Jimmy- thanks, I'm liking the site so far, just not some of the negativity but you're right.Roger- (that's a pretty awesome profile picture by the way...
Nate The Surveyor, post: 422229, member: 291 wrote: Um, it affects our replies. I worked in Chicago, I have run a TRANSIT for many years. With a 200' ...
Luke J. Crawford, post: 422179, member: 11382 wrote: " should be banned from construction, period. We had a new civil engineering join us 2 years ago ...
If you're not comfortable with that I would personally do a double check by getting a 3 or 4 foot long regular carpenters level, measure the thickness...
The pipe mic may be getting old, causing the angle of the arm to be more acute. If your difference in deltas is consistent which it appears to be as l...
Thanks for the clarification John, I do agree that I should be running at least 3 point resections. I've been thinking about putting some targets up a...
Paul in PA, post: 422069, member: 236 wrote: Wrong use of the program. I use SMI's 2 point free station on as many projects as possible. While the ini...
imaudigger, post: 421844, member: 7286 wrote: You didn't mention any problems caused by your fellow crew chief such as lawsuits, claims, damages, lost...
Paul in PA, post: 421937, member: 236 wrote: "because our transits "drift"."Transits? I sure hope you are using something more precise.Paul in PAWow t...
Javad seems to fix much better in the woods than our Trimble. You also can't beat the internal battery. They last forever. We use it for lod staking i...
Well that's just it... my previous comments I was talking about how his control is sometimes off by as much as .06'. I don't disagree with his methods...
imaudigger, post: 421844, member: 7286 wrote: You didn't mention any problems caused by your fellow crew chief such as lawsuits, claims, damages, lost...
One of the main things I've taken away from this project is the surprising precision that our Trimble rtk achieves. When we first got out to site we w...
The layout of the site is all of the work is being done further to the north. There is a ridge (basically they created the ridge by drilling and blast...
Thanks for all the comments guys, I appreciate it
I'm not using a 900' site for vertical.. I'm benching in from one of several benchmarks we have down on site.. (adjusting rod height up or down .01 to...
Honestly as far as control this site has gotten so busy and so crowded that in a pinch I will "burn" a point in with gps, set up on that and sometimes...
I agree, my errors are generally very low. As a check once I am finished occupying that station I will check it with our gps to make sure everything i...
I just don't think he's ever had to rely on it in the past so he's not used to doing them. He just has a way of making a really convincing argument ou...
I normally wouldn't tell him how to setup but everyday the site gets smaller and the time it takes him to complete a task gets larger.
