@scott-ellis We used the small 18v hammer drills for years. I finally talked everyone into getting the 36v Bosch Rotary Hammer. It is completely wort...

@mightymoe Had another company come in and set a second punch in a 3" Centerline surface monument set by us (that already had a perfectly fine punch)...

@flyin-solo If the actual pipe is in the deed how in the world would anyone set a pincushion? That is simply nuts.  The ones I have seen are th...

@csk21 I would say that most of our issues have to do with the industry wide refusal to conform to the rules of significant digits. I know why we do ...

@ppm When things heat up, it is normal to build off of "Preliminary" plans and such. As long as everyone is on the same page, it works.   Trus...

@norman-oklahoma In my experience, the 9 steps you described there usually take longer than the calcs, and have a real potential to blow the budget. ...

I used to do this in spreadsheets, now if I want a flag I just use conditional formatting. It is pretty straightforward to set up rules that highlight...

@stacy-carroll If the angles are tight, and you are on old control (or tied to it), have you attempted to use the previous observations? Your least s...

@stacy-carroll When guys say, "settings dont stick" in Magnet, we generally discover that they aren't checking the settings of the new job by clicking...

For statistical analysis of the position of the control point, it would be useful to have multiple setups over each point. Force centering and simply ...

@tnrls Taking an old one apart before adjusting it for the first time would be useful. 

communication and internal or inter-discipline meetings (without the client) always take longer than I thought...and those phone calls and communicati...

Could you run the line all the way down, and find any sort of clearing at all to get an RTK fix in? If so, then I would run the traverse, make the che...

@mark-mayer I use Magnet. Going that way seems to have reduced connection issues (we bought new GT's and HR's at the same time). That doesn't mean tha...

@leegreen There is a key difference between Magnet and Calson, and that is access to the company that makes it. Topcon has essentially eliminated an...

I work at a company and the owner (not me) sets the hourly rates. I know how long it would have taken the top party chief I ever worked with to do wha...

From experience: (In order of importance.) 1. Get your 107. It is not rocket science. 2. Get a quadcopter, even a cheap one. Fly. Take pictures. Take ...

Forget maps...without precise timing, your access to rplstoday.com would be in jeopardy, as well as your ATM transaction, and your cell phone call, e...

If I set something on a fence post or limb, I will be buying it and all of the contents tomorrow (as I wonder where I left it).