, so I sort of doubt it was ever set.
If it looks wrong, double check it! If it doesn't make sense, question it! If the metal locator is still singing off, keep digging!
Always ask questions if you're unsure of what's expected of you. It's better to spend 5 extra minutes talking with your boss or your client on the front end than to waste 30 minutes in the field because you can't remember what to do on a job.
Read the scope of work in the proposal before starting the project, and again at least once more before sending it out the door. You may be surprised at what you assumed and what was expected.
One thing that bit me when working for different bosses were the way they communicated was different.
I had to learn to be a better communicator.
I had to learn to take notes because I dont remember everything.
Ask lots of questions, especially of the site super, learn what they're trying to guide them in the correct direction, a lot of that work is babysitting.
Beer Legs, post: 374774, member: 33 wrote: ALWAYS make sure that there is a fresh roll of tp in the Survey Chariot for those times when nature calls...
Or wear long sleeve shirts and come back sleeveless!
Never be afraid to ask a question because you think you will look "stupid".
Oh yeah, and also, don't be a dick.
FL/GA PLS., post: 383691, member: 379 wrote: Never be afraid to ask a question because you think you will look "stupid".
IF you have ever run a traverse around a section of land, with Transit, and tape, you see why the little pincushions look silly.
Nate
Never cuss the old timers. If you are very lucky, someday you will be one of those old timers.
Never pass up a chance to listen to an old man in a young mans game