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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: Underground Stormwater Detention Design

Step 1, have soil borings done in the area of UG detention and figure out your percolation rate.?ÿ Step 2, consider your drainage area.?ÿ Step 3, calc...

5 years ago
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RE: Ring Ring

I have a similar thing going on right now.?ÿ Client sits on plans for 4 long and tall retaining walls.?ÿ Call comes in on Wednesday of last week to ha...

5 years ago
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RE: Worth $40?

But WAIT!!!!?ÿ If you buy now, we'll add..........LOL!

5 years ago
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RE: Avoiding mistakes when not traversing?

@norman-oklahoma I do outbound and topo surveys on average lot sizes of one acre for urban home demolition, subdivision and reconstruction and strongl...

5 years ago
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RE: Error in survey? Who's responsible

If I am understanding you correctly you bought five acres and were required to have a 50' X 300' piece for access. Was that 50' X 300' originally dee...

5 years ago
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RE: Rising Cost of Doing Business

@rover83 In my opinion, I'm not concerned about it being even viewed or "stolen".?ÿ If you want to steal my work, run with it, not verify it, and put ...

5 years ago
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RE: Rising Cost of Doing Business

@dmyhill It means that if you engage me to survey your property for the purpose of a land transaction, I am engaging in the signed agreement represent...

5 years ago
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RE: Rising Cost of Doing Business

@northernsurveyor it's a simple concept, read through this chain and see my response to somebody else from about 2 minutes ago.?ÿ New Jersey has requi...

5 years ago
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RE: Rising Cost of Doing Business

@aliquot how so??ÿ If you were to retrieve a copy of your PIQ, are you going to accept it as golden or put in the work to chase the POB back to it's t...

5 years ago
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RE: Surveyor's preparing Deeds

The ironic part is that the Attorneys typically copy our text from the description word for word and charge their clients as if the writings were thei...

5 years ago
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RE: Rising Cost of Doing Business

@rover83?ÿ Having complete historical records is great for surveyors but of no general benefit to the public.?ÿ The layman does not know how to extrac...

5 years ago
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RE: How many is "tally"?

I work in one of the Colonial states where different types of chains were used.?ÿ If I remember, a tally was every ten links and assume that related t...

5 years ago
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RE: And now in THIS corner......GIS takes another stab at lowering the bar II (Not click bait...)

@tim-v-pls no need to be gentle.?ÿ LOL!?ÿ My skin is leathered up from the years in the field and thick as well.?ÿ Intended use is the key thing.?ÿ In...

5 years ago
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RE: Surveyor's preparing Deeds

@thebionicman in NJ we write legal descriptions.?ÿ Legal descriptions are not necessary but title companies want them so their legal staff can copy ou...

5 years ago
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RE: Rising Cost of Doing Business

@aliquot I'm not sure what you state you practice in but in NJ, even if you could retrieve a copy of a survey from the County Clerk, it likely wouldn'...

5 years ago
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RE: And now in THIS corner......GIS takes another stab at lowering the bar II (Not click bait...)

GIS, as it relates to accurate positioning equates to Garbage In Sink.?ÿ As soon as you throw a line on a product purporting it to be a property line,...

5 years ago
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RE: Surveyor's preparing Deeds

@thebionicman Microsoft Word - Preparation of legal documents (firstjerseytitle.com) ?ÿ

5 years ago
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RE: Rising Cost of Doing Business

In NJ, surveys are not recorded so surprisingly, we don't face those costs but are taxed to death on virtually everything else.

5 years ago
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RE: Surveyor's preparing Deeds

@lurker you beat me to it, writing a legal description falls with the expertise of a Surveyor, I write them routinely for title companies.?ÿ Writing a...

5 years ago
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RE: Partial street replacement and hydrology

I used to work in Engineering designing roadway reconstruction projects.?ÿ Many of the streets I worked on were concrete with curb.?ÿ Many of the orig...

5 years ago
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