Introduction It started as a small thing. A tiny blip on the radar. Something I told myself I’d fix ...

Introduction Every now and then, I get one of those wild ideas that today’s the day I’m finally goin...

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...