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When you join a Support Group on LSU, you are immediately on your way to customizing your own unique support network based on your general (or specific) location, a topic which you are passionate about or a type of equipment which you are either learning or have already mastered. Your profile and network becomes more diversified and your influence grows according to your particular level of participation.
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Hello!
I am interested in possibly starting up my own private land surveying business. I was just looking for some information and/or tips from some people that have done this and been through it themselves. With the amount of money needed to get into the business, i would hate to start off wrong. Some questions i would have are:
How much money would I be looking at to buy all the equipment and to get my business going?
How do I begin to determine what a person should charge when running a business
Modern day land surveyors are no strangers to devices which feature "bluetooth" capabilities and functions. In fact, there is a strong chance that you are either holding a bluetooth enabled device or sitting quite close to one. Nevertheless, most of us probably have no earthly idea where the odd word came from. So, for my first post on this wonderful network, I'm going to tell you.
The word "Bluetooth" might have sounded stupid or humorous the first time you heard it. In fact, the
The Ally Oop
By Pean Cheneying, PLS
I received a phone call from Mr. Smith about a problem he was having with his neighbor Mr. Jones. They were in a boundary dispute over the location of a fence recently constructed by Mr. Jones. I warned him that if he hired me my opinion may not be in his favor. Mr. Smith signed the proposal so we began work on the project.
The project was in an area that I was very familiar with near the medical and museum district in the heart of the large city where I practi
Mt Pleasant SC civilian killed in Afghanistan
S.C. (AP) - A Mount Pleasant man working as a civilian in Afghanistan with the
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has been killed.
An official who spoke with The Associated Press on condition of anonymity said Coker was kidnapped from a power plant where he was working and later stran
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It is an integrated application for AutoCAD ® making it a powerful tool forSurveyors, Engineers and Architects. It contains facilities for the development of the construction plan from concept to the final plan.
It is a facilitating tool that lets you create construction documents in a simple and fast. It covers a wide range of disciplines in the plane, ranging from Civil Engineering to Architecture. It is a coordinated set of menus, icons
Es una herramienta facilitadora que le permite crear los documentos de construcción de una forma simple y rápida. Cubre una amplia gama de disciplinas en el plano, que van desde la Ingeniería Civil hasta la Arquitectura. Es un juego coordinado de menús, iconos, rutinas, y programación que lo ayudarán a preparar su dibujo y agilizar su trabajo. Este contiene mecanismos para crear planos de Site, Mensura, Topografía, Grading, Sistemas de Alcantarillado Pluvial y Sani
On the network today we are listing a new survey created by analysts at the Royal Bank of Scotland. RBS are interested in the community's views on which equipment manufacturers you use and like/don't like and why, as well as what the most important factors are when selecting a total station, in order to get a picture of the current competitive situation amongst the main players. All responses will be anonymous and anyone who partici
About GeoEye
GeoEye is a leading source of geospatial information and insight for decision makers and analysts who need a clear understanding of our changing world to protect lives, manage risk and optimize resources. Each day, organizations in defense and intelligence, public safety, critical infrastructure, energy and online media rely on GeoEye's imagery, tools and expertise to support important missions around the globe. Widely recognized as a pioneer in high-resolution satellite imagery, Geo
[updated July 16] Boeing has received the first on-orbit signals from the second of 12 GPS Block IIF satellites it is building for the U.S. Air Force. GPS IIF-2, renamed Space Vehicle Number 63 (SVN-63), is functioning normally and ready to begin on-orbit maneuvers and operational testing.
After two postponements, the second GPS Block IIF satellite launched successfully from Cape Canaveral at 2:41 a.m. EDT on July 16. GPS signals from the spacecraft payload will be turned on for test purposes in
Teamed with multiple trade professionals for more than 8 months intricately our surveyor’s laid out the path to completion. Watching the woods being parted at the Brookhaven National Laboratory certainly was poignant. However, opening the provision of expanse provided Green energy and lighting for more than 4,000 Long Island homes. I considered it a true historic moment. A huge under taking, we utilized our Trimble robotic total stations, GNSS and conventional tools to perform like a well oile
Chain!
We have heard many arguments from critics over the last few years berating professional land surveyors for not holding existing fences, improvements, or other evidence of possession on the ground as the boundary lines of real property. At the same time, other critics have called for holding, as the boundary corner, iron rods, pipes or other objects merely because they exist and were found somewhere near the alleged corner. They say that the mere existence of this evidence of possession, e
We begin a series of episodes featuring conversations with Young Surveyors from around the world as captured at the recent FIG Working Week 2024 in Accra, Ghana. Firas Fahoum is a second generation surveyor from Nazareth, Israel with an…