There are a number of surveyors here who will set yet another iron and there are a larger number of surveyors who will reference all those irons with ...

Is this a seasonal fluctuation? Any chance if you go back in August it will be high & dry??ÿ

We did the construction staking for the LIGO observatory here in SE Washington many years ago. We had to set up on an offset line and then turn a 90 &...

Sent the files to trimble, they say TBC 5.00 processes them just fine, so guess what I just bought and am installing right now...?ÿ

My biggest complaint about local officials is that they never answer their phone, and never return calls. Call the planning department, ask for so and...

The districts that I have worked for/with all have a survey department of some sort, and all their projects have mapping called the "Monumented Projec...

I have no issue with either method, and I see and use both often. Out of curiosity, how do you handle a situation where you need 2 or more courses to ...

The last partial shutdown started over a weekend as well, and as I recall opus was available until the next Monday. I'm assuming with the holiday it w...

I've got one in the "museum of surveying junk" out in the shop. It's a very low serial number as I recall, practically single digit. As a collector of...

To be able to sue you, someone must prove that they have standing to do so, by having been harmed by something shown on your survey (presumably an err...

Seems to be no penalty here for taking a client's money and providing no service (based on stories I hear from clients who hire my competiton and then...

I don't put sticks on pc or pt corners at all. I dig them down about a foot, and leave the holes open with plenty of flagging on them. The city inspec...

I have on a few occasions had a similar issue. I loaded design coordinates into the controller, and then remembered to apply the combined factor. The ...

If they were trying to set their own speed limits, minimum wage, or osha regulations everyone would know the correct answer. I don't see this as being...

I spent some time tracking them down the other day just to get a price for a quote. Glad I could save you the agrivation of trying to figure out how t...

I generally assume just about everything needs to be recorded.

It's in RCW 58.09.090, I won't quote the whole thing because it's extremely long & boring: (iii) The presence of any physical evidence of encroach...