musty

Part-Time Civil3D/Carlson Work

Posted by musty on 5/26/24 at 12:27 pm

Hey guys, apologies if this type of post isn’t allowed on TD, but I’m posting to see if anyone has a need for a part-time (10-20 hours per week) survey CAD tech. Recently swapped from private to public and I’m looking to fill in some time at night when my wife and kids have gone to bed. I have my PE and 7 years of experience in the civil construction industry, with the last 3 of that spent on the design side using Civil3D. I also have some experience with Carlson, as I’ve worked part-time with a survey company the past few years doing drafting work but it has slowed down considerably.

Just because of liability, I’m not looking to use my stamp for civil site plans, but would love to get in with a survey group to continue gaining experience.

Thanks!

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Hahaha. MoM that guy!

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Lol @ me telling me wife that we were “cruising to a win”

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Posted by musty on 3/12/23 at 4:09 pm to Splackavellie

Whoever owns the company. I wouldn’t do any field work. I’d be the person who gets the data from the guys in the field and draws that into CAD and any misc. drafting and would then give to a PLS to review and stamp.

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Posted by musty on 3/10/23 at 10:21 pm to musty

Bump

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Efficiently, or cheaply?

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Posted by musty on 3/7/23 at 9:35 am to Boudreaux35

You do, wouldn’t be signing off on anything. Essentially looking to be a remote technician who takes the field points, does the necessary drafts, writes the legals and sends that onto the PLS for review.

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Posted by musty on 3/7/23 at 9:15 am to Splackavellie

Yes, essentially working as technician under a PLS, but in a part-time (15-20 hours a week), remote capacity. I might be shortchanging myself on my experience, we do a lot of site and subdivision plans and plat reviews for a few nearby towns, so I’m around survey work a lot, I’ve written my fair share of legals (all reviewed by a PLS..), so I have a decent amount of experience, just not enough to sit for a PLS. But I can tell that the engineering side is not something I can myself doing for the next 30 years (at least not in a consistent, everyday role) but I’ve really enjoyed the survey work I’ve gotten to do. So this is a way to take that a little further and just see if it’s something I could see myself getting further into (while also making a little extra money doing it).

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Posted by musty on 3/7/23 at 9:11 am to Zappas Stache

Doing contract work in my area really isn’t an option with who I work for. Could get into conflict of interest very quick and I don’t want to mess around there.

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Posted by musty on 3/7/23 at 9:09 am to musty

Yeah I don’t have my PLS, but am interested in getting one day. Basically just looking to see if there is a market for the remote work related to surveying - taking field points and doing the drafting in CAD, writing the legals, putting the plat together. Would be working under a PLS obviously.

Just looking to make a little extra money from the house (that I could do early mornings, at night when kids are in bed), while learning a skill that I’m interested in. My current employer doesn’t allow remote work, so if I go to them it’d be an extra 10-15 hours a day from the office. If this part time remote thing doesn’t work out then I’ll probably go to them and see if there’s any options for me to get heavier into the surveying side and what that would look like.

As far as the conflict - we are strictly in MS, my idea would be to reach out to a metro out of state and propose only working on projects in that area. Again, there may not be a market for anything like this, so it might be a mute point. From y’all’s answers it doesn’t sound like this is something common that people do.

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Heartbreak. Looks like heartbreak it is.

Did we look this bad in Nashville? I don’t know much about soccer but from these untrained eyes we suck.

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Posted by musty on 9/8/21 at 9:20 pm to Broski

Went to the WCQ in Nashville and now I’m hooked! Just purchased Paramount +. First time I’ve made it a point to watch a soccer game on TV!

Right decision or am I setting myself up for heartbreak?!

re: Finalizing Trip to CO - Denver, Telluride, Ouray, and Estes Park

Posted by musty on 5/18/21 at 10:49 am to Duke

Will check it out! From what I’ve read it isn’t to technical.

re: Finalizing Trip to CO - Denver, Telluride, Ouray, and Estes Park

Posted by musty on 5/17/21 at 6:40 pm to pjab

We’ll plan on renting a jeep in Ouray. Did realize that about AllTrails. I’ll check it out! I’ll ask the a rep. of the company we rent from for suggestions during the time we’ll be there.

re: Finalizing Trip to CO - Denver, Telluride, Ouray, and Estes Park

Posted by musty on 5/16/21 at 8:53 pm to Duke

Good point on the driving distances and times. That’ll be something my wife and I need to talk about and decide on

re: Finalizing Trip to CO - Denver, Telluride, Ouray, and Estes Park

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Wife and I shop exclusively at Kroger. I really, really hope this isn’t real.

re: Telluride, Ouray, Estes Park Recs (Summer)

Posted by musty on 2/5/21 at 1:02 pm to nctiger71

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Is this your first trip there?

Great, thanks for the map! It is our first trip to CO in the summer. We've been to Steamboat Springs multiple

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The Estes side (east side of the park) wasn't hit too badly by the fires. The west side is where the vast majority of the damage should be. To my knowledge the fire just barely crossed over to the east side of the Continental Divide. I think your trip should still be great out there.

