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These have been around in various forms for a while, and they are my preferred locator. Simple and work very well.
@tim-v-pls We have multiple tiers of columns, with splices and specs for deviation from plumb for the section as well as overall and specs re...
@paul-in-pa I personally do not weld. It would be done correctly.
@wisco10 In my experience, a well done trig loop is faster, easier, and more accurate than an auto-level loop (they are both differential lev...
@norman-oklahoma ?ÿ My issue is that at fairly shallow angles, the return from a target sticker seems to be suspect (at least from the published spe...
@norman-oklahoma DOT "I don't know where the idea comes from..." Well, I guess we know where ideas come and die, and I think most DOT's and governm...
@norman-oklahoma In PDX...use a trig loop. I know this is sacrilege, but it is also a much better way to transfer elevations across areas wit...
Most important form in the truck is the Site Specific Safety Plan. Fill it out every single time.
It is an error in the law, IMHO, to leave the responsibility to the Engineer alone. Each project should require an engineer to get a surveyor to sign ...
@rover83 I noticed she went from SO to GF in that post...did something happen while you were typing?
@rover83 ?ÿ And who asks the teachers? Why do that? YouTube.?ÿ Every major curriculum seems to have someone that taught that class and put it on vi...
@mark-o How does that work, everyone knows that you dont catch that final mistake till AFTER you print it.
@skeeter1996 ??? A boundary line agreement is signed by everyone, but a simple record of survey is done by the surveyor only. It doesn't even...