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Hey Brad. What brand of TS do you use? Trimble and Leica both have great RUclips channels that have quick short minute videos on getting started and basic field procedures. Let me know if you have any questions. I have been surveying for quite some time now, maybe I can help or direct to a certain resource.

@@PracticeMakePerfectMuslim93 it is a great profession!

@@piedracolombiana Si, pero con mucho mentos exactitud!

@@VictorGonzalez-jr3me Great to hear, where are you getting your education?

@@dbcooper1509 you’re not kidding. You can find tribrachs anywhere from $70 or $250 and there is a huge difference in quality based on construction value. Let’s hope the brand names stick to quality versus relying on their namesake to carry the value.

@@thubuixuan1880 Howdy from the United States!

@@carlosgarciaterrones6970 surveyors are actually in high demand, but there is another similar branch of construction called Field Enginnering. Civil Enginnering companies hire Surveyors, and General Contracting companies hire Field Engineers. I’m mentioning this so you can broaden your search terms and expand to both Civil and General Contracting companies.

@@cqachvac the point of this video was how to keep notes and method as far as checking in to a point that was NOT your original benchmark or reference. There are several videos on this channel outlining level loop math, process and best practice. A little digging goes a long way.

@@michaelhoot9759 I appreciate the push back as always, though I may have to kindly disagree on this point. Is this a comment from the operators manual, I don’t believe I’ve come across this recommendation in print anywhere. If the legs are stepped in first, how would you recommend centering the top plate of the tripod and instrument over the point without the use of the optical plummet? Many beginners and even some pros don’t get close enough with the initial placement of the tripod to be able to make up the positional difference using only the tribrach. Additionally, speaking of energy transfer- there is likely more jarring taking place moving and transporting the instrument in its own box than there is stepping in a tripod leg. I agree that the footscrews of the tribrach can be delicate, and so carrying the instrument horizontally over your shoulder would put sustained stress and the full weight of the theodolite on the footscrews- that’s an easy “no-no” but the 3 point steel on steel connection at the 5/8” set screw is pretty robust. Not really seeing that as a design weak point in this case. Please feel free to continue the dialog (sincerely) or comment wherever you see room for approval. I welcome other points of view and hope you do as well.

@@ChalaBido Thank you!

@@ChalaBido I really appreciate that!

@@DupreeKingdom04 Thank you!

@@Slowanlow69933 Very cool!

@@PataKhan-d7v Thank you!

@@mysterymind101 that’s the comment I’ve been waiting for! Thank you!! 🙏

@@dikemawson3008 Thank you. HARD AGREE on that comment as well, taking a reading, look up, take it again to verify for single wire. For three wire, checking your reading math (delta between top middle vs middle bottom) is your double check- because then your readings are mathematically verified, not just visually. I also recommend your method of running back through the same points on your way back to the benchmark, not only does it QC and average your elevations, but if an error or misreading did occur, its clearly highlighted by the doubled up data AND correcting it is confined to repeating the one setup as well. Great thoughts!

@@MortezaEzadipanah This content is at the fundamental level for persons performing layout or grid line QC such as field engineers or survey technicians working inside the building. Robotic layout although utilizing much more expensive equipment is not as accurate at conventional work with corrected angles. Even the most expensive piece of equipment still has a feature to double angles for increased accuracy. This is no different. And it is about 30 thousands of dollars less expensive.

@@patmccluskey7504 Great feedback, thank you. I’ve been trying to replace the term “height of instrument” with “the elevation of the level line” even though height of instrument or “HI” is such an industry term, it doesn’t translate that well when teaching at the beginner level. I’ll think about glossary of terms videos for different applications, that’s really smart.

@@WHITELOTUS606 Thank you, and will do! Any specifics in mind?

@@littlenel17 You’ll notice in all my level in videos, I promote rounding to the thousandths when operating a builders level (though not a laser level). As a result, I would not spend extra time dialing in my first reading when all my subsequent math and reading would contain thousandths anyway.

