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What are some benefits of BIM in modern construction

Building Information Modeling (BIM) is rising as an innovative way to manage projects, BIM expedites collaboration within stakeholders, which will lead to improved profitability, reduced costs, better time management, and improved client relationship. BIM not only allows design and construction teams to work more efficiently, but it allows them to obtain the data they generate during the process to gain from operational and maintenance activities.Architects - BIM started to evolve with…

Started by Indovance Inc in Professional Advice for New Surveyors

Views: 28

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Overlaying CAD drawing to Google Earth

Hello allIt has been a while since I posted as i have been out of the survey game for some time but have recently got back in.I was hoping the community could help shed some light on how to overlay a CAD drawing of a road onto Google Earth.I am trying to design a new road in Peru in a town called Lobitos. The area in question is shown below (extract from Google Earth). From Google Maps I was able to pick out the exact road I am designing called Calle La Punta, along with a latitude and…

Started by John_Devine in Professional Advice for New Surveyors

Views: 65

Orange County Chapter - California Land Surveyors Association - CA LS Exam Review Class

Good afternoon everyone, Trying to get licensed in California or just want to brush up on topics not encountered everyday? Sign up for our 2021 OC-CLSA LS Review Class! This opportunity only comes around once a year. These excellent instructors have taken time out of their busy day to share the wealth of knowledge they have acquired over a lifetime of surveying. This year we've moved the entire course online and all meetings will be held virtually via Zoom. No need to add another drive to…

Started by Bryan in Surveying Best Practices and Professional Advice for New Surveyors

Views: 48

Trimble RTX CenterPoint

Hello everybody!Does anyone have an experience of RTX used for landsurvey purpose? This technologie makes me really curious but it's hard to find comeback online...Have a great day! Simon, Surveyor for aeronautical purpose.

Started by Al in Professional Advice for New Surveyors, Surveying Related Links, and Surveying Equipment and Software Talk

Views: 77

Finding Jobs in File System on CC80 smart tablet

Hi all, Im trying to locate a job that was deleted from a project. Does anyone know where jobs and their measurements are stored on the local machine? iCON / Leica / cc80 / smart tablet

Started by Charles Pettis in Introduce Yourself to the Community, Surveying Best Practices, and Surveying Field Tips and Tricks

2 Replies · Reply by Augie Goldman Jun 24, 2020

Views: 140

Seeking Professional Surveying Relationships to Earn NCEES/Board Referrals

I would like to apply for licensure as a professional land surveyor in Nevad and California.Recently, I received a BAS degree in geomatics/land surveying (this is my second undergraduate degree), passed the FS exam, passed the PS exam, and became registered as a Land Surveyor Intern (LSI) in Nevada and a Land Surveyor in Training (LSIT) in California.My land surveying experience spans well beyond four years, but is with one firm that has one licensed professional.To apply for licensure, I need…

Started by Keith Pagan in Professional Advice for New Surveyors and Surveying Jobs and Jobless

3 Replies · Reply by Keith Pagan Jul 17

Views: 121

Licensed Flood Elevation Certificate Surveyors or Engineer

An flood elevation certificate is a document issued by the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) that shows important features of your property like its location, flood zone, building characteristics, and elevation of its lowest floor. An Elevation Certificate is an actual field survey by a licensed professional surveyor. The elevation compares house and building elevations to the local flood elevation as determined by the Federal Emergency Management Agency. An Elevation Certificate is a…

Started by NexGen Surveying LLC in Surveying Best Practices

Views: 18

Land Surveyors In Orlando Florida

A mortgage survey is a document that shows in which state you are purchasing a home, may be required for the closing process. The purpose of a Mortgage Location Survey is to confirm to the title company that what is described in the property's deed is what is actually transferring in real lifeThe sole aim of this survey is to satisfy the lender that the property you are purchasing has enough value to cover the amount they are lending you. The lending company for your mortgage loan wants this…

Started by NexGen Surveying LLC in Surveying Best Practices

Views: 22

Baseline - how to establish between base and rover Advice Needed

Good day all I am not a surveyor but I play with GPS and specifically precision low cost units for precise positioning and navigation over dangerous terrain or for placement and remote control of machinery. The question that I have is how is the baseline between the Base and Rover established (calculated)when RTK is in progress? Is it the horizontal distance or is it the hypotenuse? In the above I have a Base at point A that is 10 meters away from the Rover at point B and it is also 10…

Started by Anton in Surveying Best Practices, Inside the Surveying Work Truck, and Surveying Equipment and Software Talk

2 Replies · Reply by Anton May 6

Views: 77

Mortgage Inspection Survey

Mortgage Inspection Survey is basically a document that shows on which state you are purchasing a home in, may be required for the closing process. It involve several steps of work, starting with the review of a piece of land that you intend to buy or sell. Lets discuss this Forum to know more about Mortgage Inspection Survey.

