For the ourpose of clarifying to future readers that I am showing my measured line that (of course) results in a different number than record, which I...
@thebionicman I recently read that in Idaho, a surveyor who intends to "reject" an existing monument must first notify the landowners and state board!...
My question is: why does it matter what YOUR theoretical, calculated position is??ÿ
We are split as a profession about this. When I ask the surveyor if they want the public to know that they "accept" the monument but want their protra...
I had been an apprenticed surveyor, licensed in 1989, began regular CE programs in 1986 (by choice) when I enrolled in MSUD Denver in 1995 and took on...
If you lucked into this profession by accident,?ÿ you've made a good choice. A toast to the many challenges ahead!
Lived in Durango for school in 81 82. Got to survey In the San Juans. Explored telluride but never got to ski at your REAL mountain
My standard contract requires landowners to expressly agree among other things that I am the one who defines the standards and procedures used for the...
Jim, my bet is that you are not experiencing the incompetence of a lot of surveyors but the opposite, and there will not be a matter of getting a surv...
I would add one note, I have generally learned good basics from all these rules which I've tried to refer to since meeting Mr Madson in 1986. I person...
@i-ben-havin I have refused to continue working for obnoxious landowners. I offered to give them their money back in writing, and they refused in writ...
@kscott I have concluded after years on the ground like you say, no landowner ever, ever hires a surveyor to advise if his deed is correct. MOST of my...
@fairbanksls yes, I see them on plats; 'I recommend the landowner consult an attorney to examine conflicts shown, etc"
I went to madsons 3 day seminar in 1986 and read all his books. Knowing what I know today, rule 2 is mostly right but only the courts, NOT AN ATTORNEY...
My private clients approve a contract that they own the plat that is delivered to the only. My county work is owned by the public