I wish I had a picture of it but one corner I tried to find fell inside a 10" diameter steel bollard, 1/2" of rolled steel standing 5' high and filled with concrete and set in concrete. The thing would have stopped a tank. I flagged it up and called it the corner. I wasn't about to argue with the property owner who wanted something a little more durable than a 5/8 rebar.?ÿ
Reminds me of the lady who sued a cemetery because a main water line ran across the side of the cemetery near where she would be buried someday (her current location).?ÿ She claimed the line would leak over to her grave and drown her.
Based on her final destination, any water leaking that way would generate a steam spout to make Old Faithful look like nothing.
Around here they would have just thrown Kitty over the fence. ???ý?ÿ
And my experience is that 0.15 feet from a fence post there is generally a big hunk of concrete about 0.3 feet down...
I agree.
The fence isn't necessarily the boundary. We don't know how old it is, we don't know if it was intended to be on the line, we know none of that. It seems likely that the corner monument goes 0.15' from the fence. I would have pounded in a Mag and Tag, snapped a picture and walked away.
I have drilled a lead and tack into a shared driveway as a lady screamed at me that I was off by an inch. It is what it is. If they knew where their boundary was, I wouldn't be there.?ÿ
Does the same apply if your client tells you not to set the corner because they disagree with your survey?
I would set it anyway and let him have the joy of destroying it once I was out of sight.?ÿ What I don't know, won't hurt me.
Interesting question and one I've never had to wrestle with.
If I'm fired from a survey, I'm probably not setting the irons. If I've finished the survey and the client directs me not to set an(y) iron(s), then I haven't really finished the survey.
Is anyone relying on the non-set survey? Can anyone rely on a non-set survey if there is no record or map? Am I providing a record?
If I'm providing a record, then I have to set my irons (unless inaccessible). *Fact*
If I don't set irons (given that one or more need to be set/ reset), then do I have to provide a record? Required irons not set; no record of survey- what would that even be? money for nothing?
Am I at risk of failing to complete the contract? If the scope details completing the boundary and there is a valid contract, then I have to monument and provide a sealed report or map. This appears to be the bottom line.
I'm going to have to chew on this some more...
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