Dealing with FEMA is a challenging and frustrating process. Those who have worked to satisfy every detail FEMA can dream up can be of the most help t...

Get a full topo immediately and have a licensed land surveyor write a description for the area above the BFE and provide proof that any structures are...

Used to know a fellow whose childhood was spent in Minot. He explained that his father was a recruiter for the Navy. I guess that makes sense to tho...

There is a current listing on Purple Wave (Look it up if you aren't already familiar) for several cases of GPS gear and a Sokkisha Set 3 Total Station...

Had a case where a fellow wanted a survey to confirm the boundaries appearing on his deed for what was an island in the middle of an 80 acre aliquot t...

@mightymoe Absolutely. The County Surveyor caught on to what was happening and almost literally drug the field surveyor into his office for EDUCAT...

A huge problem in general is bringing in a remote large company that has no prior experience with the area of the project. They then attempt to maxim...

Agreed. The problem here is as mentioned above. The original plans were surveyed by Surveyor A or a DOT employee, modifications made during constru...

Last major highway project over 200 miles set 60D nails instead of any kind of "real" monuments. Dumb is as dumb does.

There have been too many over the decades of trying to be a nice guy. Collected all but two or three in full. Oh, the stories I could tell, but, won...

Psssst. Catenary is the key word. Spread the word.

We have set witness line a uniform distance from the true line such that there is room to clear what must be cleared to put a new fence on line. Typi...

At first I thought the "p" was an olde style "s" in the middle of a word. Tend to agree with many that it is a slightly shortened version of tempora...

Another name from the deep past in following this site and its predecessors. Excellent contributor.