True, but basic questions on big jobs...? Bear in mind that if the highway is open to traffic you need GOOD illumination on yourself - and somebody w...
We have a little in-house programme which runs through all the point codes in the database used to produce the drawing: it lists out the codes used in...
I have the 4000 system User Manual, so I could scan any sections you want.
@robots You said you were in Europe. If you get really stuck Survey Solutions in Edinburgh still maintain our 5600 so they could probably help out (n...
@jph I always put something temporary down, just in case. A cross-head screw will do. Don't do that and you'll kick the leg and yourself!
Yes, Consett was a strange place to find a steelworks. It started off as a small works using local iron ore, limestone and coal - 1000ft. up in the Du...
@jimcox I'm based near Rowlands Gill, about 6 miles down the Derwent Valley from Consett. Consett normally gets quite solid snow but this year it had...
It might be hot in New Zealand, but Consett this morning looks much like that. Snow starting to melt and run off the hills, so the road by my office i...
@jimmychou That image brings back memories. In the days before GPS was commonplace in survey (i.e. expensive!) we used to use one (hired from the loc...
Just to clarify, in case somebody doesn't think it through. The gyro is kept powered up whilst being taken from the surface to underground.
Even better when you find a UXB! Over the years I've pegged out several positions for the ground radar people to probe.
The simple (and cheap) answer is to be kind to your tribrachs. All ours travel in comfort, foam cut-outs holding each one. They are checked regularly...
As others have said, whatever way you do it you MUST have immovable reference points somewhere. Depending upon how long between surveys and how much ...
Chesterman were based in Sheffield, England. They merged with Rabone of Birmingham, England in 1963 to form Rabone Chesterman. Chain is very similar ...
If it is so flat that .05' makes a difference then it probably needs a new system anyway.