It depends on what I'm doing. I'll run it at 4.5ft if I'm doing an as-built of a landfill gas system where I'm generally getting 20-29 satellites. I...

How about this situation. The street creeps by almost a foot over a couple decades. Pins have been set at the property corners, ostensibly, original...

It's unlikely your surveyor did anything wrong. His opinion was likely correct based on the evidence present to him at the time of the survey. Chang...

Surveyor specific requirements can be found on page nine. This is one of the more stringent set of requirements I've dealt with in North Carolina, bu...

Start with the lawyer who drafted the deed. If that doesn't work, go to the tax agency and see if you can send a letter to the owner. I have had two...

So you identified the problem, maybe consider being part of the solution? Slapping state plane coordinates on a couple of boundary corners resolves t...

If they're requesting a quick turn-around, I set the proposal's expiration accordingly. I've gone as low as three days in an extreme case. I remind...

If you'll PM me with your contact information, I'll pass along the numbers of a couple of surveyors who may be able to help you.

@jph Towns in NC are not a political division in the same way as they are in the Northeast. In many places in the South, towns must be incorporated...

Social status is the underlying motivation for many actions. Engineering will always be a higher status profession than surveying and that alone will...

Describe them as witness monuments on your plat. Clearly mark them in the field and while you're showing them to the landowner drop a subtle hint abo...

This still comes up in NC fairly often. We're a pure race state. Helpful hint for those who do their own deed research (I wasn't aware until I joine...

I miss residential boundaries and the many hours spent listening to the histories of wonderful people. America is filled with some of the best folks ...

If you are willing, please attach both surveys and we may be able to assist you better.

That's a common anxiety for a LSIT and it proves you care about what you're doing. The short answer is that in many instances you can’t know for cert...

It's open book so go to the Board's website here: and print out all the reference material they provide and slap it in a three ringed binder with tab...

I would start by asking your surveyor if they can discuss the results of the survey with your neighbor. It's not fair that you'll have to pay more mo...

I don’t find that a basis of bearings is a necessity but I’ve noticed that it helps all parties involved to have surveys tied to state plane in states...

Calculate the value of the time you expect to spend dealing with this and not working with good clients then deduct it from the best possible outcome ...

Engineers that don't share their CAD files in 2023 are not providing a quality service. I've been working with engineers longer than is healthy for a ...