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@chris-bouffard
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Joined: December 12, 2016 10:53 am
Last seen: June 7, 2026 12:54 pm
Topics: 64 / Replies: 1427
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RE: Excavation entry

@holy-cow death happens in a variety of ways but some deaths are avoidable.

5 years ago
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RE: Excavation entry

@brad-ott The OSHA regs on this are as clear as they can be for everybody involved.?ÿ I will not budge on it.?ÿ There is no need to look at my busines...

5 years ago
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RE: Excavation entry

@norman-oklahoma there is no reason for anybody other than the form setters and masons climbing forms or measuring them.?ÿ The issue lies in fast pace...

5 years ago
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RE: Excavation entry

@mightymoe they want us to show them where the waterproofing tar/paint stops.

5 years ago
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RE: Excavation entry

@leegreen this is residential work, on the commercial jobs the over dig is usually so big that it's not an issue.

5 years ago
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RE: Excavation entry

@williwaw they either don't understand the danger or don't care.?ÿ I give them the elevation with fills to the first floor and they do the math to set...

5 years ago
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RE: Excavation entry

@dougie If they make it safe, I have no problem with it but they don't want to spend the money to do it properly.

5 years ago
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RE: Excavation entry

@larry-best why should I spent the extra time??ÿ Their form setters have no problem working in these holes and they have the attitude that if everybod...

5 years ago
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5 years ago
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RE: Staking a Concrete Pad for Residential

@bushaxe I work primarily in setting up all the construction layout my firm does and we do allot of it.?ÿ To stake what you mention, I would set 10' p...

5 years ago
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RE: Transition to Civil 3D 2022

I never learned to run cogo inside of pure CAD, except for MicroStation, which I hated with a passion.?ÿ Civil 3D is now pretty much the industry stan...

5 years ago
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RE: Considering becoming a surveyor. AI, engineering degree, snakes, and demand.

Gealing with sankes is easy, avoid them, they are just as afraid of you as you are of them.?ÿ Walk a wide circle around them and keep doing what you a...

5 years ago
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RE: Would you stop surveying if you won the lottery?

@gary_g LOL!?ÿ Why sell it back to let it evolve into what it used to be before you cleaned it up??ÿ How about making them work for you?

5 years ago
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RE: FS Exam Tips

Awesome!?ÿ Congrats!?ÿ It's always great to have somebody with a fresh eye and experience to pass on to the others coming up behind you!

5 years ago
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RE: Beer 30 has been monumented

Find the companion corner marked "It's 5 O' Clock Somewhere".?ÿ LOL! ?ÿ

5 years ago
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RE: Beer 30 has been monumented

@bill93 here in the North East, that baby won't last for mor than a couple freeze and thaw cycles.?ÿ Heaving will pop that sucker right out.

5 years ago
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RE: Would you stop surveying if you won the lottery?

If I won enough money, post tax, to carry me for another 30 to 35 years, leaving myself $1 million a year in cash to live on, I don't know that I woul...

5 years ago
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