Which puts a damper on the whole process To be fair, I'm sitting in an office where my crews can easily reach 10 of the 25 wealthiest counties (202...

More Regulation > More Billable Time > Mo Money

For residential subdivisions (picking the most regulatory restrictive local municipality): As-built water/ sewer for the water authority As-built pu...

I have had individual Counties try to deny access because 'the records are too old", The records too old. That s**t cracks me up

ESPECIALLY if you could get the old posts with it!!! To be fair, if we had the old posts, we'd realize how we were just repeating ourselves.

I'd tell them I need to research the land records before I can give them a fee. From the geometry of the improvements and "encroachments" I'd guess t...

In another life, I worked for a mid-sized engineering firm. We spent at least 80 man-hours developing a scope and budget for an 80 mile RR ROW job for...

Invoice: Topographic Survey 2 "Client Hours" @ $1,500/hour Total Due $3,000.00

I love me some good field notes. Like others have said, they require a level of thought about the field survey process that just making screenshots o...

It’s just a stock photo probably grabbed by the advertising company. I once saw a U.S. company ad with workers holding a metric level rod. As a cre...

Been a while since he's posted but one of my highlights on this forum was posting this years ago and noting it probably the only Pulitzer Prize winnin...

BEECH Where my imaginary line Bends square in woods, an iron spine And pile of real rocks have been founded. And off this corner in the wild, Whe...

I know it would be best to run levels through the whole thing, but that's not in my scope of work FWIW.... The first two line items in every constr...

@flga-2-2 Used to sing these when swinging the 8lb sledge staking curb. Pissed my boss off.

I'm getting too old for this shtuff. My last job had me traveling way too much (flew to Kansas City just to do a "Lunch and Learn" for a huge engin...

Let's see. Indiana to Crystal Coast. I would use I64, I77, I40 and maybe US 264. That would go near Farmville and a stop at McDavid Associates. HC lik...

I've turned left angles I was explaining to a younger guy yesterday how with a theodolite that turns right/left and direct/reverse you can back sit...

Also - my estimate spreadsheet includes a column for PLS Professional Supervision of 1/10 hr per hour of staff time. This is completely separate from ...

Yes, it's the only reason they still exist. No company would willingly use their software or deal with their obscene licensing structure. Oddly en...

Is it still big with the DoT's stateside? Yes. I know of some that specify (and verify) that all work is done native in MicroStation and not conve...