So thirty years later I learn that I wasn’t indestructible after all. Your fifties are when you pay for acting in your thirties and forties like yo...

@gary_g Been off my back since 2003; but still burned into my psyche

This is why I went back to working for a big company in 2012. I had some lower back issues that just wouldn't heal; there were times I couldn't even ...

Be sure to add in a record of survey checking fee to that proposal, so you can add to that list. PLS Act 8764(b)(2) I've got one of our PLS's work...

@gary_g Our procedure was always Set the nails. Check the nails. Take the foundation plans and paint the wall configuration at every nail (especiall...

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 ...

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...