Oh.I hadn't thought of that. It looks to me like the only way to guard against that would be to charge 100% up front.Well, I guess I will do that then...

Thank you all for the replies and ideas. I think what I'll do is require a 50% deposit as usual, and hold the plan hostage for a check. That seems rea...

Did you say that there was an architect involved??You know, of course, that as soon as you get all 10 bounds set the architect will want an ANR moving...

Last Friday, I was one click away from purchasing the new maps and FIS for my area for about $100. I just downloaded them all for free!So the answer t...

[sarcasm]I think your data must be wrong - every time I've seen a geologist on TV, they have guaranteed that their GPS measurements are good to 1 mill...

"it's powerful software that I use on every single job "True - but as you fall behind with the age of your software, running on an old operating syste...

> Sort of sounds like what surveyors should do.Exactly!And Autodesk has been making it clear for years they they would eventually move to subscript...

Autocad 2014 on subscription, with Carlson Survey 2014 running on top, along with my own lisp customizations.I've been using Autocad since the mid 198...

From now on I'm calling it a FIR Map. 😛

My sympathies...I can never figure out why architects think that they can prepare site plans. Mine, from that other thread, has the proposed finish gr...

OK, this is what I am currently thinking. Monday morning, I will aknowledge the receipt of his plans, followed by something like this:I must object to...

Thank you all for your replies. I don't know how I'm going to respond yet. I want to stew about it over the weekend at least. I am very conflicted - l...

When I bought my new Dell last year, I got it with (2) 500 GB SSD drives. The first one is my C-drive and has windows and all my programs, the second ...

This probably won't help you, but I have something similar happen with my Topcon QS with Topsurv: after behaving normally for a while, it will follow ...

No, this was a Topcon QS, and only when using the Tripeds. Not vibration really, but very small movement.I attributed it to the rubber on the bottom, ...

I bought a set of these last year and I'm not sure that I like them. I think that because of the rubber pad on the bottom, they bounce around too much...

My A7 prism is -2mm - the dealer thought I should just leave it set for 0mm!I use the A7 prism only for topo, staking, things like that where I don't ...