Did a survey (almost a year ago??!!) of the interior and exterior of a gutted commercial building. All the interior corners and waypoints along the walls (ceilings and floors) were shot with a reflectorless ts due to the fact that the "property lines" run along and through common walls and we were asked to provide the interior wall heights.
The floors are a hodge-podge and so are the ceilings. As per instructions, the F.F. of the main portion was called "100.00' " All of this data was tied to the property boundary. We spent way-too-much time on it, but it was hourly and shady indoors. It was kinda fun to put it all together.
Got an email this morning from the arky-teck. He's convinced there's some bad data. Seems as though in all of the corners of the six or seven rooms there are two shots. They seem to vary about 8 to 10 feet 'higher' than the corner shots.
Now he has noticed that I have line work drawn to the points that are around the 100 elevation. The points that are from 108.75' to 110.5' seem to be just a minor amount off horizontally because there is no line work drawn to them. He wants to ignore the 'higher' elevations because the lower ones "seem" to be correct.
Oh, also, he thought we were suppose to measure the wall heights in all areas. That info seems to be missing. When we check these 'bad' points could I also please forward the missing wall height dimensions?
Am I the only one that thinks this guy didn't get his oats this morning?
buy 'em books...and they chew the pages up. :pinch:
Down here in "Wonder World" they are referred to as "Artichokes". in forty years of Surveying I can remember only one Architect whose house plans added up correctly.
Have a great week! B-)
You buy'em books and buy'em books and they still can't read.
Cosidering that this is all coming from a "College Graduate", sucks all the humor out of the story. No wonder our country is "slip-slidding away". :-O :pissed:
Work in a Civil/Survey/Architecture firm for several years with an architect that had been an army artillery control surveyor. Said he set artillery control points and ran triangulation networks in Germany during the 1960s and taught in the army survey school. Went to college for architecture after leaving the army.
He knew more about control surveys and adjustment than many surveyors I have worked with. Working on a site survey he requested was always a positive experience. Once a young architecture school grad was questioning sidewalk vs finished floor elevations on an existing building rehab about a mile from the office. He was sure the crew had missed elevation shots near the front door. Rush project and he wanted to call a crew back from 10 miles away for 5 minutes of work.
Senior architect told him there is a level, tripod and level rod in the closet behind you. If you need the information that bad take one of the drafters and go get it yourself. Younger architect was totally lost and came to me asking how to take level notes. After he left older fellow told me I was overly kind and should have said if your so smart figure it out yourself.
That is an Architect I could work with and not call bad names.B-)
but that is the only one I have ever heard of and I have NEVER met one.:excruciating:
> That is an Architect I could work with and not call bad names.B-)
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> but that is the only one I have ever heard of and I have NEVER met one.:excruciating:
Last I knew the gentleman was principal of an architecture firm in the Flint, MI area. May be others on this board have worked with him and not known the full background. He could get a bit difficult with incompetent survey work.:-@