Surveying the river

I love those jobs with requests that do not make sense. Sometimes there is a need for the extra "URGENT" info we collect but I suspect mainly it's because the design engineer hasn't made a site visit to see what they really need.

I'm sure you have a reason but why not use a total station with pole and prism rather than a level and staff?

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> I'm sure you have a reason but why not use a total station with pole and prism rather than a level and staff?

The level rod has DOT tape along it's length and is shot by a total station in reflectorless mode. No need to yell out rod heights (or use radios) and the instrument man can shoot anywhere along the 25' rod's length, which is great for shooting though (or over) dense vegetation.

I wouldn't recommend laying out foundations using this method though.

That's brilliant. I'll have to remember and steal that idea.

Perry-

Isn't it a bit early to go fora dip in the creek ?

Cheers,

Derek

I am now in the Thousand Islands on the St Lawrence River. A group of kayakers just arrived at the island nearby. Some of them are now swimming. TRUE CANADIANS! !

Hey, where is your PFD?

Here is some video of that job...

Cheat River Survey

Uh, I don't know why you think that is a river. We have rivers here that you wouldn't think of standing in. I profiled one the other day and it was 12' deep. 🙂

Indeed, a very good idea.

Somewhere around the winter of 97 we had one of those 'urgent' requests. The Engineer desperately needed cross sections of a basin that was full. It was about 35 degrees and the ice was just under an inch thick.
I put on chest waders and proceeded to cut sections at 50 foot intervals, all the while hoping the water didn't top the waders. It got dicey but we finished up without incident.
A few days later we drove by. The basin was bone dry. When I mentioned it to the Engineer that afternoon, he replied, 'Oh yea, I still haven't gotten to that data...".
Made me feel all warm and fuzzy inside...

> Uh, I don't know why you think that is a river. We have rivers here that you wouldn't think of standing in. I profiled one the other day and it was 12' deep. 🙂

Our rivers come in small medium and Large. this is a small one.

That's not a river...:

This is a river

That's not a river...:

Southern Virginia has "creeks" that we would call a River.