Probably for the same reason that I've seen surveyors submit sanitary sewer as-builts with invert elevations to the thousandth. If the number is on t...

I remember jumping across a creek with a tripod and transit over my shoulder. Just as I jumped my foot tangled in a vine and down I went. I cannot t...

The quality of their work and the quality of their measurements are not necessarily the same. We had a surveyor here locally that didn't tape very wel...

paden cash, post: 337137, member: 20 wrote: I always try to make myself available to my close clients. I get very little after hours chatter, but whe...

rfc, post: 337178, member: 8882 wrote: I think it's because I bought it from a concrete contractor. Do construction folks use feet and inches as a gen...

A farm near my hometown had one of the fields covered with the leftover mash from a distillery. I don't have any idea how well it worked as fertilize...

Blake, I understand what you are saying. I'm not about to go out and "hunt" a drone. However, here where I grew up farmers supplement their income b...

I spent Saturday afternoon on the edge of a peanut field attempting to shoot a few doves for supper. I can assure you that anyone dumb enough to fly ...

62. I first held the back end of a chain (tape) 40+ years ago.

Arrive early to make sure all the crews have what they need and are headed in the right direction.Check voice mails and emails for any changes necessa...

I once had a client like that. He would follow us around for hours sometimes. On one of his projects we got into a yellow jacket nest and covered th...