Category: Column

06.10.2024

Washed Away Boundaries

I was fascinated by the February 2024 conviction of someone in Michigan who had purposely diverted a river—by hand. It took about a…

06.10.2024

We’ve all seen television ads for car companies that offer to buy your used car online. You fill out a short questionnaire, they…

03.25.2024

This article kicks off a new series, Business of Surveying, by Rich Radke, a seasoned business advisor with expertise in advising companies across…

03.24.2024

“Hey! My best friend’s uncle’s neighbor’s brother-in-law was a surveyor!” Any surveyor who has spent any time in the field has heard a…

03.24.2024

There are always more questions than answers. This seems to be a universal law and it certainly holds true in my experience. Every…

03.24.2024

When my husband and I sat down to sign closing papers to buy our current house, I asked to see the deed before…

01.29.2024

No, not the marvelous monuments in the sky we call GPS. Rather the ones responsible for the crop circles that have appeared all…

01.29.2024

Last month Laurie and I were driving through Carmichael or maybe it was Fair Oaks, on the way into Sacramento when…

01.29.2024

Sometimes it seems the biggest job we have is helping clients recognize what it is that they really need, which is not always…

11.01.2023

Energy transformation is in the process of forever changing the landscape of New York State. And the reality is surveying is the basis…