Started by NexGen Surveying LLC in Surveying Best Practices

Views: 32

Who is the best CAD partner for outsourcing survey drafting services in India?

Land Surveying is the critical and precise process of mapping and representing the locations and details of features on a landscape or a facility on the surface of the earth by a land surveyor or a survey engineer.Land Surveying drafting services lie at the heart of a Reliable and Responsible land/site development. They determine the dimensions, distances, directions, angles, and elevations of the boundaries and characteristics of properties to accurately create plans. Thereby determining…

Started by Indovance Inc in Surveying Best Practices

Views: 31

Get Professional Palm Beach Surveyors - NexGen Surveying

Get the best Palm Beach Surveyors of NexGen Surveying for land surveying and mapping needs. Our professional Surveyors have decades of experience and knowledge of latest technology. Give us a chance and see the differences our expertise makes!

Started by NexGen Surveying LLC in Surveying Best Practices

2 Replies · Reply by ⚡Survenator⌁ Apr 5

Views: 50

GPS DATA QUALITY

HOW CAN ONE CHECK THE QUALITY OF GPS DATA.

Started by MOOMIN in Location Based Surveying Practices

1 Reply · Reply by ⚡Survenator⌁ Jul 15, 2020

Views: 176

NSPS COVID-19 Statement

The NSPS has issued an official statement regarding Corona Virus / COVID-19 as it relates to Land Surveying in the United States of America

Started by ⚡Survenator⌁ in Location Based Surveying Practices

Views: 315

Quiz for Surveyors New to the Field

Rob Migliore‎ shared this with us.... let's see how well you do... I sometimes give an easy quiz to potential field and CAD people during their interview, just to get an understanding of their experience.I wonder how many of you can answer these questions:What does it mean to “Buck In” or “Trick In”?What is the standard temperature correction for a steel tape?What is “Double Centering”?What does it mean to “Kick a Leg”?What does the anagram “SOHCAHTOA” stand for?How many hundredths of a foot…

Started by ⚡Survenator⌁ in Introduce Yourself to the Community, Geospatial Industry Types, and Surveying Best Practices

4 Replies · Reply by Ted Jun 6, 2020

Views: 1481

Promark3 and WNRO

Hi,Our group has been taking DiffGPS readings with Ashteck Promark3 DiffGPS equipment for about 9 years with very few problems. However, shortly after April 6 2019 - the date of the Week Number Roll Over - the data our units collected would no longer process in the GNSS software. I could load the rover data files and they would load but if I included the base station data the program would choke during the file loading stage. I could also load the base station data and correct it using the…

Started by Wojtek Jakubowski in Location Based Surveying Practices

1 Reply · Reply by Wojtek Jakubowski Jun 7, 2019

Views: 220

Grading Permit Plans in Pennsylvania: Can a surveyor calculate and sign off on Infiltration Beds and trenches?

I am a licensed surveyor in Pennsylvania and work for a full service Civil Engineering Company. I have been getting a lot of requests for grading permit plans. More and more townships are requiring Infiltration beds for roof drainage discharge. Also, Infiltration trenches along driveways. The calculations are pretty straight forward. Can a PA licensed land surveyor sign off on a house permit plan containing these drainage features? I have always had an in house licensed engineer perform…

Started by trout in Location Based Surveying Practices

Views: 232

BEING THE BEST

Lately I have become intrigued by the word "Best".When I was beginning in my surveying career, I told my father that I wanted to be the best surveyor there was. His response was: "Remember, David, being best is a matter of opinion, either yours or someone else's, and neither matters."Now, after 54 years of being in the profession, I have realized the wisdom of his response to me.If you think you are the best, you are looking "down" on others. If others think you are the best, they are looking…

Started by DAVID C. GARCELON in Location Based Surveying Practices

7 Replies · Reply by Justin Farrow Apr 10, 2019

Views: 180

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Topcon GTS-235N / 239N firmware

hi everyone I am a surveyor from Nepal ...Can sombody share the TOPCON Total Station Firmware of >>TOPCON GTS-235N >>TOPCON GTS-239N .and the process of upgarding the firmware.

