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neil-t
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RE: California Survey Records

James, oh we know. checkout La and Orange County Sites. I am 5 minutes north of the Tulare County line. Be sure to add in a record of survey checkin...

2 years ago
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RE: Payments by check

For the interesting ones. I typically wait 3-4 days, citing a back log of work I like to see it post to the account and I ask my bank manager to call ...

5 years ago
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RE: Pin cushion pics needed

the angle iron was the called monument. Two of the pipes are not of public record.....

6 years ago
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RE: "Splain something to me"

?ÿI agree with others on here that most people donƒ??t understand the liability. ?ÿI think itƒ??s mainly due to people not realizing the long term ram...

6 years ago
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RE: Verizon Mifi having connection problems

We use Verizon MiFiƒ??s for our Trimble R10 units. I sometimes have coverage issues, in remote areas. But my crews typically donƒ??t have an issue in ...

6 years ago
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RE: Ring Ring

?ÿIƒ??ve never had someone ask on a boundary survey for a removal. ?ÿA couple times a county surveyor has asked for an exact location of my curb split...

6 years ago
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RE: Joining Civil Engineering firm to provide Surveying Services

Keep in mind that they may not fully understand what a surveyor does on a daily basis. Most civil engineers pull on a surveyor to cut there subcontrac...

7 years ago
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RE: Some Project Managers Can't

I totally feel you guys here. We have a site for a parking lot layout with new islands and curb and gutter. Last week they called me to stake the curb...

7 years ago
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RE: Time to upgrade GPS equipment?

The R10's are great. The TSC3's are good too. The gps in them helps find control when in a known world. No more, "I swear it was around here somewhe...

7 years ago
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RE: Let's play "outfit a survey business".

I started my business January of 2013. Took a loan for a gun and cad, sold a personal car for a truck down payment and had someone loan me some cash. ...

7 years ago
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RE: Equipment financing vs Small business loan

Frozen, I have a SBA loan through a local bank from when I started my company. A couple things about the loan. 1 it took three months to set up. 2 Th...

7 years ago
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RE: Only Cyclone users know the struggle...

Trying to visually align a series of school hall ways that are very similar....without a site map of the scan locations.

7 years ago
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RE: Low Bid

If it is a public money job. Get the name of the surveyor and the engineer/contract officer who let the work and follow up with them and make sure ev...

7 years ago
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RE: Seco Ultralite Prism Pole

We have one of the ultra lite poles 15 foot I think. It works fine all the way down, but at 15 feet it is like trying if balance a wet noodle. So if y...

8 years ago
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RE: Project Manager wants offsets so he can pull in the corners!?!

I know to a lot of us this no no, but this is where we need to educate the construction worker as to the law. I have to imagine that his boss is looki...

8 years ago
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RE: Why don't we ask Title Companies to certify to the Surveyor

roger_LS, post: 417297, member: 11550 wrote: Are we responsible to check their work, i.e. check the public record to see if there is anything that the...

8 years ago
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RE: Why don't we ask Title Companies to certify to the Surveyor

A lot of good comments on this one. While I agree that the accuracy of the title reports is getting bad. I also understand that we are paying what amo...

8 years ago
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RE: Digging in hard soil, pavement, etc,

We bought a 36 volt Makita demo hammer that we like. It is still a battery operated tool. So sometimes it goes dead before we would like. For settin...

8 years ago