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Ron Lang
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RE: Question regarding FAA 1A surveys

I prepare them all the time, i label it proposed structure, with lat, long & elev.

9 years ago
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RE: Pin Finders

Plumb Bill, post: 347820, member: 226 wrote: I've always used the old square top-type Schonstedt pin finders, but have been thinking about getting a p...

9 years ago
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RE: Grate Top Inlets

BajaOR, post: 347022, member: 9139 wrote: I took him to mean "feeling around" not with hands but with with a designated "stinky rod", used only for th...

9 years ago
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RE: Grate Top Inlets

foggyidea, post: 346870, member: 155 wrote: I think that they just need to be shown how one time. Add a shovel to the tools and you should be all se...

9 years ago
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RE: Grate Top Inlets

fattiretom, post: 346897, member: 6039 wrote: We have never pulled them off...only circle lids. Why pull them off when you can easily slip a tape meas...

9 years ago
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RE: Principals licensed?

Va requires 67% licensed ownership.

9 years ago
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RE: Sweet wife of mine

My wife works with me in the office. She works abot 24 hrs a week handling the admin responsibilities. Sometimes it is trying but all in all I woul...

9 years ago
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RE: 1A cellphone tower certifications

Also if the top of the proposed structure is higher than the existing structure then you would want to list that height as well.

9 years ago
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RE: 1A cellphone tower certifications

All the 1A's I've done on existing structures which is many are lat, long, ground elevation, and highest point. Say they are installing an antenna ar...

9 years ago
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RE: Youngest and oldest

39Started at 17License at 34

9 years ago
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RE: Clockwise or Counter Clockwise? Inquiring minds want to know.

JPH, post: 334652, member: 6636 wrote: Really? Why would they care enough to make it a standard - something which all of us in the profession know me...

9 years ago
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RE: Excessive Overcharges

I marked property lines for an elderly lady who was recently widowed, i priced the job based on the current tax records which showed the property at a...

9 years ago
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RE: Tick Bites in the News Again

In my years of surveying in Va, I have been bitten by hundreds of ticks. On one particular job we set a stake at the baseline point. The next day up...

9 years ago
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RE: Calc points on Latitude

And I thought I had some difficulty being a colonial surveyor. I'll take a bounded by survey any day.

9 years ago
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RE: NSPS 2015 Map/Plat Design Competition

I thought most of the plats looked good. I am not a big fan of color, and upside down text on bearings & distances bothers me a bit. On one of t...

9 years ago
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RE: Deciphering Colonial Deeds

I agree with Andy, let them prove me wrong. Being from VA most of the older deeds are bounded by. For instance I just did a survey for a gentleman w...

9 years ago
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RE: Real Estate Agent

I no longer take jobs from Real Estate Agents unless paid upfront. Been burned too many times. Last time I was told the fee would be taken out of cl...

12 years ago
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RE: House staking fee schedule

Typically charge base fixed fee depending on lot size and requirements for up to 6 corners and around 10 bucks a corner for additional corners.

12 years ago
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