Mighty Google

From this, you guys can sort of get the idea what we have to do in the field. But before that, there's a lot more to be done. First of all, you have to know where exactly the site is, and how the hell are we supposed to get there. Right now, it scares me when I have to go some places I've never heard of. That means FAR and requires at least 1.5-hour drive!! Then, you have to arrange the rigs, call for utility clearance, obtain whatever permits required, and schedule for inspection if needed. Quite often, the job got cancelled or pushed back just because there's one phone call we forgot to make. For design purpose, it's critical how you choose the locations. For bridge projects, that's easy. Try to stay as close as possible to the proposed abutments or bents, then you're set! What about when you have more than 100 borings needs to be laid out?? Not only you want to stay close to the structure, also, you want the locations will be accessable. So glad we have google...Zoom in, zoom out, we now can get pretty good idea by just watching the computer screen. How did they do things without computers and cellphones?? I guess I will never want to figure that out.