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dmyhill
dmyhill
@dmyhill
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Joined: January 26, 2011 4:49 pm
Last seen: July 29, 2026 3:48 pm
Topics: 176 / Replies: 2912
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RE: What are the top 5 things a Survey Party Chief needs to know...

@skeeter1996?ÿ #5 is flat out wrong. I pretty much stopped driving once I had a second to do the task.

5 years ago
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RE: Multnomah County Deputy Surveyor

That salary is low for a qualified individual in that area, I would think.

5 years ago
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RE: Hub Guard or Hubguard

@flga-2-2?ÿ I remember being yelled at one day for a grade being incorrect on a stake...of course the cat tracks over it had nothing to do with it.

5 years ago
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RE: What are the top 5 things a Survey Party Chief needs to know...

@bstrand?ÿ Of course, but we were talking about what a PC needs, not what a PLS should be. I do need people that are willing to submit to the instru...

5 years ago
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RE: What are the top 5 things a Survey Party Chief needs to know...

@norman-oklahoma?ÿ No lying...except we always made sure the construction workers thought we made way more and we made every effort to appear to be w...

5 years ago
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RE: What are the top 5 things a Survey Party Chief needs to know...

@bushaxe?ÿ "I want things done my way." ?ÿ That is an important thing for a PC to remember. It isn't generally their stamp. If they have a "better"...

5 years ago
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RE: Reciprocation

BTW, I know of a PE/LS/SE here that would do your wetlands, your geotech work, civil, your structural, all the surveying, and do both the office and t...

5 years ago
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RE: Reciprocation

I spent most of my career in a three county area (worked outside of it, but only occasionally). I recently moved to a different county, and I can tell...

5 years ago
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RE: After many years of doing this Iƒ??m about done

@oldpacer?ÿ May it never end. The upward pressure on salaries is EXACTLY what we need to fix the "problem" of not enough PLS's. Once it becomes lucr...

5 years ago
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RE: After many years of doing this Iƒ??m about done

Charge more. Up the rates until the phone call reach the rate you want. Fire the clients that cause you the most pain.?ÿ

5 years ago
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RE: Contract Language Question

@fairbanksls?ÿ I suppose it is a work product, but the basis of the section is probably relating to installed items. ?ÿ If you are thinking like a ...

5 years ago
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RE: .PDF to CAD

There are companies that specialize in PDF to CAD...and are fairly reasonable...

5 years ago
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RE: A New Definition for Perch

@jim-frame?ÿ that is the kind I like had a co-worker go out on a boat the other day...and they didn't fish...not sure what is wrong with him

5 years ago
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RE: here's fun new logistical wrinkle

@flyin-solo?ÿ Use Bluebeam Revu...Adobe sucks.

5 years ago
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RE: Contract Language Question

Is the contract worth enough to risk your whole business? Talk to a lawyer...and ask your E&O insurance. And, I had a contract like that sent to ...

5 years ago
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RE: I've Been Waiting For This

@warrenward?ÿ And the time estimate in my mind is if you pay my retainer RIGHT NOW. Two weeks from now that two weeks might be two months.

5 years ago
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RE: I've Been Waiting For This

@jim-frame?ÿ This works if the adjoiner is willing to deal. What we found here in WA is that one party or the other would simply hold out, either for...

5 years ago
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RE: What are the top 5 things a Survey Party Chief needs to know...

@ric-moore?ÿ half-way house to support the reintegration of prisoners back into society

5 years ago
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