My work in Land Surveying

My Life in Land Surveying!

I began my surveying career with the International Union of Operating Engineers Local #12 in my hometown of San Diego. As I moved up through the ranks from apprentice to journeyman and then to crew chief, my confidence grew, and my sense of achievement went off the charts. This made the job pure fun! I was one of the first to arrive at the office each morning and quite often, at the end of our workday, my chainman could be heard saying, “Cmon Morgan. It’s time to go home now.” I can honestly say that I just didn’t want to stop working. It was just that good! Based on the facts, on each major construction site there are so many hundred laborers, carpenters, welders, drywall hangers and the list goes on. Of all the personnel needed to build any subdivision or similar project, there were generally two or three surveyors on any given day. Nowadays, it is one sole surveyor with a permanent GPS system. Rather a lonely survey crew I would say.

At Southland Surveying Inc. at o'dark-thirty, my work truck awaits another exciting day of field engineering!

Laying out Navey housing!

Winter time in San Diego. Busy calculating where to place my stakes
for the underground guys to begin building the storm drain!

Time to get some wood in the ground!