Had 2 sections to locate, 11 section corners, 6 property pins, set 2center 1/4's, one 1/4, 3 1/16ths, two property corners, locate all the fences and run 1/2 mile of line every 300' or so.......
Most of the section lines had been GPS'ed 15 years ago, but needed to re-occupy them. Sent PC out, 45 minutes from office and meeting with the client at 9:30 after the base is set-up.
Figured two days, he shows up about 4, all done.
Oh well,,,,,,,,,,
Now find something for him tomorrow and get it set up.
MightyMoe, post: 357409, member: 700 wrote: Had 2 sections to locate, 11 section corners, 6 property pins, set 2center 1/4's, one 1/4, 3 1/16ths, two property corners, locate all the fences and run 1/2 mile of line every 300' or so.......
Most of the section lines had been GPS'ed 15 years ago, but needed to re-occupy them. Sent PC out, 45 minutes from office and meeting with the client at 9:30 after the base is set-up.
Figured two days, he shows up about 4, all done.
Oh well,,,,,,,,,,
Now find something for him tomorrow and get it set up.
[sarcasm]Well, He obviously never spent enough time writing adequate monument descriptions[/sarcasm] :whistle:
Perhaps reward the PC by letting him shadow you for a day of computations AND decision making?
DDSM:beer:
Rankin_File, post: 357412, member: 101 wrote: [sarcasm]Well, He obviously never spent enough time writing adequate monument descriptions[/sarcasm] :whistle:
That's what phones are 4
Send his butt back out there and tell him to do it right this time. Something, somewhere, didn't happen.
Back in the early 90's, the crew I worked with took 22 traverse nails with them. They figured when they set 21 traverse points, they'd done enough in one day. They allowed one nail extra in case they lost it.
In the days of chain and transit there was a crew that ended the day after 2,000 ft of cutting line, chain and traverse and chain in the opposite direction back to the truck.
I think most of the reason was because the local land surveyors were paying half of what construction staking was paying.
Was it too fast because he was supposed to make it last the two days, or too fast because you believe he did it incorrectly or didn't bring back enough information? Crews do have good days ya know. Unless you have a good for nothin' crew I guess.
I understood the Op to be complimentary to the PC for being able to complete a lot of work to the satisfaction of the MOE and in less than the anticipated time allotted.
McCracker, post: 357438, member: 9299 wrote: Was it too fast because he was supposed to make it last the two days, or too fast because you believe he did it incorrectly or didn't bring back enough information? Crews do have good days ya know. Unless you have a good for nothin' crew I guess.
He didn't do anything wrong,,,,,,,,,I just overestimated how much time it would take, still surprised he got it all done, it wasn't all that easy.
Rankin_File, post: 357442, member: 101 wrote: I understood the Op to be complimentary to the PC for being able to complete a lot of work to the satisfaction of the MOE and in less than the anticipated time allotted.
Yes exactly
Trained by TEDD!
Laid off cause they were too slow - and drank too much water ...
Don't ya just hate when the field crew messes up your whole schedule like that! LOL
Dtp
foggyidea, post: 357501, member: 155 wrote: Don't ya just hate when the field crew messes up your whole schedule like that! LOL
Dtp
I do, then I end up scrambling,,,,LOL
Not only that, but he came in and drew most of it up.
So what do I do?
MightyMoe, post: 357543, member: 700 wrote: I do, then I end up scrambling,,,,LOL
Not only that, but he came in and drew most of it up.
So what do I do?
Post on Surveyor Connect.....what else. 😀
Stephen Ward, post: 357548, member: 1206 wrote: Post on Surveyor Connect.....what else. 😀
shhhhhh 😉
Larry would love to use this as an example of VALUE pricing v (the death of your business) HOURLY pricing.
A big pat on the back and a hearty "WELL DONE!".
Oh, and take the rest of the day off on you.
vern, post: 357639, member: 3436 wrote: A big pat on the back and a hearty "WELL DONE!".
Oh, and take the rest of the day off on you.
Lets not get crazy
Experience has taught me to be distrustful whenever things go too well or too quickly. Something, somewhere will eventually bite me in the butt. It may be a few years later when I have an adjoining tract to survey and discover what was overlooked in that neighborhood in the first project. Some will brag they can review a survey plat in five minutes or less and catch all mistakes, if any, present. Nope. Most plats have far too many things on them to allow that many judgments to be made correctly in such a short time. Finding an incorrectly spelled street name is easy. Finding a transposition is a bit tougher (977.77 vs 979.79). Finding an entirely incorrect number is far tougher. Comparing all parts of the wording of the description with all of the labels identifying those same parts on the drawing is tough enough. And, the really monumental errors are the toughest to catch. For example, the survey was of Lot 17 or was in Section 34 but the plat, or description, or both, consistently refer to Lot 27 or Section 33.
