Introduction I used to think I was doing pretty well with scheduling. Sure, I might’ve sent a crew t...

Introduction Nothing makes a surveyor feel quite as foolish as realizing he’s paid two crews to be i...

Introduction I once scheduled the same crew to the same site three times. That’s right. Three. Times...

Introduction By 9:45 a.m., my phone had already rung three times.

Introduction Last spring, my tripod sank so fast I thought it was trying to clock out early. We were...

A Gus-approved handbook for surveyors whose workspace comes with mud, rattles, and at least one myst...

Introduction: The Rookie Who Became a Rock I remember hiring a kid straight out of school. He barely...

Introduction: "The Day the Data Disappeared" I once had a field tech who accidentally deleted half a...

Introduction Let me tell you something I wish I’d figured out a lot earlier—people don’t just get be...

Control Freaks Anonymous I’ll be the first to admit it: I used to rewrite my project manager’s email...