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I doubt there is much brush cutting (or need to read Brown) in Singapore
Off topic but....I stared as a rod man on a three man crew in February of 1988 with an academic background in the liberal arts.?ÿ Went to?ÿReiter's Sc...
These are good introductory texts on the measurement/engineering side of surveying If you didn't have this assigned in an undergrad class, it is (IM...
Wow often is it a sunny, short-sleeve day in Bellevue, anyway? Every day from April until September...but they residents are sworn to secrecy and are ...
I see this all the time on older narrow lots with no survey at settlement....the buildings are offset toward one property line and the owner assumes t...
Look like we're in for some ice up this way tomorrow. ?ÿ
How far west??ÿ?ÿ
On every federally funded job where I've had to submit a form 5700, the mandated "profit" is separate from any "profit" built into the hourly rate Exa...
A couple of things copied from firefighter's forums "Always open and close the nozzle slowly. One time when I was training I shut the nozzle too quick...
Question: What tools and procedure would you use to verify that a building did or did not move .005' vertically? Digital level.?ÿ Make sure your bench...
If you properly identify/mark the BM then replacing the hydrant should be a issue.?ÿ However, if the hydrant is improperly used, then a water hammer i...
It's "progress" and in the 21st century West "progress" in and of itself is an a priori good.?ÿ ?ÿIt's a Whig History world, questioning progress is s...
The easiest way for my guys to screw up (blunder) a sideshot with modern technology is using a mini prism with a different offset for the sideshot and...
Hot take: with modern equipment and proper procedures locating a point from two control points in the same control network, or from a POL set on a tra...
My experience is that when someone brings measurements to a boundary fight, they are much more likely to bring measurement folklore and hearsay than m...