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Buying Guides

• A Buyers Guide to Cable Detectors
• A Buyers Guide to Laser Levels
• A Buyers Guide to Smart Levels
• A List of Land Surveyors Tools
• Choosing The Right Magnetic Locator
• Aerial photography and procedure in surveying
• AlphaBetter Student Desk with Swinging Foot Rest
• Best Accessories for Survey Equipment
• Best Drafting Tables of 2022
• Best Sola Levels
• Best Stand Up Desks: 2021 Buying Guide
• Best Pipe Locators
• Construction Laser Levels Explained
• Fiberglass vs Steel Measuring Tape
• Finding The Best Type Of Laser Level
• Guide to Buying Quality Office Furniture
• How to Buy a Magnetic Locator
• How to Buy a Measuring Wheel
• How to Buy a Paper Trimmer
• How to Buy a Surveying or Construction Tripod
• How to Buy a Quality Office Chair
• How to Choose a Blueprint Storage File: Buying Guide
• How to Choose a Drafting Table: Buying Guide
• How to Improve Engineering Drawing Skills
• Techniques: How to Make Survey Measurements
• How to Organize your Home Office?
• Introducing Bosch REVOLVE Rotary Lasers
• Large Document Hanging Clamps Explained
• Mayline and Safco Flat Files Explained
• Measuring Wheel Recommendation
• Modern Drafting Tables: Buying Guide
• Safco 72" Precision Drafting Table
• Seco Safety Vests (Buying Guide)
• Surveying Tools: Buying Guide
• The best tool for measuring distances
• Theodolites Guide
• Things to Consider Before Buying a Surveying Tripod
• What Is a Land Survey and Is It Worth the Cost?
• Tools for Civil Engineering
• 5 of the Best Topcon Laser Levels
• Top 5 file cabinets for Large Documents
• Top 5 Schonstedt Magnetic Locator
• Top 10 Magnetic Locators
• Top 5 Measuring Wheels
• Top 10 Measuring Tapes of 2021
• Top 5 Drafting Boards
• Types and Benefits of Stand Up Desks

How To...

• How does a theodolite work?
• How do construction workers use technology in their work?
• How do I survey land with a smartphone?
• How Do You Ensure That a Tape Measure Is Accurate
• How do you measure ground distance?
• How do you organize architectural drawings?
• How do you use an Engineering Calculator?
• How do you use a theodolite to measure angles?
• How Does a construction laser Work
• How does a laser rangefinder work?
• How does a magnetic locator work
• How does Land Surveying work?
• How Laser Measuring Tools Can Calculate Distance
• How to Use A Chalk Box or Chalk Line
• How to Calibrate Surveying Instruments and Tools
• How to Check the Level of a Slab
• How to Choose a Blueprint Table
• How to Choose a Laser Distance Meter
• How To Choose The Best Laser Level?
• How to Conduct a Baseline Survey Guide
• How to determine square footage using a measuring wheel?
• How to find out where the gas lines run/a>
• How to Fix a Broken Drain Pipe Underground
• How to Get Work Done During Covid-19 Lockdown
• How To Install A Cargo Net To Your Truck The Right Way
• How to locate stormwater pipes
• How to Make Blueprints
• How to Make a Blueprint with your own tools
• How to Measure Almost Everything
• How to Measure Distance with a Laser
• How to Measure the Height of a Tree or Object
• How to pick a laser levels
• How to pick drafting supplies for Architecture
• How to Pick Survey Supplies
• How Do measuring wheels Work
• How to Read an Architecture Ruler
• How To Read Tape Measure
• How to Read Plans to Scale
• How to Read Survey Coordinates
• How to Save Time on Construction Estimates and Blueprint Take-Offs
• How To Select the Ideal Building Site
• How to Survey your Own Land and Save Money
• How to Read a Grade Rod
• How to Store Blueprints
• How to Take and Test Soil Samples
• How To Use a Bosch Laser Level
• How to use a drafting board
• How to use a Grade Rod for Measurement
• How to Use GPS for Land Surveying (and Pros & Cons)
• How to Use a Laser Level
• How to Use a Schonstedt MAGGIE Magnetic Locator
• How to Use a Schonstedt magnetic locator
• How to Use Theodolites
• How to Use a Total Station
• How to Use Planimeters with Drawing Scales
• How to Use a Measuring Wheel
• How to Use a Stream Gauge "How to Use a Stream Gauge"
• How to Wear a Tool Belt Like a Pro
• Understanding Slope and How it is Measured
• Utility Marking: How to Prepare Before Digging
• What are the best ergonomic desks?
• What is a tape measure used for in construction?
• What is a Tripod? How do Tripods for Laser Levels Work?
• Which tool belt is best for construction work?

