@ncsudirtman Go easy? Nah, not with this guy. He is a great character who always had a wisecrack and never let a chance to give me a hard time slide ...
@dave-karoly Sure. But I'd have figure out how to do that. And absolute value is more "mathy" and I like telling people I use math and trig every day...
@norman-oklahoma That's a nice looking format - all the information is handy. I started using the absolute value function (ABS) for the c/f ...
@bstrand Yes, you should be able to but for whatever reason I don't see that option in my collector. And using excel, I can format the output to my li...
@ncsudirtman I don't see how you can be competitive using a level. If you're winning jobs based on using a level, your profit margin will shoot up sk...
If it take more than an hour to create and deliver a cut sheet via email it stresses me out. I often do it before I leave the job site so the contract...
@bill93 Yup. the construction folks use the term "template". Often the challenge is the orientation mark on the template. The superintendent says "ye...
I've used a Remington Power Pro Semi Automatic Model 496 for similar application.
40. Harvard Business Review last year reported that the average age of a successful startup founder is 45. You're ready when you're ready - age should...
Record of Survey maps and Subdivision maps by county. For example google: Multnomah County Survey Records
Tell me have you the story of the Jupiter - and the 119?
Nicely done. For me, these days I send a PDF of the point plot to my phone, a Galaxy Note 9, and use that instead of a print.?ÿ With the stylus I can ...
It's been a long time, but I used to have the HMS->, ->HMS, HMS+, HMS- functions stored in the CST button. Look up how to store them there and y...
I agree. But from a purely business/economic sense, 50 is better that zero.
@just-a-surveyor $1.2 is not the cost. It's the price with overhead, cost of goods, etc. and profit. Other surveyor decided on almost NO profit.
@wa-id-surveyor NOT pure profit. Actually the other surveyor is working with almost NO profit. However, the other surveyor has 9 guys/gals working on...
I will concede that gross margin is more important than gross revenue.
I do similarly as Norman - some sort of written confirmation that the contractor is accepting liability. Recently got burned on verbal confirmat...
@just-a-surveyor 10%, 20%, 50%... doesn't matter. The other guy got money, I got zero.Here's my real example:We bid $1.2 million for a project. Other...
@half-bubble To that I would say, having a decent relationship with your local competitors is a good business practice. So no.But from a purely econo...
