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Jeffrey P. Turner hopes to leave a legacy for future surveyors with his columns.

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Surveyor's Footsteps

Why Adaptability is a Crucial Skill for Surveyors

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Jeffrey Turner
November 12, 2020
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Jeffrey P. Turner, PLS, on why adaptation is one of the greatest tools a land surveyor can have in the field.
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Tips on Using Flagging in Boundary Surveys

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Jeffrey Turner
September 4, 2020
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All around the world, surveyors are making their marks, highlighting them, and pointing the way for those who follow.
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PROPERTY SURVEYING: What Is An Occupation Line?

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August 8, 2020
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While you are performing a typical property survey or topographic survey, try to locate occupation lines. 


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Don't Tread On My Survey Gear

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Jeffrey Turner
February 17, 2020
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In sharing some tragic instrument memories, I hope to encourage those people who use surveying instruments on a daily basis along with the occasional user.
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Hiring New Surveyors Still Difficult

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Jeffrey Turner
January 1, 2020
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The new survey field and office personnel – have they changed in the past 50 years? I think “yes” and I think “no.”
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Is Land Surveying Art or Craft?

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July 15, 2019
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With the current run to technology, much of the "Art of Land Surveying" is disappearing.
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Surveyors’ Sign Language in the Field

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Jeffrey Turner
August 28, 2018
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Over the years, us old surveyors learned many hand signals.
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Choose the Right Boundary Marker

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Jeffrey Turner
July 3, 2018
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Five years ago, I surveyed a large shopping center. Previously, another firm had prepared an ALTA survey, but that plan had no elevations.
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Surveyor's Footsteps: Surveyors Provide On-Site Facts

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Jeffrey Turner
April 11, 2018
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The survey party chief is the engineer’s on-the-scene reporter. They will spend a half-day to a month surveying a tract of land and gathering information to be used in the planning process.
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Surveyor's Footsteps: Surveys Provide the Canvas for Architect's Artistry

An accurate and quality survey is the foundation on which you will build your design.
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Jeffrey Turner
March 1, 2018
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Where I have chosen to prepare the base plans, I feel that what I produce are the canvas upon which architects and engineers can practice their “art.”
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