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Joined: March 24, 2011 11:48 am
Last seen: June 1, 2026 12:03 pm
Topics: 26 / Replies: 266
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RE: Steel Tape Correction Assumptions

Sheesh. Nothing in this business seems absolute.As I recall the standard was/is 15lbs at 68 degrees F for Lufkin highway tapes.

11 years ago
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RE: How do you measure your H.I.

Picture a vertical structure facing a ravine. The task is to monitor not only settlement but tilt or lean during a short period of construction activ...

11 years ago
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RE: How do you measure your H.I.

Good suggestion. I can control that the same instrument is used but had not yet considered the use of different rods. Direct measurement is possibly t...

11 years ago
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RE: How do you measure your H.I.

Steve - I like that answer. I am looking at an intense short term monitor and I will probably not have the same person on it every time. That made m...

11 years ago
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RE: Long Story made short...E & O Insurance

Our E&O insurance is "claims made" and does cover prior acts to the date we state as beginning business. You are right though that if we discontin...

11 years ago
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RE: Long Story made short...E & O Insurance

Don't think you have to screw up to get sued! And, unfortunately you don't have to have screwed up to lose either.

11 years ago
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RE: Monuments

For one example from my experience: The top can be broken off and possibly missing but the base is still in place; set a standard monument with acces...

11 years ago
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RE: Monuments

The Rule I posted applies only to Establishing New Monuments or Upgrading Existing Monuments. A durable, identifiable stone does not need to be upgra...

11 years ago
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RE: Monuments

Colorado Revised Statutes:38-51-104. Monumentation of land surveys.(1) (a) The corners of lots, tracts, other parcels of land, aliquot corners not des...

11 years ago
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RE: Ever been offered a bribe?

I was once offered a 7 or 10 day all expense paid vacation to Hawaii for my family of 5 if I would just sign a subdivision plat prepared by another co...

11 years ago
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RE: Determining the BFE in a backwater

The correct answer is 'A' 4539.7

12 years ago
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RE: Determining the BFE in a backwater

Who is the FPA? If you mean a local flood plain manager of local govenment I don't think it will happen within the time frame we have been asked to c...

12 years ago
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RE: Determining the BFE in a backwater

Here is a sketch of the situation: 'A' is the line perpendicular to the FIS at the point of crossing the road'B' is the line perpendicular to the FIS ...

12 years ago
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RE: Determining the BFE in a backwater

Thanks Dan. In this particular case the structure is isolated from the river by a elevated roadway but is situated within a backwater that is expected...

12 years ago
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RE: State Planes in Civil 3D

Choose carefully if using Civil3D 2014 or 2015 as it is our experience that when you move to a different projection certain drawing features such as c...

12 years ago
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