Not sure about “entry level” but I recommend this to anyone that drafts a plan with a note that reads “1 inch OIP found 0.03’ east and 0.02’ south of ...

Think I posted this years ago. JA*: Hey I'm the "layout engineer' for Huge Construction; we checked your building control out here (with a beat up ol...

Someone is a terrific measurer. More likely the exact opposite. I remember hearing a speaker say in an error propagation seminar decades ago "365....

I'm not aware of any place in this country that a PLS or RLS can propose the location of a new structure as grading, drainage and other issues come in...

or they come in Handy as a way to hold the end of a tape when alone like cheap labor lol. Used to just pull a Phillips head screwdriver out of the ...

PLS hourly rate...

SWBT - The "SW" meant Southwest. That designation changed depending on which part of the US you were located, but the "BT" stayed the same. One of...

@gary_g Yikes. Gonna have to move to the eastern shore and live on seafood.

Range pole (prism pole, etc.) was known as The Jake. From Jacob's Staff Traffic cones were called "Freds". Small company I was a crew chief for did...

IMHO The only usefulness of an 811 design locate ticket is to get a list (and point of contact) for all utilities with facilities in the area of the s...

Worked with a crew chief once that often used the phrase "slicker than a bucket of greased owl snot."

Yes...but they have to be ready to help themselves otherwise, they'll just backslide.

It seems to me there is a subset of the population that really doesn’t care a lick about good stewardship of their land. When people ask about my p...

The work is done according to the ASCE Standard "CI/ASCE 38-02, Standard Guideline for the Collection and Depiction of Existing Subsurface Utility Dat...

@gary_g Rare footage of me when Carl bought a metric level rod for some Corps of Engineers projects.

The preferred rig for the independently wealthy "Gentleman Surveyor"