Yet another value-adding episode for all to enjoy and benefit from! Brandyn Jones, LS is the owner of Benchmark Surveying & Consulting. Jason Rogers is a Project Surveyor for Bowman Consulting. These two have close to 50 years of construction staking knowledge and wisdom between them! We discuss the inherent challenges of this challenging way to make a living including the importance of contract language, risk mitigation, safety, communication, control, field notes, communication, quality control, as-builts and communication!!! We even talked about the qualities of a true "professional" construction surveyor and why the heck companies feel the need to race each other to the bottom by providing these services for pennies on the dollar. Zach "Indiana" Gooch is the winner of January's listener prize being a $100 Amazon gift card! Become a Geoholics Patron, subscribe to the Geoholics YouTube channel and stay tuned for some exciting news!!! Music by Jefferson Starship.