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Joined: December 12, 2016 10:53 am
Last seen: June 4, 2026 10:18 am
Topics: 64 / Replies: 1427
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RE: How to become a surveyor in the USA from other countries

I'm just wondering, if Mass. requires you to submit examples of your work, what are they looking for? If you're not licensed, how can you show them a...

2 years ago
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RE: Selling old survey to another client

It's time to stop thinking about what a realtor does or what they get paid for, that's not within our control, we need to start thinking about our pri...

2 years ago
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RE: Selling old survey to another client

There are limited situations where I share my CAD files to anybody, unless they are current and that was part of the of the contract that I had with m...

2 years ago
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RE: Right-of-Entry laws

NJ right of entry law does not specify specific parcel limitations when carrying out a survey of a particular parcel. It simply states that surveyors...

2 years ago
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RE: Selling old survey to another client

No matter what approach that you take, you will still have to update your survey and check to see that nothing has changed before re-issuing the surve...

2 years ago
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RE: Tips to inspire field crew?

What the "crux" of the conversation really is revolves on where you see yourself in the future. You clearly have put in the effort to obtain your LSI...

2 years ago
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RE: Tips to inspire field crew?

I've been surveying for 41 years now, licensed for 31. I love what I do and the people I work with. There are close to 30 people on my staff, every ...

2 years ago
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RE: Tips to inspire field crew?

Like you, I have worked in management positions in a hand full of different companies and have experienced the good, bad and ugly. Those experiences ...

2 years ago
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RE: Tips to inspire field crew?

In reading your post, questions come to mind. Are you speaking of individuals only in your crew or are you concerned with multiple crews? The answer...

2 years ago
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RE: Checking the pulse of traverse closure

Your measurements can be down to the Knatt's anus but they are secondary to found, undisturbed, called for original monuments that are found and shoul...

2 years ago
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RE: Carlson & Civil 3D

I started using ACAD back in the DOS days and still use the old school commands.

2 years ago
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RE: Carlson & Civil 3D

C3D has become the industry standard CAD platform in the E & S world, so, clearly, C3D is the choice to go with for your CAD platform. Carlson co...

2 years ago
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RE: Client Recording Deceased Surveyors Record of Survey

Your post is a bit confusing as you say that it was a record survey that needs to filed. The signature and seal should be sufficient to get the filin...

2 years ago
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RE: Carlson SurvNet v18 in Carlson Survey 2024

I've been a Carlson user since 2002, while I do not dig deep into its full capabilities, I've always considered their software and tech support outsta...

2 years ago
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RE: Checking the pulse of traverse closure

CR adjustments are pretty much gone these days with the variety of more modern methods and software. I can remember being trained in Trimble GPS proc...

2 years ago
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RE: Checking the pulse of traverse closure

If you hit the minimum closure standards on a small lot in a monumented subdivision, holding original mons, that's fine, but, if I'm doing a larger bo...

2 years ago
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RE: Discussions with the hardheaded

The discussion hinged on setting points in typical concrete, the photo presented appeared to be a typical sidewalk. The methods that you describe for...

2 years ago
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RE: Discussions with the hardheaded

He is working outdoors in the normal seasonal fluctuations and temps. He is insistent that the concrete will not move because hip point is, essential...

2 years ago
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RE: Discussions with the hardheaded

It was not in the way that I engaged him, it was his persistence that his way of setting points in concrete somehow stay put while the concrete moves.

2 years ago
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RE: State GeoTIFF and Lidar Data

While I have not used them in years, New Jersey has aerial photos in State Plane, they were called Mr. Sidds, not sure they still are. They were free...

2 years ago
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