You can't truly say that's the engineer's fault without the plans. I'd find it hard to believe that was the 'design'. ?ÿ

Congrats on the retirement!

We do most of those tasks as well using C3D.?ÿ We've been using it forever so I am not fully up to speed on current training for those tasks.?ÿ I woul...

Are you working under the direction of a PLS? If so, all the questions you asked need to be asked of him/her as this is a fairly common task in the su...

As Putman said, they are all compatible so there are no 'saving issues'.?ÿ With that said, your company should always upgrade together as it makes eve...

@jim-frame True, but that's only in regards to boundary surveying.?ÿ We do a lot of surveying, and boundary surveying is a very small percentage.

It depends on your client.?ÿ Certain municipalities will not accept Lump Sum, some do.?ÿ But, they pay regularly and are consistent.?ÿ We push for lum...

1 man crews by design - with the occasional 2 man crew As I advance in my career I do much less actual surveying and more general management. Probabl...

I have been in a position to review both City and County plats over the years and always kept my comments to the information required by the City/Coun...

It's a project that we're not setup to accomplish efficiently such as small commercial development or small project construction staking. The project ...

When platting in Idaho the law requires you to set a minimum of 5/8" rebar and cap at all external plat corners.?ÿ So, if you find 1/2" rebar and caps...

You would need to check the vacation ordinance.?ÿ From the description it does not indicate the alleys were vacated.?ÿ Without documented proof I woul...

I'd be inclined to hold the 50' right of way and run the #s out like Bill did.?ÿ Look at the tangent to the east.?ÿ In the drawing it looks like it ha...

Depending on what state your in there are specific requirements for these types of descriptions.?ÿ I have prepared and reviewed many of them in Idaho....

Join the crowd!?ÿ It is nice to see what I would consider a competitive wage from a municipality.?ÿ

It serves it purpose, which is strictly DOT work.?ÿ In 30+ years I've never met anyone that used MicroStation willingly?ÿ They are only forced to beca...

ITD - Idaho?ÿ uses Microstation ORD.?ÿ Its such a PITA program for surveyors i can't even begin to describe the issues.?ÿ I truly don't know how any s...

In my area of operation, once a road is dedicated and accepted by the maintenance entity such as a county, city or highway district the only way to re...

I'm lucky enough to set all survey budgets in our office of 30.

Ask the SUE people 'who is going into the manhole without any safety gear because it wasn't budgeted'.?ÿ See what they say.