@@leansurvey8212 it makes sense…for elevations on benchmarks we just go to the hundredth…the laborers dont want to deal with splitting the dashes on a Philly rod

@@mattymattareeno4326 a prism sits in a small canister, right.. there is the flat face of the glass, and then the facets of the prism converge further back in the canister. The prism is always intended to be tilted toward the equipment when operating but when you are aiming across a site, it’s easy for that rotation to be a little off. You get more viewing angle (allowing your rotation to be less perfect) when your prism is mounted recessed at 30mm. At zero, you really have to aim near perfect or else the canister housing blocks the facet convergence point much more easily and you are unable to get a prism reading. It definitely happened for a reason, that’s why 360 prisms are taking over, no more rotational worries.

@@wesalnawabi5775 I love the recommendation of an animation, great idea. You will actually see animated segments in many of my future videos.. this is one of my oldest, don’t be too hard on me ;). Fortunately, many of the other viewers and commenters seemed to have gotten the gist. I’d also like to post up a video on simply setting an elevated line or target. More (and better) to come!

@@bwhog Well, this was primarily a training video, so I only shot the two items. When doing the real task before filming, I setup in the center of the bldg form so that my shot to the backsight was the longest shot taken during the course of the work (which was still less than 200 feet) and all my other shots at the 4 corners fell inside that backsight distance. Working inside your backsight distance is a great way to ensure you are not extrapolating errors, especially when the backsight distance accuracies are already at or near your task tolerance or max instrument capabilities. Great question!

@@cmm170526 Thanks for watching.

@@nejendary Thank you!

@@Q-Legal_Civil3D Thank you!

I’ve got a video about laser level basics coming out in the morning that I think will answer the question you are asking. Let me know if it doesn’t and we’ll dial in your specific question.

A concept which could be better explained is to what decimal place you “publish” values. Most plan sets and most published datum report to 2 decimal places. If you will accept rounding, then why not estimate to the thousandths during the course of your work, your notes, your data (or if you don’t like the word estimate, lets call it: take a reading to a higher degree of accuracy- because no matter how you slice it a reading to the thousandths will be tighter than a numerical value rounded at every reading) but then when you publish, publish to 2 decimal places. Then you will have taken tighter readings throughout and your final rounding (which you already believe in) will be satiated upon publishing. I also only publish to 2 decimal places because what subsequent trade will even have the equipment to perform worth tighter than the hundredths place or two decimal places. Just so you know, I’m not being sarcastic with you, this is my actual practice. Perform work to the thousandths, keep the figures extremely tight throughout- and then publish to 2 decimal places. As an engineer, dont you sometimes use coordinates or other values to the highest reported decimal place in CAD or in a CSV file, even though the methods of recording likely don’t warrant that thousandth? Because the instrument, CAD and CSV exports estimated that 3rd or even 4th decimal place. Why not take advantage of it when your eyeball is capable of the same?

@@leansurvey8212 Das fair... Work out farther than you are to report then submit within project parameters. 👍

@@bwhog 👊

@@bwhog I actually want to create a video for setting a target card without bucking in, just transferring marks and measuring up or down from the level line. I’ll be sure to show the whole process there. Regarding the 1/4 turn that works, I prefer to use the tripod to raise lower and the screws to level. There are definitely areas where someone else (or several someone elses) have a great method. In that case, I say whatever works, or better yet, whichever is fastest. Thanks for the great comments!

@@bwhog Definitely depends on the instrument or any displayed symptoms. I say if you are in the GC world, every time a new project starts, in the civil/survey world, annually… HOWEVER, I recommend pegging your level yourself every 3 months or any time it has been out of your hands for too long (like loaned to another trade or team mate) and running the field calibration for the horizontal and vertical angles on a total station at the same 3 month interval. I can’t tell you how many times over the last 25 years of surveying I have loaned something out which was then dropped and not reported.

@@leansurvey8212 So, in the same vein... recent discovery for me... Have you or anyone you know ever made use of the Crosscut EDMI calibration baseline? Found the benchmark almost grown over with grass.

