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Howard Surveyor
Howard Surveyor
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Joined: June 18, 2014 8:15 am
Topics: 13 / Replies: 150
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RE: Can you identify this corner marker?

The party chief that mentored me in my younger years started surveying on a rural field crew around 1957. Because of his farming background (dairy) wh...

10 years ago
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RE: 13' folding level rod

That's the rod, and that's the company. I looked at the one I own, and see it came from Woods but I can't find them on the internet anywhere. Well, on...

10 years ago
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RE: 13' folding level rod

Wow. I must be really dating myself or maybe it was something that was only available in the PNW for about 20 years. They are or were made by Hultafor...

10 years ago
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RE: ELEVATION CERTIFICATE DATUM??

I come across that quite often. One way is to look in the FIS where they state what the conversion is. Sometimes it isn't the same value when I use VE...

10 years ago
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RE: New Elevation Certificate - Fillable Pdf + Photo insertions

Stephen Ward, post: 396951, member: 1206 wrote: Howard, You are correct, FEMA did updated the form making it fillable, but there were a few issues rem...

10 years ago
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RE: Overhead Power Line Clearance

paden cash, post: 397072, member: 20 wrote: What Kristopher said. The lowest point of the sag is rarely on the center of the clear roadway. It can b...

10 years ago
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RE: New Elevation Certificate - Fillable Pdf + Photo insertions

Stephen, As I fill out 3-5 of these a week, your first post was very helpful and I thank you. However, I see FEMA has updated the form, it can be save...

10 years ago
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RE: Nice find!

I had a pocket watch die an unexpected, yet "timely" death, on a job one day in a nasty, dark, section of the woods. I nailed it to a tree as an RP ...

10 years ago
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RE: Anniversary

Been 40 years with this same company after a stint with the USFS along with a high school surveying & forestry program. The party chief with the U...

10 years ago
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RE: BING!!!!!! cc'd into my inbox......

Maybe you could get voted off the island and wouldn't need to do the work.

10 years ago
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RE: Compass Recommendations

I don't think you will be sorry if you use a Silva Ranger. I have been using them for about 40 years now with great results (except for local attracti...

10 years ago
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RE: Tools of the trade

Golf club for those found balls you need to get off line.

10 years ago
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RE: Survey Distance Measurements in 1974

Back then, the crew at our company would do the traverse with the AGA (as shown above), or HP3800, and a T-2, putting the traverse points close enough...

10 years ago
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RE: New Elevation Certificate -- NonFillable

I found one last week that was like the previous word document but you can't save it. Our IT guy made it so I have in my private file but again, it c...

10 years ago
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RE: New Elevation Certificate -- NonFillable

LowcountrySurveyor, post: 370269, member: 599 wrote:

10 years ago
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RE: Historical Aerial Photos

Remember. You get what you pay for. I needed to find some historical aerial photos of the Hanford research area in Washington and all the normal avenu...

10 years ago
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RE: elevation Certificate

Someone in this thread posted the new EC and when I opened it, it is a word document and on 8 1/2 x 11. I called FEMA and they told me as long as the ...

10 years ago
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RE: Elevation Certificate -- Zone changed from VE to AE

It amazes me what they will do, or requests FEMA makes while I'm submitting paperwork for LOMA or LOMA-F. You item about the breakaway walls intrigues...

11 years ago
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RE: Well somebody is way cheaper than me.

I do about 3-4 estimates a day most weeks. Granted, they are not large jobs, but numerous small jobs with good clients that pay mean more to me than a...

11 years ago
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