70 acre topo and tree survey, probably 300 trees to be tagged and a couple of creeks thrown into the mix. Very thick dry old cedar that just try's to poke holes in you, thick briars, maybe a 75 foot drop from front to back, just a nasty nasty job.
This will be his first one of these and it will be a total station job the whole way.
I spent 3 hours with him and his crew on-site explaining how he needs to approach this.
It wore me out just doing that.
He started this today and is a nervous wreck and has called me 5 times today, nice to have cell phones these days for sure.
Usually he can do most of our jobs with GPS with minimum total station usage and he does them very well, but time to get dirty, bleed and think on his feet all day long for a few days. I have plenty of field time in the budget, but he does not know that.
Very good job for the young-en.
Randy
Aggravating as it may be, good thing he calls.
When it is obvious that he never asks the same question again will be the true sign.
B-)
Well said!!! We have all been there in our early days.
I remember when I first started as a crew chief, I did mostly construction staking which I was pretty good at thanks to my mentor and then I was given a huge boundary survey, I don't think I slept the night before.
I used to have to drive off site with a pocketful of quarters to use the pay phone.
Randy
> 70 acre topo and tree survey, probably 300 trees to be tagged and a couple of creeks thrown into the mix. Very thick dry old cedar that just try's to poke holes in you, thick briars, maybe a 75 foot drop from front to back, just a nasty nasty job.
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> This will be his first one of these and it will be a total station job the whole way.
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> I spent 3 hours with him and his crew on-site explaining how he needs to approach this.
> It wore me out just doing that.
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> He started this today and is a nervous wreck and has called me 5 times today, nice to have cell phones these days for sure.
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> Usually he can do most of our jobs with GPS with minimum total station usage and he does them very well, but time to get dirty, bleed and think on his feet all day long for a few days. I have plenty of field time in the budget, but he does not know that.
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> Very good job for the young-en.
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> Randy
Those creeks supposed to be flowing right now? Is it anywhere near Lake Travis? It's amazing how much the drought has affected Buchanan and Travis. I'm glad I'm not dependent upon a private well out in the boonies any more. Sad thing was I was being taxed for "lake view" property, but hadn't seen a lake in a few years.
I did a few boundary surveys like those you described near Inks Lake.
A refreshing and encouraging post. Hope for the future. He is beginning his education in hard knocks.