@@bwhog From a bandwidth standpoint, I’m already turning out videos much slower than I’d like, so I’ll probably stick to more current topic sets. Fun though. In the survey room ASU’s school of construction there are a bunch of old military theodolites in the green “tank ordinance” sleeve.

@@leansurvey8212 I have a Wild T2 graduated in mils. Not my favorite, both because of that and the inverting telescope.

@@bwhog That feature also needs a video. A PLS or similar vertical laser from mark on the floor below projected onto the deck of the next floor, then drive a screw partially through the deck. Then a PVC sleeve cut to the correct deck thickness is taped or wired into place where the nail pokes through and the opening is covered with duct tape. After the pour, you just poke the tape out and you can project that as many floors as needed. You could also perform this work when only half the deck was poured and avoid penetrations at all. Just putting this idea out there as an option since many folks are pulling from a 4’ above FF chalk line that no one knows how it was set or god knows who’s crows foot mark with an elevation written next to it in a door jam.

Someone give this guy some guidance. Good for him to be ambitious and hardworking.

@@jorge-l4h When you say ‘what to include’ I dont know if you mean what should I say or what should I learn. I recommend getting to know CAD and learning to process your own calcs and your own topos. The better you know the whole process including what the drafting tech or civil is ‘thinking’ you can fill their needs better. One of the roughest parts of the industry is too many middle men between the actual needs of the civil team (or the project team on site) and what the surveyor does out in the field. Second, ask your crew chief if you can run the check in and check out with the project team when hitting a construction site. The more you make yourself a part, the more they will ask for you, the more they will teach you, the more they will come talk to you instead of calling in when something goes wrong. Specifically read the job description for yourself everyday. As your chief if they will let you plan the day. On your resume write “crew chief in training” describe what you know, especially once you can factually say you are setting up work and planning your days, your resume needs to call that out loud and proud. Apply for chief or junior chief roles, now. Even though you do need to be aggressive in your resume, nothing is more important than getting that interview and showing them that you want it. Don’t ever pretend that you know things you don’t, but always communicate you are ready to learn and take that learning seriously. Don’t just email a resume. Call the office, get team lead names. Call later and ask for them directly, see if they have had a chance to read your resume and if not see if you can send it to them directly. Aggressive might be irritating, but it also put you in the front of peoples brains and lets them know you are hungry. Good luck, you’re on the right path already!

@@MikeSolis369 Thanks Mike!

@@jorge-l4h There are autoCAD basics on this channel, any specifics you are referring to from a calculation standpoint, maybe I can help?

@@leansurvey8212 we get sent allignments for streets and other infrastructures but I believe those are calculated correct?

@@leansurvey8212How does one calculate locations, by scaling in the plan sheet? You can also create your own scale right from the plan sheets

@@itssecret01 thank you!

@@eliseoleyva979 you can email jasons@elevateconstructionist.com and get a free copy!

@@jorge-l4h great idea! I’ll work on this. In the meantime, my book Elevating Construction Surveyors covers this topic quite thoroughly and is available digitally and on Amazon.

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@@sicsempertyrannis1849 I hope you get your legs and the tripod plate close to level before you set an instrument on there. What on your site is effecting the plate more that you and the tripod legs? Hand on the handle till the thread is started (I’d never tip the instrument to eyeball that I’m threading properly from under the plate by holding the tribrach only, in fact it would be quite difficult to tilt it that way.) I specifically switch to holding the tribrach once threading has started to ensure the instrument doesn’t rotate while I’m threading. This plate is round so rotation isn’t thaaaat big deal, but some plates are triangular and rotation during threading would matter in keeping the tribrach feet on the plate. Additionally, I usually have a plan for where I want the optical plummet (if the instrument has one) and I wouldn’t’t like that to rotate away from me either. Hence my method, also field tested for the last 25 years.

@@ht8286 If you pronounce amateur with a French accent, it almost sounds like a compliment.