JaRo, post: 448175, member: 292 wrote: I used to get poison ivy on top of my foot. I finally learned to keep my socks on when I got home. The socks ke...
My first 6 years I worked for a local guy and bonuses ranged between $200 and $1000 depending on how good a year it was. Then I spent 11 years with DO...
I agree with Dan. Even with GPS the liability is still too great to do a certificate for $200.00. Shoot, I would have more in office time than $200.00...
Attorney's don't rewrite around here, they copy and paste the same one from the last transfer even if there's a new survey. I dealt with one last week...
I have a Spectra Focus 35 and Ranger Data Collector with Spectra TDS software. I have been using this setup two years now and it is excellent for a 1 ...
Watch out for the ones with the white dot on there back. I have a fellow surveyor I team up with on larger jobs that is allergic to beef now, due to a...
I'm not a fan of consulting engineering/surveying firms. They treat surveying as a necessary evil. When things are good they will work you to death an...
No benefits is the kicker. My out of pocket family plan insurance is $12,000 a year. Which is an increase of $3900 over last year.
I was working for a large engineering/surveying firm several years ago and did some work for a client that didn't have the best reputation around. The...
From my past experience I haven't seen trees move objects. As mentioned above, I've seen barbed wire buried deep in trees and have chipped out to find...
I just went solo in March and wasn't sure if I would Be able to turn anything down at first. But I've been busier than I thought I would. The majority...
95% of my work is in the county my office is in. Needless to say I've got a plat recorded in a neighboring county that has the wrong county on it. I c...
1) The county GIS unit gave me this picture looking down on the property that shows where the property lines are. (Most Used)2) My client doesn't have...
Calculating drainage areas for these engineers and wishing we had some field work so I could get out of this office.