When I stake foundations or write info on stakes, I do it with the dumbest guy on the crew in mind.?ÿ I typically tell this to the contractor unless i...

Galvanized spike with pink whiskers

In NC we are required to perform a tie to NCSPCS if a NGS benchmark is within 2000' of any portion of the subject parcel.?ÿ If a PLS doesn't own a GNS...

Before involving the authorities, I would certainly call the SIT or whatever he is or at the very least send him an email.?ÿ It's not as if he is a vi...

There's a reason surveyors spend time learning about error propagation and the difference between accuracy and precision.?ÿ Search the web and you can...

If I was off by one foot vertical on an NGS elevation BM in NC I'd first assume that I did something wrong.?ÿ For that matter, any level run that is o...

I was about ten when my grandfather was laid off from the local lumber mill. He'd put many years in there as a truck driver.?ÿ A Korean vet and excell...

At my rate, I'll find bigfoot before I find an accountant worth hiring.?ÿ?ÿ

@mathteacher?ÿ Thank you.?ÿ Looking at past projects that involved multiple departments is a great idea.

It's an interesting time to be an archaeologist.?ÿ As impressive as a circa 1700 BC plat is, researchers are still trying to figure out G??bekli Tepe ...

@mark-mayer?ÿ Small world, I'm quite familiar with HEB Engineering in the White Mountains area of New Hampshire.?ÿ It was always a good thing to see ...

If you are unlicensed and not working under the responsible charge of a licensed surveyor in a particular state within the boarders of the USA, I woul...

The physical evidence holds, both the description and the plat are there to get you to what is marked on the ground.?ÿ If no boundary monuments were s...