All About...

• All About BluePrint Storage
• All About Hand Trucks
• All About Laser Measuring Tools
• All About Measuring Tapes
• All About Electronic Planimeters (Area Measuring Tools)
• All About Grade Rods
• All About the new Laser Levels from Bosch, Topcon and Leica
• All About the Mason-Dixon Survey
• All About transit levels
• Are line lasers safe?
• Best Blueprint Racks
• Best bookcases
• Best Cabling Tools
• Best Drawing Tools
• Best Engineering Rulers
• Best Grade Rods
• Best Measuring Stick
• Best PIPE LASERS
• Best PLUMB LASERS
• Best Measuring Wheels
• Best Subsurface Instruments
• Best Total Stations
• Best Transit Levels
• Best Flooring Tips To Transform A Home
• Best Water Leak Detectors
• Best Ways to Measure Distance with a Laser
• Blueprint paper: all the different bond styles
• Bosch 30 GLL Review
• Do Laser Beams Work Underwater?
• Draeger Parat Escape Hood
• Drawing Boards vs Drafting Tables
• Essentials tools for Engineers
• Engineering Tools You Should Know About
• Everything You Need to Know About Transit Levels
• How accurate are laser distance measurements tools?
• How deep do most metal detectors go?
• How do measuring tapes work?
• How do laser measuring tools work? (Infographic)
• How does a laser tape measure work?
• How much does a laser level cost
• How to Maintain Your Survey Equipment
• How Were Maps Made Before Planes and Satellites?
• Impact of technology on modern land surveying techniques
• Improve productivity with the right furniture
• Keson Measuring Wheel
• Magnetic Locator vs. Metal Detector
• Survey Supplies
• Setting Up a Transit Level
• Stabila Keson Measuring Tools
• Tape measure tricks for all handymen and renovators
• The Benefits of a Design and Build Home Contractor
• The Importance of Caring for Your Home Moving
• The Theory of Buried Cable and Pipe Location
• Theodolites: What you need to get started
• Things You Didn't Know About Your Measuring Tape
• Tips When Building or Remodeling Your Home
• Top 10 Tools for Joiners and Carpenters
• Using a measuring wheel to measure a curved line
• What do architectural drawings usually contain?
• What are Hanging Clamps?
• What are the best ergonomic desks?
• What is a Blueprint?
• What is Electronic Distance Measurement?
• What is Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR)?
• What measuring devices work for what jobs
• What is The Anatomy Of A Tape Measure?
• What is Vellum Paper
• What kind of furniture does Safco produce?
• What problems are encountered when drilling into the earth?
• Which buildings will survive an earthquake. Low rise or High rise?
• What is a Rotary Laser Level?
• Surveying
  • Buy Schonstedt Magnetic Locator & Get Free Klein Hard Hat
  • Carolina Stakes and Wood Products
  • Get a Free Seco Safety Vest with the Schonstedt Maggie
  • Best Auto Levels
  • Best Survey Tripods: 2021
  • The Basics of Surveying
  • Best Theodolites
  • Can a drone survey replace the total station?
  • Equipment commonly used for surveying
  • Equipment used for surveying
  • George Washington Land Surveyor
  • How can a land surveyor excel in his profession?
  • Land Survey Equipment Checklist
  • Land Surveying Software for Civil Engineering & Construction
  • Professional Land Surveyor | Why it is Important to Hire a Pro
  • Surveying Instruments for Angle and Elevation Measurements
  • Surveying Prism Basics
  • Theodolites Guide
  • Top Survey Equipment Brands for Your Next Purchase
  • What Does a Construction Surveyor Do?
  • What is a Theodolite?
  • What is linear surveying? What purpose does it serve?
  • What is plane table surveying?
  • What is the relevance of land survey?
  • What are Photogrammetry and Aerial Surveying?
  • Why Do You Have To Level a Theodolite on a Point Before Use?
  • Why Do We Use Total Station Instead of Auto Level?
  • Will Surveyors Become Redundant as Technology Advances?
• Locating
  • Best utility line locators
  • Flagging and Marking your Area
  • Guide to Pipe and Cable Locating
  • How Does a Utility Locator Work?
  • How Accurate Are Utility Markings?
  • How can an electromagnetic line locator help in plumbing work?
  • Underground Utility Locating: Marking with GPR
  • What is a Magnetic Locator?
  • What is the best underground cable locator?
  • Will a magnetic locator find buried electrical wire?
• Levels
  • How were spirit levels invented?
  • Is a Spirit Level More Accurate than a Laser Level?
  • Laser levels on construction sites
  • The Advantages of Laser Levels
• Construction
  • Construction Industry Trends for 2021
  • Construction Lasers and Cavity Wall Tools
  • Rebuilding after the Storm
  • How to Renovate a Home in a Floodplain
  • Traps To Avoid When Building A Custom Home
  • Using a Construction Laser on the Job
  • What engineering equipment is used for road construction?
  • What are the 16 different types of slabs in construction?
  • What are the Best Types of Construction Lasers?
  • What are the laying tools in building construction?
  • What are the Main Tools Used in Building Construction?
  • What are the new techniques and tools for construction?
  • Why is Construction Equipment Yellow in Color?
• Drafting
  • A Full Line of Drafting Table Desks for Drawing
  • Best Drafting Supplies
  • Creative Ways to Use an Antique Drafting Table
  • Do architects still use drafting tables?
  • Drafting Board Uses
  • DYI: Drafting Table Set Up
  • Everything You Need to Know About Drafting
  • How many types of civil engineering drawings are there?
  • What are good applications of drafting paper?
  • What Drafting Supplies and Tools Do You Need To Start?
  • What is a drafting table used for?
  • What is the advantage of having an angled drawing desk?
  • What You Need to Know About Drafting and Drawing Tables
  • Why is drafting important in engineering?
  • Why do standing desks improve productivity?

