I would refuse to do the survey if given the opportunity. As a professional I refuse to compromise my standards. There will be others that don't seem ...

I have worked in subsurface utility engineering where the actual locations and depths of utility services are verified after location. After the verif...

Regulations and shirking responsibility for providing actual data is unprofessional. In my opinion the regulations are the result of lobbying efforts ...

The lives that are at risk by agencies preferring the marking services rather than an actual utility location are my concern. Using the same logic I c...

Most utility location services are fraudulent because those who request the services are only interested in first cost. There is absolutely no benefit...

Trusses are designed for axial loads. There should be no bending moments in the members.Likewise there should be no shear stress in the members either...

The neutral axis is relative to bending stresses. This is a shear failure where the holes would matter and the neutral axis is irrelevant.

The neutral axis is relative to bending stresses. This is a shear failure where the holes would matter and the neutral axis would be irrelevant.

I have the green one. It is a first edition (1957). A surveyor's son gave it to me. I keep it alongside my fourth edition now called "Brown's Boundary...

...said Joe Martin, an engineering professor at Drexel University in Philadelphia. ‰ÛÏIt‰Ûªs incredibly unusual for steel to break like that. Pieces d...

Now you have to change your name to Boyd.

Yes, all paint is messy and ugly. I call crews that use excessive paint the "blind" surveyors. A cool alternative would be pin flags (for lack of a be...

That is a great story Mitch. Thank you.

Thank you for the comments.The metal rod is long enough to be stable through twenty-five years according to the board rules. They don't specify a leng...

Randy Rain, post: 401482, member: 35 wrote: People that refer to radians as "some obscure mathematical notation that nobody except high school algebra...

Robert Hill, post: 401458, member: 378 wrote: You made your point that you do not like it. What other point or tidbit of knowledge have you made? I'l...

Forget my software analogy then... Everything is a "tool" these days and some are better than others.Software like excel that has been around since 19...

So, let me pose the question in a different way. Let's say I'm selling some software. The software itself doesn't do anything that makes sense, but, y...

Really? Why gang up on me? After all the years paying for and upgrading this software I just think it would be common sense for programmers to include...