Started by mohan.sirc in Surveying Documents

Views: 12

COORDINATE CONVERSION Ver.3.xlsm

Hello,Find the attached Excel spreadsheet for your easy coordinates conversations from grid to geographical coordinates and vice versa.COORDINATE CONVERSION Ver.3.xlsm

Started by ALONGE SUNDAY OLUWADARE in Surveying Documents

1 Reply · Reply by Bipad Bhanjan Ghosh Jul 16

Views: 48

Island Property Line V's Lot Line/BL/Plat

I know there's great solid discussions out there but I have an Island Question, An Island property surrounded by roads on each side no adjoining land owners only city streets, The BL shown on the sales survey could eiher be the building extents line where you could build to or Boundary line, It looks like it matches the original 1930's plat survey. The Local Zoning dept. relate all the set backs requirements to the Property line and don't refer to Lot lines,plats etc. I would consider that…

Started by Tobias Stapleton in Surveying Documents

1 Reply · Reply by Jesus F. Pacheco Apr 25

Views: 39

SDRMap manual

HiI have started using SDRMap software through Dosbox but could really do with a manual. Can anybody point me in the right directions please?

Started by Cliff Hart in Surveying Documents

Views: 87

Area Calculation for Road Works Spreadsheet

Common shapes Area calculation with tabname &Trunc Function.xlsm Common shapes areas that can be used in road works to calculate the area of executed works. Don't hesitate to contact for update. Thanks

Started by Salama Shurrab in Surveying Documents

Views: 166

Major Time Saver: 200 of the Latest Land Surveyor Jobs in One Click

Behind the scenes of Land Surveyors United, a lot of work goes into wrangling Surveyor Job Opportunities for our community members. Today, your task of finding a job may have just gotten a LOT easier for you... Simply head over to the Surveying Jobs page and find the button that says "Show the Newest 200 Surveyor Jobs" and click it. It will open up with an aggregated list of the latest 200+ jobs for land surveyors across all categories. Show the Newest 200 Land Surveyor Jobs Your…

Started by Jaybird in Land Surveying Jobs and Surveying Jobs and Jobless

Views: 19

Seeking Professional Surveying Relationships to Earn NCEES/Board Referrals

I would like to apply for licensure as a professional land surveyor in Nevad and California.Recently, I received a BAS degree in geomatics/land surveying (this is my second undergraduate degree), passed the FS exam, passed the PS exam, and became registered as a Land Surveyor Intern (LSI) in Nevada and a Land Surveyor in Training (LSIT) in California.My land surveying experience spans well beyond four years, but is with one firm that has one licensed professional.To apply for licensure, I need…

Started by Keith Pagan in Professional Advice for New Surveyors and Surveying Jobs and Jobless

3 Replies · Reply by Keith Pagan Jul 17

Views: 121

Quiz for Surveyors New to the Field

Rob Migliore‎ shared this with us.... let's see how well you do... I sometimes give an easy quiz to potential field and CAD people during their interview, just to get an understanding of their experience.I wonder how many of you can answer these questions:What does it mean to “Buck In” or “Trick In”?What is the standard temperature correction for a steel tape?What is “Double Centering”?What does it mean to “Kick a Leg”?What does the anagram “SOHCAHTOA” stand for?How many hundredths of a foot…

Started by ⚡Survenator⌁ in Introduce Yourself to the Community, Geospatial Industry Types, and Surveying Best Practices

4 Replies · Reply by Ted Jun 6, 2020

Views: 1481

Contract Work Heavy Overtime

When I first started Land Surveying I would get offers to work on these massive jobs that offered outrageous overtime. I can't seem to find them anymore.I'm an extremely well rounded crew chief that knows the office and field from boundary surveys to laser scanning and construction layout.I'm at a really good company right now, but I'm looking for a year or two of crazy paychecks to get my wife's business off the ground. Does anyone know who's doing things like this right now?

Started by William Kenter in Surveying Jobs and Jobless

Views: 77

Seeking Employment

Help regarding Job

Hi everybody,i am a surveyor from India,currently i am working with company but on temporary base.i am expert in 3D laser scanning. and i am having a good knowledge about GPS and total station.i am really in need of urgent job.please guys help me to get out of this situation.Thank you .

