Back when I was a young pup working for a large engineering firm we wore ties to work in he office. It was not uncommon to end up going into the fiel...

Derek,In my experience, even if a RFP states that they will not me selecting based on fee but includes fee as a scoring item weigh the fee disproporti...

Back in the heyday of fiber optic lines I spent a winter surveying across NE Oregon. One cold snowy day I was working my way down a ridge right out o...

I had my laptop stolen in 2010 while at a training class in the Bay Area. I made the mistake of leaving it in my rental call while I had drinks and d...

Case made, it is assumed that given our profession we understand statistics. To be honest you should have a good working knowledge of calculus to und...

Relative Positional Precision Is StatisticalJust out of curiosity, what engineering school does not require statistics?

In the Pacific Northwet having a camera that is waterproff.

Big Al,This is not the first time Trimble had shafted its software users. Back in the days before RTK, Trimble's TrimVec and then GPSurvey ruled the ...

We have met the enemy and he is us.I think you just contradicted yourself. I have never seen a government project that requires union labor. Prevail...

We usually include the cost of basic control monuments in our hourly rates unless we have to set boxes or special monuments which are billed at cost p...

Looks like they got the same guys that are marketing how bad it would be on the economy if the corporate jet loop holes were closed.Money is speach

Shelby,You do not need the event marker for doing hydro. Most sounders are capable of sending out a NEMA stream which can be read in by the receiver ...

I need to replace one our screens due to abuse/use. The coating is gone and now you can not see it in the sun. This will not be a problem in the com...

I would love to ditch our RX1250 for the new C15 but alas they will not run our ATX1230GGs. If works for you price wise I would go for the new collec...

When I first got out of university one of my first field jobs was to survey the inside of the Oregon State Pen or as we came to know it, the Old Surve...

Was right-of-way acquired from Book 1, Page 500? If so, I would say hands down the DOT gets it all. I cannot think of any situation in which a court...

I would always keep a personal vehicle even if you have company truck at your disposal. It gives you a little back up when they ask questions with re...

Yeah, I know all about the magnetism interference hence the tank comment, the geosciences degree has to mean something. This just plain does not work...