Lump sum is my preferred method. How you get to your sum is up to you. I certainly wouldn't be determining my sum for a project like that based stri...

The ID test is a joke IMO....or at least it was back in the day. It was essentially a take home test that you had proctored by an approved LS. This ...

What you have described isn't even a survey and would definitely not fly around these parts. We do replats but they are basically just plats of existi...

It's really all about where you work. 100k in san francisco won't get you much. 100k in central WA and you live like a king...well not quite, but you...

I wouldn't use Google Earth elevations for anything more than a general reference. I have seen them be fairly accurate from a general elevation stand...

Bow Tie Surveyor, post: 408683, member: 6939 wrote: I've heard out west that Mortgage surveys are a rarity. Anybody know why? Also, in British Columbi...

Mark Mayer, post: 407620, member: 424 wrote: That is why I said way back at the beginning that C3d is not survey software.It's definitely not the comp...

Sounds like you better get Surveyor A back in the picture.I could not imagine a scenario where I would ever record another surveyors survey. Who se...

Jim Frame, post: 406627, member: 10 wrote: If you don't trust the 3DFACES, why would you trust the points and breaklines used to generate them?I am ju...

Bow Tie Surveyor, post: 406546, member: 6939 wrote: The breaklines are just used to help build the surface. Once the surface is built, why do you need...

Mark Mayer, post: 406430, member: 424 wrote: Transfer of surfaces between CAD platforms using xml is about 99.9% accurate. There will be the occasiona...

Bow Tie Surveyor, post: 406302, member: 6939 wrote: This may be one of the changes made from the original Civil3D version that I demoed. In that versi...

flyin solo, post: 406286, member: 8089 wrote: i've revised, updated and added to topo plenty, and never had a problem with info to the engineers. pro...

Bow Tie Surveyor, post: 406244, member: 6939 wrote: This morning, I noticed a job posting from a local survey looking for a Civil3D drafting tech. It ...

It does everything we need it to do such as field to finish automatic linework and breaklines, stores all my survey data in a easy to find and track s...

Randy Rain, post: 405207, member: 35 wrote: And yet another way...........I'll assume that you are wanting to compare calculated boundary to measured ...

Depends on the company and the company management style and profitability. My first 15 years we got no bonus at all, this was a small less than 10 pe...

We do about 3-4 a year and have never done one for less than $2,000, some have been double that. Do not sell yourself short on the fee. I used to ge...

We prepare our topo maps in 3D. I didn't like it at first but have gotten used to it over the years and must say I know like it.

Index cards? That is old school, but obviously works and sometimes you just have to do what works and what you know.We just use excel and document eac...