Scope Surveying

Copied from a fellow surveyor but it sums up our career.

Some days I feel torn.

I love this work. There’s nothing like stepping off the beaten path, cutting line through the brush, and standing in the quiet of the woods. Surveying puts me in places most folks never get to see. Out here it’s just me, my tools, and the land.

But here’s the part I wrestle with. So much of what we do turns into parking lots, strip malls, and subdivisions. We take God’s creation, the raw beauty of it, and box it up into concrete and asphalt.

I’m proud to provide for my family and to play a part in projects that help communities grow. But I never forget that before the roads and buildings, it was just land. Pure, wild, and full of life.

That’s the paradox of being a surveyor. Loving the process while knowing the outcome isn’t always easy to swallow.

We had the opportunity to play in the Tulsa HBA golf tournament last week and had a ball supporting the Workforce Development!!

With all of the storms we’ve had recently, let’s talk surveying delays!! What constitutes a weather delay in surveying? The specialized equipment is not waterproof and cannot get soaking wet. Along with this, there’s flooded roads and trucks getting stuck that causes an issue. So how far behind can a survey company get with just one day of rain? Depending on the type of work being done, there can be 10-15 MIP requests in a day. A field crew can generally complete 7-9 MIPs per day. So it can take 2 field crews a week to make up for a day of rain.

Information on the upcoming class we are co-hosting!! RSVP so we know how much food and drinks to have!!