What's worse is coming back to a previously used benchmark to check in, finding it off, and then noticing that the concrete looks really new compared ...

Richard, post: 451725, member: 833 wrote: I've an older 821.Rock solid, accurate.Regarding repairs, if you find a repairer that knows his stuff there ...

I still have an older Nikon that works great. I've heard that no one works on them any more, and when something finally breaks on it, I might be out ...

Don Blameuser, post: 451657, member: 30 wrote: I think that language is just a title company covering their butt.DonMaybe I misunderstood. Thought th...

imaudigger, post: 451549, member: 7286 wrote: As everyone has stated, you really cannot get the big picture without going back to the beginning and re...

Up north, I don't bother with those lists. I have a fld with mostly two or three letter codes, and after a while you know most of them, and it's fast...

imaudigger, post: 451505, member: 7286 wrote: We have a 67 lot subdivision in California that was created in 1957.It was filed as a Record of Survey (...

BushAxe, post: 449856, member: 11897 wrote: You sound like an angry man. Someone is giving you advice on business relationships that has allowed him t...

thebionicman, post: 449813, member: 8136 wrote: After 38 years I can do a topo without direction from the techs you describe so yes, I do. As for the ...

thebionicman, post: 449708, member: 8136 wrote: The first question for any survey should be 'What is the survey for?'. Once you know what the Engineer...

thebionicman, post: 449696, member: 8136 wrote: Your description of the 'team dynamic' at your place sounds horrible and unhealthy. You have direct co...

thebionicman, post: 449692, member: 8136 wrote: It comes down to something more basic. Your experience likely told you those inverts might be importan...

Another thing that happens is that the engineers request a crew for work, sometimes for a day or a week. I arrange the crew, equipment, and set them ...

thebionicman, post: 449687, member: 8136 wrote: I avoid all that drama by taking part in scope prep and understanding the project goal. When they ask ...

I see it as an attitude that's cultivated in some companies. Here, I've been asked to go back to a site to get inverts that weren't requested on the ...

I do something similar, but keep like to keep the radius something simple, like 175', 200', 225', etc. I don't think that it's that critical to fit i...