Ok thanks!

re: Telluride, Ouray, Estes Park Recs (Summer)

Posted by musty on 2/5/21 at 11:13 am to musty

Thank y'all so much for all of the suggestions since my original post! My wife and I spent an hour or two last night checking them out! Can't wait for the trip!

re: Telluride, Ouray, Estes Park Recs (Summer)

Posted by musty on 2/5/21 at 11:10 am to TigerSaintInDallas

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The thing with Grand Lake and the west side of RMNP is that it got thoroughly decimated last summer by fires. Most hikes on the West side are still closed. Not sure if it will still be worth the stop like it had been. Normally I’d prefer the Grand Lake side to the Estes side, but I’m just not sure what that will look like out there... OP can probably call the ranger before they go to see what the status is of trails.

Will the decimation of the west side of RMNP make us wish we'd have chosen another time to go to Estes? Said another way - should we wait a few years before making our trip due to the fires?

Thank you so much for the rest of your recommendations!

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Drive down to Silverton and take the train to Durango and back.

Is there a train from Silverton to Durango and back? The only thing I've seen online is for Durango to Silverton and back to Durango. We'd love to do the train but had cancelled it out because we didn't want to make the drive to Durango!

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The Million Dollar Highway is pretty cool with the sheer cliff hairpin turns and whatnot. One idea would be to turn that into a day trip, drive close to Silverton, and hike Ice Lake Basin Trail. Ice Lake Basin Trail

Another trail in between Ouray and Telluride would be the Blue Lakes Trail up to Mt Sneffels. Blue Lakes Trail

Thanks for the recommendations! Super excited for the Million Dollar Highway.

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I hiked sky pond in early October and it was my favorite trail. The worst part was the gale force winds at that time of year. Emerald Lake and Dream lake are easier hikes and both beautiful. As someone else mentioned, Hallett Peak is a nice hike and puts you on top of the continental divide. Trail Ridge road is a must too.

Our friends who did the sky pond last year have raved about it every since. Can't wait to 'attempt' the hike! My wife isn't as excited ha!

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More days in Ouray and less days in Telluride. More to do (off road, hiking) and Ouray is more rustic. Telluride is overgrown and over rated.

This.

Rent a jeep in Ouray and drive Imogene Pass, Ophir Pass, and Engineer Pass. I'd avoid Black Bear if you're not used to 4W trails in SW CO.

Seems to be the common theme. I did additional research online and have decided to to knock a day or two off of Telluride to stay in Ouray a few extra days

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The Silver Lake trail is my favorite hike out of Telluride (trail head is on top of Bridal Veil - it’s dreamy up there).

Cornet Falls in Telluride is perfect, short and super cool. Scramble to the top and you can pretty much hang ten if the water isn’t raging.

I lived at the base of Bear Creek trail, the upper falls are cool, you can pretty much run that one.

Lizard Head trail is pretty damn epic.

I love the base of Ophir Wall, just hike the approach and kick around.

Thanks! Will check these out!

re: Telluride, Ouray, Estes Park Recs (Summer)

Posted by musty on 2/3/21 at 8:11 am to GrapevineTiger

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More days in Ouray and less days in Telluride. More to do (off road, hiking) and Ouray is more rustic.

Thanks for this - I'll look into it. The reason we chose Telluride for three (3) and Ouray for two (2) is because we thought Telluride was more rustic/smaller/authentic and Ouray had more of an overgrown feel.. We've booked rooms, but can get a full refund so the trip can be adjusted.

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Chasm Lake, Black Lake and Ouzel Lake in RMNP are great hikes. Lily Mountain and Twin Sisters Peaks are also both great hikes slightly outside of the park in Estes. Mt. Ida and Hallett Peak are great peaks that are significantly easier than Longs.

Will look into all of these. Thank you!!

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Hike Sky Pond in Estes Park. My favorite

Excited for this one! Had friends who did it last year (all from South/lowland) and they said it was very, very tough, but so worth it at the end!

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Glenwood Springs

Will look into Glenwood Springs! Other than wife wanting to stop through Vail (could be adjusted if we find something else worthwhile) this part of the trip is wide open.

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You could stay in Grand Lake which is near the west side entrance to RMNP. Then take Trail Ridge Road, which goes through the park, to Estes Park. Regardless of where you spend that night that’s the route I would take to get to EP.

Stop at the visitor center at the entrance and the ranger can tell you about hikes on that side of the park that you will be driving by.

Noted! I've read about Trail Ridge Road and we'd planned finding time to make the drive while in Estes. Haven't considered driving it on our way in. It definitely makes the most sense.

I'd mapped the trip from Ouray to Estes a few times and that route hasn't come up, it looks like Highway 34 (is this Trail Ridge Road) is closed? Assuming this is for the winter and will be available in the summer.

Telluride, Ouray, Estes Park Recs (Summer)

Posted by musty on 2/2/21 at 9:34 pm

Long term lurker looking for recommendations on a summer trip to CO that we have planned. We’ll be staying in Telluride for three (3) nights, Ouray for two (2) nights, stopover between Ouray and Estes Park for one (1 night) and Estes Park for five (5) nights. Trip scheduled for the end of July.

Any must do’s that y’all have? Always open for off the beaten path eats. Planning to do a lot of hiking, rent ATV’s one day and horseback riding on another.

The only things we have nailed down so far is my wife wants to drive the ‘Million Dollar Highway’ and we both want to hike to the Sky Pond near Estes Park.

Besides any must do’s or things to check out, where should we stop on the drive from Ouray to Estes Park? My wife wants to visit Vail, thoughts on this?

Thanks in advance!