What a feat! What year was this and how has the work held up?
/This fork is reserved for experiences of other postersSome years ago my father and I needed to find a buried plastic water line that ran into the bar...
What has each party recognized to be his? If boundaries exist that have long been recognized, then...those boundaries still exist! Could a Corrective ...
The view may be dependent on your demands> Years ago I heard a wealthy man say that most people are too busy working to find the time to make money...
Sell Sell Sell!As you noted, it is a non-income producing, depreciating asset. Good assets produce income or appreciate. I am a PLS who closed up my o...
Absolutely excellent post.:good: I've never been a cheerleader for a compulsory 4-year degree (I just think the test should be way harder, and the exp...
Wait...just so I have this right. In NC you can become a PLS with a 4-year degree and ONE year of experience? ONE?! I'm in a state that requires 4 and...
I feel your pain. I work at a large firm now, but owned a small shop for 5 years. My conclusion, I guess, is that you can't squeeze blood from a turni...
:good: :good: Absolutely. It works. Only take jobs that are truly profitable-you didn't want the other kind anyway! If I want to "stay busy", I'll go ...
Very common where I'm from. No cause for alarm. Indeed, geoid models have come a long way, baby.
This dispels some of my pre-conceived notions, perhaps. How long ago did NJ start requiring a 4-year surveying degree?
Why not just improve the exam?You raise two excellent points that our profession has not successfully dealt with.1. Why do we have exams that do not s...
+1. Until the average salary of a PLS dramatically increases, I will continue to disbelieve the notion that there is (or will be) a shortage of survey...
I have a 4 year ABET Surveying degree. It was a great education. Making it a requirement for registration is a bad idea.Examination and experience (i....
Yeah, I don't have a good handle on why this mindset persists either. I can only speculate that, in general, most people really hate physical work and...
Ditto. It's very fast to put together, and the project manager can see at a glance what is going on. I have been in almost exactly the situation you d...
I would strongly advise against any data manipulation before reporting. Unintended consequences of doing so could be serious. I would recommend a comp...
I recommend to clients (and have myself) a policy through the National Catastrophic Insurance Program (basically Lloyds of London, NOT a federal agenc...
Unless you are an urban/suburban surveyor, I would recommend Meindl boots.
I Doubt That 15 Satellites Were Used...Or he could just come back 4 hours later and re-observe some key points to make sure they are within his error ...
