Can't recall ever staking House corners, but have staked many commercial buildings. Building staking is high risk low reward which = high cost. $200...

Curious, Do they have Title Reports in your state? We typically will not survey any piece of property without a title report from a title company. Th...

WOW! I sure am appreciative that they don't have that type of 'survey' in the states I work. How can it even be called a survey? More like a drive b...

> I would write the description, but I NEVER write the cover document with the grantor, grantee, consideration, etc. That's a job for the attorneys...

Leveling Total station - we have one but never use it Robotic total station - daily use Gps static - seldom used, maybe once a month Gps rtk - daily...

Nice! Would be nice if the rest of the States followed.

I am not speaking from any recent WA experennce here, but aren't professional surveyors exempt from this? After all we are professionals surveyors not...

> Surveyors seldom set R/W markers, thats a contractor thing. > > BruceWhile this was true in the past in Idaho, this is no longer the case ...

> I had a fence contractor pull out several section corners around a major lake when the Game & Parks Commission hired him to put in a new fenc...

> > If we're only to lock down the plat geometry and set another monument where that math says one should be, ignoring all other evidence (use, ...

It depends....as most every survey does on the situation. If the subdivision was recently completed and no houses or improvements other than roadway ...

> Fences that have been accepted for at least 70 years enclose a parcel that has a deed calling for a 13 x 11 rod rectangle. The fences support tha...

While admittedly I have not read every single response, I agree with the setting of witness corners as a suitable method. With that said, it really co...

I am not sure which state you are in but around here whoever destroyed the monuments is responsible for replacing them. Perhaps a call to the utilty ...

Whenever I get asked for a 'bid' on a subdivision I save my client and myself alot of time and direct them to the most reputable lowest cost surveyor ...

Personally I see scales on surveys or plats as being more and more obsolete in this day and age. 95% of the survey copies we obtain in Idaho or in Wa...

Better by at least 25%. While I have no hard #s to back this up I know we are much busier this year and have been since it hit 2012.

Do the laws in your state say that you have to report known issues (such as closure accuracy) pertaining to code? Around here they do. Simply call t...

We use both LDD and Civil3d. You will be $ and time ahead if you never save back to an LDD version. Too many behind the scenes things can go wrong. ...