Pics from the Field

At least you had the courtesy to not include photos of you in a tee shirt. Its 1C and raining here.

lookit all that yummy Angus brisket....

ps - Pic #3: from momma's posture I'd say she's "put you on notice".

Someone watching me yesterday...

As ET said in the movie......................hoooooooooooooooooooome

Winter bathymetric surveying

Jon Collins, post: 412410, member: 11135 wrote: Winter bathymetric surveying

That looks terrible.

WA-ID Surveyor, post: 417276, member: 6294 wrote:

This too, why bother...

Interesting modification to vertically set NGS Mark.... No I didn't epoxy the nail on there....

My day was mostly spent in the office of the County Clerk, with a brief interlude in the old County Jail where most of the County Surveyor's Records are kept.

The road back looked like an advertisement for Texas Highways magazine:

and ran back to a pleasant motel with a porch to sit out on and enjoy the Spring evening:

The county was one without a County Surveyor and the records were not in great shape. "When I win the lottery," I told one of the deputies, "I'll come organize the Surveyor's Records for you." It would be a project for conservation to preserve the originals and scanning to make them more accessible..

StLSurveyor, post: 417579, member: 7070 wrote: That looks terrible.

That week we had air temps of -10 to 0 in the day -20 at night. Winds were 20mph most of the time.

WA-ID Surveyor, post: 417276, member: 6294 wrote:

Looks fun

Kent McMillan, post: 417582, member: 3 wrote: My day was mostly spent in the office of the County Clerk, with a brief interlude in the old County Jail where most of the County Surveyor's Records are kept.

The road back looked like an advertisement for Texas Highways magazine:

and ran back to a pleasant motel with a porch to sit out on and enjoy the Spring evening:

The county was one without a County Surveyor and the records were not in great shape. "When I win the lottery," I told one of the deputies, "I'll come organize the Surveyor's Records for you." It would be a project for conservation to preserve the originals and scanning to make them more accessible..

Thats more like it!

Jon Collins, post: 412410, member: 11135 wrote: Winter bathymetric surveying

I suspect that it'll go a lot faster if you do it like this:

StLSurveyor, post: 417580, member: 7070 wrote: This too, why bother...

When you tell the client we can wait for the snow to melt and get the work done in 3 days or we can do it now in 6 at twice the cost. Client says get it done now....6 days it is. The field crew is more than glad to have winter work.

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This too, why bother...

WA-ID Surveyor, post: 417605, member: 6294 wrote: When you tell the client we can wait for the snow to melt and get the work done in 3 days or we can do it now in 6 at twice the cost. Client says get it done now....6 days it is. The field crew is more than glad to have winter work.

It really depends on what the task is. Sometimes it's considerably faster/cheaper to do it in the winter. There are many areas where you'd need helicopter access in the summer but you can easily ATV or snowmachine right to the area. In the photo where our crew is drilling holes in the ice there was a bridge scour problem that needed to be resolved prior to failure - if they can design it and permit it in time they can place rock using trucks on ice instead of a barge - there's some significant project cost savings if you can truck it instead of barging it.