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Originally Posted by JetMechZ16
Driving surveyor spikes into drifting ice in Antarctica > Iron Maiden
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actually, drove them into the dirt. spent many days helping lay out the location of two new buildings and their many concrete footings (precast concrete).
i can still hear Jeff (lead surveyor), "line, then distance!"
meaning first get the right direction figured out (line), and then worry about the correct distance from the transit.
i recall that each building had like 32 footers, and each footer was located by 2 PK nails, exactly located in the dirt, so later the footings could be placed properly by the heavy equipment operators (who I also worked with). they'd hoist them by the bucket on the front end loader via a chain attached to a lifting point in the footing. left, right, forward, back....wash, rinse repeat, shove a bit, DOWN! that's one....many more to go.....
