I once saw 160 feet of brand new curb ripped out because the line wondered by a quarter inch and the handicapped ramps were two tenths off by station ...

These are what we use, they are anonymous and occasionally fall off but they are so rarely used that you know it is your point when you find it, and t...

What's a ccr?

I am not a boss, but if I were I would be hard pressed to accept "my phone died" as a valid reason for aborting a control campaign. As such I would tr...

I would rather have it and not need it than need it and not have it.

As an crew chief I would expect to pay, if it were on the job and there was some work related reason the meter was not plugged I would expect the man ...

Found and accepted one foot diameter cluster of assorted iron pipes and rods.?ÿ

I met a relative onetime in his mid sixties, he was a nice guy but hard of hearing and hard of head enough that he refused to go to doctors about anyt...

I dunno what it is but I like it, wish you could turn it on. It makes just the right amount of light to see the center perfect in low light environmen...

It does not, the higher range RL guns work better even below the distance threshold though, Jerry did not say what the rating is but the lower ones ca...

Also pg 117-units and formats-v angle fixed or running, with v angle running you can turn up or down after getting a distance and the elevation will u...

Some sort of insurance thing? That is the second video of a trimble getting smashed that I have seen posted.

Beyond the temperature thing, most aluminum tripods that I have encountered are just poorly constructed. I ran into a set of Leitz aluminum legs that ...

So, what are we going to have to do to get Kent back in here??ÿ

Too easy.?ÿ

My memory is a little fuzzy on this, but I recall having distance deltas more on the magnitude of a couple tenths the last time I shot through glass.&...

  Some toys to look at.

One way to make a temporary mark at the bottom of a rod it to hit it with a spritz of spray paint, turning rod tip into a template  and setting t...

I have worked for Surveyors on both ends of the spectrum, some will want to start from scratch every time and others (far fewer) are fine starting and...

I worked for a well respected survey shop in Washington that went through and destroyed all records that were more than seven years old on the belief ...