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Joined: January 26, 2011 4:49 pm
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RE: Unable to find a surveyor for the past 9 months!

in the Fayetteville area your probably looking at $1000-$1800 for a lot survey. This survey could be had for $500 all day long within 45 minutes ...

3 years ago
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RE: If you can live with this, don't apply for a job here.

Starting your day getting into an elevator is a good sign that things suck. The random buttons only make it weirder.

3 years ago
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RE: Unable to find a surveyor for the past 9 months!

If the OP had posted the specific details of the location, given how this forum works, most of the research and investigation work would already be co...

3 years ago
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RE: Unable to find a surveyor for the past 9 months!

We do, indeed, need to charge more. But perhaps not for immediate gratification. We need to charge more for the long term good of the profession. To b...

3 years ago
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RE: Unable to find a surveyor for the past 9 months!

Posted by: @gstritter I still haven’t found anyone to do the survey yet! If you're just looking for someone to tell you who owns the street; ...

3 years ago
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RE: New Hampshire License Free-For-All?

@jon-payne Another failure by those goofballs is lumping occupational and professional licensing together.. I think perhaps we have done this to ou...

3 years ago
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RE: Need Info

Nah, I haven't done homework in 65 years. This is research for The Evergreen State Surveyor magazine. LOL, well, I never did do homework...thus a ...

3 years ago
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RE: Need Info

@bstrand Spot on. It is common to see surveys recorded much earlier in some counties. Well, plats of subdvisions are surveys. I am trying to think ...

3 years ago
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RE: Need Info

I just need the other 11. Is this a homework assignment?

3 years ago
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RE: Auto levels and long distance readings, accurate?

@bill93 , et al… And GeeOddMike just demonstrates yet another reason that "trig" levels can be superior in some cases.

3 years ago
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RE: New Hampshire License Free-For-All?

So what? That means the oversight isn't done right. It doesn't argue against licensure. Actually, the source material used in the IJ studies does a...

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RE: Auto levels and long distance readings, accurate?

Balancing backsight and foresight distances at least approximately is important. This doesn't have to be precise if you do the refraction and curvatur...

3 years ago
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RE: New Hampshire License Free-For-All?

licensure does nothing to improve quality So what? That means the oversight isn't done right. It doesn't argue against licensure. It seems like we...

3 years ago
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RE: International Feet

You actually switched to the foot. on December 31, 2022. After that date, the “U.S. survey foot” will be superseded by the “foot” (formerly known as ...

3 years ago
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RE: Topo survey deliverables for civil engineer doing site plan

WA, the surveyor is required to prepare and sign and seal the topo drawing when completing topographic work. Not just topo work...everything out of...

3 years ago
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RE: How long does it take?

Rule of thumb for rough numbers is the projected field COST x 1.5. (Office costs less than field.) Put together with field overruns, etc it usually c...

3 years ago
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RE: Structure survey & Scanning

Photogrammetry is often used for deformation studies as well (like you describe). I believe that PhotoModeler used to have a module for just that so...

3 years ago
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