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@field-dog If there's one thing I've learned in this business, it's that just because it's from a big firm doesn't mean they know what they're doing.
A few years ago a friend of mine was doing some layout on a general aviation airport.?ÿ The engineering and design surveying had been done by a large,...
Henry Jones Sr from "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade":?ÿ Be wary, for we are pilgrims in an unholy land. ?ÿ I like to recite that one prior to ta...
@holy-cow My right hand man is going to be taking the test within the next couple of months.?ÿ I'll come back with a report after he passes it.
@holy-cow It's been 19 years since I've taken the test.?ÿ Other than reading the surveying laws and regulations, I don't have much to add.
If you had given that explanation to the reporter, her response would have been, "what's Latin"?
For years we've sort of had a dual filing system.?ÿ The paper folder and all the printouts go in the file cabinet filed by Tax Map and Parcel number.?...
When I was a kid we didn't need Elf on a Shelf to make sure we behaved around Christmas.?ÿ We had Belt on a Shelf to make sure we behaved the whole ye...
If you're on the verge of graduating, you'll do fine.?ÿ Most of the people that have trouble are the ones that don't have a surveying degree, or are y...
I'm not a fan.
@mark-mayer I doubt it. I'm not up on the surveying scene in that town, so I don't know anything about the company or who works there.
@jon-payne A couple or three years ago there was a firm down Highway 68 from you that was looking for a PLS at $33,000 per year.
An engineer I worked with for over a decade now works for a firm on the north side of Cape Girardeau.
I have a hard time believing you're far enough out of school to handle all the responsibilities owning such a firm would entail.?ÿ You might be, but t...
@stephen-ward A decade ago I did some work on the John Sevier coal plant for TVA.?ÿ They didn't want to pay for an all new survey, rather they wanted ...
@squirl?ÿ My desktop. ?ÿ TVA emailed me that information.?ÿ Supposedly I have all of their benchmarks.
@jph "I hereby certified that I have no knowledge of any of the conditions on the site of a survey I conducted as File #X, Dated: Y since the date of ...
About the only way to hire quality employees now is to throw a sack of money at them.