Started by Sibgatullah ahamd najar in Surveying Jobs and Jobless

Views: 89

Help Finding a JOb in Surveying

Hello! Please help i am searching jobs. In all countries. 10 years experience. Please help me to find job

Started by Ruslan in Surveying Jobs and Jobless

Views: 47

Instructions for Seeking Employment on New Jobs Board

Instructions for adding yourself to the List of Surveying Jobs Wanted The new and improved International Surveyor Jobs Board is in full effect, currently with over 1550 available employment opportunities for land surveyors. If you are seeking a Job or happen to be one of our members Seeking Employment, we have added some extra functionality for you. To add yourself to this list of Survey Jobs Wanted, or the Hire Me category, join the site and fill out your profile. Then click [+SUBMIT…

Started by ⚡Survenator⌁ in Surveying Jobs and Jobless

Views: 143

Open Instrumentman Position in Illinois?

I have an ex colleague who is a hard working, budding, survey Instrumentman looking to relocate the the Decatur area of Illinois. Does anyone have any advice on companies to look into or know of any open positions? This individual currently lives in Alaska and is not to do the traditional research of "word of mouth". Any information or help would be greatly appreciated.

Started by Jesse White, PLS in Surveying Jobs and Jobless

Views: 45

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What are the Benefits of Outsourcing BIM Services

Building Information Modeling (BIM) is rising as an innovative way to manage projects, BIM expedites collaboration within stakeholders, which will lead to improved profitability, reduced costs, better time management, and improved client relationship. BIM not only allows design and construction teams to work more efficiently, but it allows them to obtain the data they generate during the process to gain from operational and maintenance activities. The global AEC industry must look for…

Started by Indovance Inc in Land Surveying Websites

Views: 12

Parviz: Land Surveyor

Hello dear Surveyors,My name is Parviz. I am a Land Surveyor with more than 8 years experience in this field. I have been involved in pre-construction topographical surveys, setting out the project layout on the ground, detecting the underground facilities with radio detector, as-built surveys. I am comfortable with using survey equipment such as automatic level, total station, GNSS. I also acquainted with GIS and CAD software such as ArcGIS Pro, AutoCAD Civil 3D.I will move to Tampa, Florida…

Started by Parviz Alizada in Introduce Yourself to the Community

Views: 16

Major Time Saver: 200 of the Latest Land Surveyor Jobs in One Click

Behind the scenes of Land Surveyors United, a lot of work goes into wrangling Surveyor Job Opportunities for our community members. Today, your task of finding a job may have just gotten a LOT easier for you... Simply head over to the Surveying Jobs page and find the button that says "Show the Newest 200 Surveyor Jobs" and click it. It will open up with an aggregated list of the latest 200+ jobs for land surveyors across all categories. Show the Newest 200 Land Surveyor Jobs Your…

Started by Jaybird in Land Surveying Jobs and Surveying Jobs and Jobless

Views: 19

Collecting GCPs with the Emlid Reach RS2 Webinar

Hi Everyone!E38 Survey Solutions will be hosting a webinar on collecting ground control points with the Emlid Reach RS2 this Thursday, July 22 at 11AM EST. Sign up for a spot here

Started by Kali Fencl in Surveying Equipment and Software Talk

2 Replies · Reply by Jaybird Jul 20

Views: 20

Stolen Equipment

Good night Unfortunately the UPS carrier Lost a box in the United States With Leica Robotic Tcrp 1203+ R400 with CS15 equipment ( Serials :TCRP: 4824170CS15: 5892231I've registered them as Stolen. Unfortunately I did not take out insurance either and as such from 6150 usd I received about 150 usd refund. I don't understand how they lose a rig without leaving a trail between texas and kentucky. How is it possible? neither invoice nor proof of payment was sufficient to receive further…

Started by Antonio Ferreira in Land Surveying Industry Talk

Views: 21

Licensed Flood Elevation Certificate Surveyors or Engineer

An flood elevation certificate is a document issued by the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) that shows important features of your property like its location, flood zone, building characteristics, and elevation of its lowest floor. An Elevation Certificate is an actual field survey by a licensed professional surveyor. The elevation compares house and building elevations to the local flood elevation as determined by the Federal Emergency Management Agency. An Elevation Certificate is a…

Started by NexGen Surveying LLC in Surveying Best Practices

Views: 18

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