Quick survey of property....

Surveyors CYA, If they make a mistake it's on them not the client so they usually are very thorough in their research and fieldwork.
 
Guilty dogs bark the loudest. And Good fences make good neighbors... And Know your local UDO!!! Some UDO's require the support posts to be in the inside!!!! The good side ALWAYS needs to be on the outside. Cost me a battle once. My neighbor complained not even knowing the post rule. Municipality sent me the letter and I researched. So I flipped it and pushed it 8' high with option of razor wire put in my back pocket if they bark at me oneeeee moreeeee time. :)

Another theary, life would be boring as hell without a bad neighbor to mess with. :) I've been there and done that... And still doing it. LOL
 
6BangBronk said:
You are correct sir. I should have given the same advice...
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No problem, I'm not a registered Land Surveyor but worked in the field for decades and did ALOT of dispute field surveys between adjoiners. It was never pleasant to work w an irate adjoining landowner disagreeing, trying to interfere or stop us from doing our job and later informing them of their costly encroachments once they were proven and marked correctly. If someone surveys w/o being employed or under direct supervision/authority of a licensed Surveyor their findings are not legal.
 
mommucked said:
No problem, I'm not a registered Land Surveyor but worked in the field for decades and did ALOT of dispute field surveys between adjoiners. It was never pleasant to work w an irate adjoining landowner disagreeing, trying to interfere or stop us from doing our job and later informing them of their costly encroachments once they were proven and marked correctly. If someone surveys w/o being employed or under direct supervision/authority of a licensed Surveyor their findings are not legal.
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Believe it or not from my first post mommucked, I'm 18 years here now...
Civil Designer
http://www.bnkinc.com/

I've heard some really good stories myself...

I will add if you have common ground with a neighbor and all plats are straight forward, I will locate irons with a detector and mark irons for "personnal use" any day if they appear untouched. But you just never know. I suggest a current survey within past 10-15 years if you ever purchase land or have any kind of dispute. Besides, Surveying has come a long ways with GPS. GPS is within a tenth now. Was within only a foot just 15 years ago when it was first introduced. And a great advantage compared to deeds done with stretching chains...
 
Having spent countless hours in the cold, hot, muddy,dusty conditions of a large commercial construction site cussing and banging my head, throwing plans in the air, working late, field engineering/fixing mistakes on expensive, approved and suposedly checked data on construction plans, we are arch enemies. :flipoff2: I may have spoke to you on the phone before to get answers or confirmation on mistakes that I could not re-engineer w/o changing an entire run of sewer or storm drain, conflicting or bad contours, and missing important information. I do recall more than a few engineers who would refuse to answer my phonecalls after I called them repetedly to confirm more than a few mistakes on the same or updated/fixed? plans. I worked on more than a few of your firms jobs over the years. Did'nt yall engineer the 4 story apartments and parking deck on Glenwood Ave, near Crabtree mall? I worked for KSA for a decade at least and alot of S.T Wooten jobs.
 
mommucked said:
Having spent countless hours in the cold, hot, muddy,dusty conditions of a large commercial construction site cussing and banging my head, throwing plans in the air, working late, field engineering/fixing mistakes on expensive, approved and suposedly checked data on construction plans, we are arch enemies. :flipoff2: I may have spoke to you on the phone before to get answers or confirmation on mistakes that I could not re-engineer w/o changing an entire run of sewer or storm drain, conflicting or bad contours, and missing important information. I do recall more than a few engineers who would refuse to answer my phonecalls after I called them repetedly to confirm more than a few mistakes on the same or updated/fixed? plans. I worked on more than a few of your firms jobs over the years. Did'nt yall engineer the 4 story apartments and parking deck on Glenwood Ave, near Crabtree mall? I worked for KSA for a decade at least and alot of S.T Wooten jobs.
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BNK did alot of work that way including entire Olde Raleigh section before my day under Don Kennedy but I recall actually doing the Crabtree parking deck with my first company here in NC "Derward Baker and Associates" in Cary in 1993-4. Derward passed the company onto his son Jeff since, so you may want to hold off on resolving old agressions. LOL
I was a survey tech then. Remember that project well being a green boy... But I do remember my brother was a rodman on that job. And a green boy as well. :) I'll just give you his number and ya'll can have it out. LOL
 
I grew up on the same block as Mr. Kennedy and went to school w his daughter Dedre. I started surveying w DBA in the early 80s and we were using chains, I long ago forgot how to throw one well. The bolt on EDM was the big thing and I remember at first only 2 of Derwards 5 crews had one. He was a very kind and generous Boss and I still miss the 4 day work weeks. I still see Jeff now and then, not as much lately. I went back to work there when Jeff was in charge for a year or so. The apartments near crabtree I refered to are called the Tribute,maybe 6 yrs ago? I'm pretty sure it was a BNK job, I remember the local firm had a survey dept. but did'nt get the construction staking contract and peeps were pissed ST wanted us to do it.
 
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