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RE: Which total station should I buy? (12k or under)

I like Leica gear, all the way software and everything.If you are concerned about the difference between a 2" instrument and a 3" instrument I would s...

8 years ago
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RE: Variable Costs for growing business

I have heard the owners of small shops complain that they cant compete on price with the big ones, and principals at big companies make the same compl...

8 years ago
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RE: Sayings that stick with you

Never time to do it right, always time to do it twice.

8 years ago
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RE: Setting temporary points for settlement monitoring

Lee D, post: 413519, member: 7971 wrote: I've yet to figure out a practical way to avoid all three men on a three man crew - IM and two RM - having to...

8 years ago
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RE: Verticality in an Existing Highrise

Luke J. Crawford, post: 413162, member: 11382 wrote: Random is out of the question as they need everything tied into the site system to match the arch...

8 years ago
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RE: Verticality in an Existing Highrise

Put sticky targets on the outside of the windows, put another facing inside at the same location, use a prism constant that takes into account the thi...

8 years ago
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RE: Verticality in an Existing Highrise

I would take a look at the standpipe, perhaps there is a plumb line of site there, maybe a mail shoot. Still it seems if they are removing elevators a...

8 years ago
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RE: Verticality in an Existing Highrise

Perhaps you can push for control of the elevators during off hours in order to do the work.

8 years ago
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RE: House too wide for lot

I staked out the line on a recently built house to get a corner rounded to make the clearance for a power right of way, took a nice chunk about five f...

8 years ago
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RE: Just wondering...

I do not think that connection is solid, if truancy and attendance is a genuine issue with the people you employ, the issue is the quality of employee...

8 years ago
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RE: Frequent Task Listing

We peg the guns daily l,t,i,c + ATR H and V; tilting axis a once per month. I would scale the list back, also some of the stuff is time consuming; if ...

8 years ago
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RE: Average Work Day

In the greater Seattle area:Construction Surveyors can make that much but can also expect long hours with less long term income stability.Owners can c...

8 years ago
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RE: I Dunno how many of you read the magazine P.O.B.

From my point of view the age of the LS population is not the primary concern, the primary concern is the quality of work put out.I think that the Can...

8 years ago
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RE: Anybody ever do e-mail marketing (Not spam)?

Having checked the websites of most Survey and Civil Engineering companies in my area at one point or another in the course of job searches it is clea...

8 years ago
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RE: Leica digital level

Right, and they used to put a button on the Wild levels for shaking the compensator, my question is to whether this is valid in the use of a digital l...

8 years ago
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RE: Leica digital level

Has anyone with the requisite technical know-how advocated for this tapping technique? I am skeptical of this approach. At my place of employment we s...

8 years ago
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RE: Pole mounted clipboard

I have made a visor out of cardboard for the DC to control glare and fastened a zip tie to serve as a loss proof stylus.

8 years ago
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RE: Sears sell Craftsman brand to Stanley

I knew a party chief who wore out a file sharpening machetes over many years, and made use of the warranty to get a replacement.

8 years ago
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RE: Asbuilt minus Design or Design minus Asbuilt?

Existing condition minus design target equals difference is the way I have always done it.

8 years ago
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RE: Need help with surveying basics...

8-12 months is enough time to take a bite out of the surveying basics, maybe you should look into a trade school program. I have taken a look at BCIT ...

8 years ago
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