Busy out there?

I am about a month booked out. Busier than I have been in close to a year.

From the southwest pacific, yep, flat out. Have been for at least the last 5 years. Inversely proportional to finding staff that can actually do the work.

I've been sending work to other surveyors on a regular basis for months. One of those jobs was probably a $20,000 job. Passed one along today that was about 10 miles from another firm and 40 miles from me. Besides, they've done 20 jobs around that specific lake and I have done none. Had a call yesterday from a potential client who was giving up on her local survey firm and attempting to find anyone who might get it done sooner. I assured her she needed to stick with them. I wouldn't be there for at least six weeks. She was wanting to close on Friday of this week. I'm still waiting for payment from a job completed in mid-January that is now scheduled to close in mid-April. Her dream of closing on Friday is as close to reality as having Taylor Swift write a song about me and my terrible ways.

I work primarily in SW GA, SE AL and NW FL.... SW GA, nope... NW FL, yes.....

RADAR, post: 418711, member: 413 wrote: Is this the way it is all over the country/world?

I'm busier than I've ever been and the work keeps coming...

How about you?

Dougie

san Antonio- running 5-6 crews for the last 8 years

Busier than a one armed paper hanger in PDX. Doing all the work of a normal year plus the stuff that wasn't done c.2008-2013.

Already planning for 2018. Booked solid through 2017. Regretfully had to turn down a 900 unit subdivision. The production housing construction in Central FL is absolutely in the most frenzied mode I have ever seen in my 29 years in business. I suspect the same thing is happening all over metro areas, especially here and in TX.
Sooner or later the "bubble" ain't gonna pop, it's going to explode. 😮

Here in California, the Legislature has enacted amendments to our Subdivision Map Act over the past 10 years to automatically extend approval of tentative maps, due to the economic slowdown. That extension was modified last year to apply only to Counties which remain qualified as economically distressed (very few). As a result, final subdivision map submittals have returned to boom year levels, and applications for new tentative maps have also seen a large increase - at least in the urban areas.

I spend a good part of my day sending work to Dougie.

Daniel Ralph, post: 418801, member: 8817 wrote: I spend a good part of my day sending work to Dougie.

I don't know about that, Dougie is always telling us what a "swell guy" that [USER=413]@RADAR[/USER] dude is, you might give him a try. 😉

This is awesome news. Let's remember the lessons of the last cycle: Make hay while the sun shines, don't overcapitalize, don't buy a timeshare in Mexico.

FrozenNorth, post: 418810, member: 10219 wrote: Make hay while the sun shines

Schedule filled for the next year at least and jobs keep coming in. Had I not lived though slim times I'd say I wish it would let up a bit but have to take it when it's there.

This little video best sums up my work situation.
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Busier than a squirrel in a walnut orchard.

The question should be "Are you making a profit?" That's a lot different than just being busy!

In our case, not enough time to invoice, then chase non-payment, so probably no.

We've been super busy for years. However we had a lull since the holidays. Actually, we had a fast spot beginning of February.

I don't expect this to last long so I'm not worried at all. Feels nice not to be under fire and hearing the phone ring with clients wondering where their work is. I'll enjoy it while it lasts.