Brand-Specific Guides

• Alvin Tubes
• Best Leica Geosystems Equipment
• Best Seco Survey Tools
• Best SitePro Tools
• Best of Spectra Precision
• Best Stand Up Desk Converters by Luxor
• Best Topcon Laser Levels
• Bosch Measuring Tools
• CST/berger Builder's Transits and Surveying Levels (PDF provided with permission from CST/berger)
• CST/berger MagnaTrak Underground Utility Locators
• CST/Berger MagnaTrak Video Review
• CST/berger Rotary Laser Comparison Matrix (PDF)
• CST/berger SAL versus PAL Autolevels
• CST/berger Tripod Head Styles
• Dahle Cutter Guide (Shows material thickness and cutting recommendations)
• David White Pocket Sighting Level
• David White Rotary Lasers Comparison Chart (PDF)
• Dunham and Morrow Magnetic Locator Article (PDF)
• Geomax Field Books
• GeoMax Grade Rods
• Geomax Interview
• Keson MP401 - Video Review
• Leica Disto Guide: Our Best Sellers
• Presco Whiskers - Video Review
• Safco MasterFile2 High Density Document Storage Solution
• Safco-Mayline-Planhold Product Model Cross-Reference Chart
• Safco Standing Desks
• Schonstedt Magnetic Locators Guide
• Schonstedt Magnetic Locators Review
• Schonstedt TraceMaster Pipe & Cable Locator
• Schonstedt Trade-In Program
• Schonstedt Underground Locators Explained
• Spiroll Straightedges and Blueprint Drawing Protectors
• Spectra Precision LR50 Display Receivers
• Spectra Precision Theodolite: Product Review
• Topcon Laser Buying Guide
• Top Safsurveyco Products
• Quick Course on Magnetic, Cable and Pipe Locating (PDF provided with permission from Schonstedt Instrument Company)
• Which Leica Disto laser distance meter is right for me?

What's the Difference Between...

• A Magnetic Locator and Pipe / Cable Location Equipment
• Hand Levels, Abney Levels, and Dumpy Levels Explained
• Comparison of the Schonstedt GA52-cx and Subsurface Instruments ML-1M
• Large Format Copy Paper, Blueprint Paper, Drafting Paper Explained
• Transits, Theodolites, Total Stations, and Levels Explained
• What is the difference between building and construction?
• What is the difference between tools and materials?
• What is the difference between 'engineer' and 'architect'?
• What is the difference between an auto level and a theodolite?
• What is the difference between an auto level and a dumpy level?
• What is the difference between a theodolite and a total station?

Industry Standards Reference Guides

• Drawing Size Reference Table
• APWA Utility Paint Color Codes