Dunno.?ÿ I was only peripherally involved.

We hired a Phd geodesist as an office technician, a 55 year old German fellow, fresh off the boat although he spoke English well.?ÿ Sadly, we had to l...

Um, why the desire to segregate a PLS license into specialties??ÿ I got my degree in Chemistry but BLM/USFS summer employment gravitated me to trompin...

Just to take a step back from argumentation here and tell a tale that involves liability. 195' two span bridge over a river.?ÿ Bulb Tee prestressed g...

If too restrictive the client may select somebody else.?ÿ And no matter how your weasel clause is worded you'll still be culpable if you're at fault d...

Here's the lawyer logic:?ÿ As a professional, if it is reasonable for you to detect an inconsistency/error/unconstructable problem in the plans you're...

@brad-ott I know that joke.

I've dabbled in European cars over the years, Renault, Audi, Porsche.?ÿ All were disappointedly expensive to maintain with quirky problems popping up,...

With my 50% construction staking career with big firms where the design was staked by the firm using their survey department the key was a constructab...

Had a friend (R.I.P.) who was a double amputee at the hips.?ÿ He was quite the mechanic and built a BMW Sidecar motorcycle with hand controls and a fl...

Been a while since I've recovered stone monuments but usually they're decades to hundreds of years old and I'm overjoyed to find one.?ÿ Where exactly ...

I've been blessed with good feet my entire life.?ÿ Early on (my twenties) I suffered from partially ruptured Achilles tendons which developed scar tis...

Many (all?) map purveyors like Rand-McNalley deliberately introduce small errors in their maps (like a misspelled town name) so if it's copied and sol...

If you're going to become a philatelist, stick with American stamps.?ÿ I think the sweet spot now is late 19th/early 20th century, uncancelled and unh...

I'm no expert but in flood prone areas new residential construction with curb&gutter streets are designed thusly: Storm drain system.?ÿ As you s...

Not as titillating as some of the above stories, but while working on a 5 man BLM crew in north Idaho we knew we'd need a month to complete a project ...

It depends on the locale.?ÿ Modern subdivisions (post 1980+-) where monumentation bonds are required it's near 80%+, and pincushions are rare.?ÿ Funn...

Ah, I know 'em well!?ÿ Had to replace the stock ball joint on the pitman arm on my Jeep Wrangler with a heim joint to eliminate a steering wobble.?ÿ H...