well, this is not a joke, but it should be
same civil engineer that thinks he knows how we do what we do. two years ago he asked about the MDSHA datum. what is it? we tell him we think it would be Maryland State Highway that published it. however, it is not a datum. he tells us we obviously don't know what we're talking about, so he walks away to ask someone else.
should have fabricated something and sent him on his way. maybe something along the line of "mercator demarcation special high accuracy". that would get him satisfied. any other suggestions? maybe "ModifieD Shape Hopfield Arcmap"
today he described for us how we do our radial topography. interesting new concept. set up on one end of the baseline, backsight the other, and collect measurements by station and offset. truly an innovation for a robotic total station. not sure my leica will be able to stand up to such an innovation of technology.
"ModifieD Shape Hopfield Arcmap"
Now that is funny!
He's lucky he didn't get a knuckle sandwich! that kind of Bullsh t needs to be called out and eradicated. It can only be destructive in the business. He clearly has no idea what your division provides the firm.
edit... I guess we can't say sh t here. fyi.
or sh! t. that won't work either.. that Wendell is pretty sneaky! 😀
"All you have to do is setup here......" One of the main reasons that I left my long term employment and started on my own was because I was sick and tired of arguing with PE"s trying to tell me how to do my job....
I finally said, " Hey, water flows downhill, how hard can it be to design drainage??!!"
Jim Reilly at NMSU his favorite quote was "solids flow downhill". he said that summed up all of civil engineering.
set up on one end of the baseline, backsight the other, and collect measurements by station and offset.
You should encourage him to contact other surveying companies and talk to them about his newfound technological discovery.... 😉
I can explain it to you, but I can't understand it for you...
Maybe even offer a free seminar...
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I bet if he wrote it up in a magazine article POB would print it.
But I think you can say poop.
Lemme guess, this was his thought process:
"Uh, yeah, it's like a radial arm saw... the robotic TS drives itself along the alignment like the sawblade and shoots perpendicularly right and left as it travels."
LOL!
😛