New effort would reduce damages to underground infrastructure and significantly increase efficiencies across the U.S. damage prevention system Washington (Oct. 18, 2021) – Common…
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10.12.2021
Editorial: In This Issue
Kicking off the new issue is another important article from Dick Elgin. In it, he details a subject not all surveyors encounter, but…
10.12.2021
The Riparian Boundary Challenge
Question: Where’s the boundary? Answer: It can depend on many factors, some unknown and unknowable to the surveyor.
In the United States, rivers, streams and lakes provide a natural boundary for millions of parcels along thousands of miles of boundary line…
10.12.2021
Solo Performance
Surveyor maps 8,000 Square Miles in Remote Nebraska in Record Time
Kevin Kenna has surveyed more than 20,000 miles of power lines in his career so a project of 10,000 square miles is not…
10.12.2021
Surveying’s Hybrid Vehicle
Florida land surveyor taps GPS/Robotic solution to keep crew size down, production up
The notion of someone starting a business and growing it into a mammoth enterprise is part of the fabric of the American success…
10.12.2021
History of RTK—Part 4: Birth of a Utility
Commercialization of Real Time Kinematic sparks multibillion-dollar industry and numerous applications
In this exhilarating age of self-driving cars, we must flip, flip, flip the calendar back three decades to fully appreciate the role of…
10.12.2021
Vantage Point: Adverse Possession or Trespass?
When we talk about adverse possession, the topic is a claim of ownership. There are very specific requirements that are common to all…
10.12.2021
Test Yourself 78: Solve for Radius and Delta
A road centerline starts as a tangent curve of radius 264.15’ at a point 242.15’ from the P.I. It must be compounded to…
10.12.2021
Reconnaissance: The State of the Surveying Profession, Part 2 —Deregulation/De-licensure
Those in the surveying profession who pay attention to legislative and regulatory matters on a state level are, or should be, aware of…
10.12.2021
Bowman Expands Building Services and M/E/P Practices Through Acquisition of PCD Engineering
Reston, VA – Bowman Consulting Group Ltd (Bowman) (NASDAQ: BWMN), today announced the acquisition of PCD Engineering, Inc. (PCD), a building services engineering…
