From Survey Management;"It is a three hour job"= Full day of work with poorly defined scope."It's just a lot Survey"= While the survey is indeed on a ...

Try not to get too caught up fixing little things on the DC unless you know that will resolve the issue downstream. Often the office will be processin...

Local traditions only, I like blue and white for boundary, red white and blue for bench marks and pink for survey control.

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I worked with a gentleman who liked to use a coffee can with the bottom cut out, he would put it over the search position pour some kerosene in the ca...

For a deep dive into a quality tool I recommend this video: [MEDIA=youtube]joetVGrMfAY[/MEDIA]I do not think that any survey rig is complete without a...

It works like magic to recover marker writing on concrete and okay on metal. A small dusting over a red pencil mark makes for a durable and discrete p...

The focus on crew size is, in my opinion, skewed by the power of nostalgia. The party chief of 30 years ago possessed a more complete understanding of...

In my experience an LS in the field is extremely rare, on similar frequency to an engineer visiting a construction site.

At the top establish a temp bracket with hole cut to hole a ball prism, establish ENZ on the prism, point the prism down, establish tripod centered at...

That ketchup on cottage cheese makes an okay snack.

The most productive mentoring I have received as a party chief was while working as a one person crew. I do not think that the shortcoming in mentorin...

I have heard that the Geomax batteries do not fit the Leica instruments. Have not seen it for myself however.

24" rebar placed at a corner such that they make the hypotenuse of a 45-90-45 triangle with the fence post at the 90 make good rungs for climbing.Work...

For loud environments a head-set is key, not necessarily the noise cancelling kind unless you are worried about hearing loss but simple ear piece and ...

I think it would be worthwhile to begin attending the association meetings in your area. If you find yourself interested in working construction many ...

If what we have to loose is the equipment then we have already lost.

It took me a good while to realize that for me alcohol had the exact opposite of effects from those intended; when I would drink to relieve stress mo...

I do not know that you will need cogo; basic math and polar to rectangular were enough to get me through it back in 09.Jason E. Foose, PS wrote a seri...

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