8% is very realistic, even slightly conservative. Look at the column of "25-year average annual returns". Nearly every 25-year period is above 8%.I ce...
Very valid point, but it's worth remembering:If you invest the $80,000 in an S&P 500 Index Fund, with an 8% rate of return (historically probable)...
Jim, I always love your comments, as you are one of the few surveyors I know who has actually arrived at the end stage of grief over loss of the profe...
At my office we have removed the walls on the stalls for this very reason. Some sloppy surveyors forget that suprvision must be direct.
This question is critical to the survival of our profession. If the ROI is negative, it will probably change dramatically.The coming generation is rea...
> Fred is his own office. All calls go to him.Transcendent! I like it. Just as the church is the people and the cathedral is only the building. Th...
Boundary surveying has always been a miniscule fraction of professional surveying practice, hasn't it? The loss of the other work through the combined...
:good: Best solution I've heard for these little buggers. When I was on my own I usually accepted payment out of closing and would just lose 1 or 2%. ...
I ditto Mr. Zitkovich. Great in theory, but is anyone doing this in practice? Survived the litigation?I put this question to Jeffrey Lucas during a br...
Does PW mean union member?> If there is no labor agreement for a project, what business is it of the unions who gets paid what?One goal of unions i...
> It is my personal wish for governmental agencies to have as little impact as possible on the employment practices of this profession; and when th...
Yeah, Alaska has a classification for surveyors as well. I have personally encountered all of the issues that Mr. Abbitt brings up both as an employee...
I live in a state with heavy union influence and state prevailing wage for surveyors on construction projects. My experience: A rising tide lifts all ...
I need another line of work!Totally unfamiliar with the laws in Texas and Oklahoma, but once you are well versed in what is inside the bounds of the l...
Don't sweat it! I know we all hate to turn our back on something we put a lot of effort into and maybe even enjoyed. But, to me, early 30s is hearth a...
To my knowledge, neither a TDS .job or .raw file contains raw GPS data (except for RTK stuff). What receiver brand do you have? Did you have it log ra...
Yeah, I see a lot more of the pincushion corners and the "just use the math" mindset among the old guard than I do among young surveyors. The professi...
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Both using RTKRight of Way is indeed a horse of a different color, in that, generally, monuments do not control the width. So a ROW that is 100' wide ...
Honest question: What was the better evidence? Occupation over a statutory period? Controlling corners nearby in much more stable condition?
