The recent article in the July/August issue of American Surveyor on the Benson Syndicate, taken from Wikipedia, was of genuine interest, since these…
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To Describe or Not to Describe
That Should Not Be the Question
This article addresses the need to prepare a new boundary description of a tract once the survey and plat of the tract is…
Making a Run for It
Establishing benchmarks, perhaps one of the most valuable, yet understated, services a surveyor performs, is a practice dating back to the 19th century. Its…
Improbable Corners I Have Come to Know – Part 2
T3N, R3E, W.M.; Northeast Corner of Section 12, Clark County, WA One morning after arriving at work, “George” announced that he had been…
Unsung Hero: The University of Oregon’s Astronomical Observatory & Samuel Stinson Gannett
When Eugene Skinner settled in the Willamette Valley in 1846 he was warned about the flooding of the Willamette River. The Kalapuya natives…
Bad Backsights: Material Discrepancy
Besides the painfully obvious difference between my seersucker jacket and my corduroy pants, (who dressed me, anyway?), what exactly is a ‘material discrepancy’?…
In More Than Half of US States, at Least 90% of the Construction Workforce Does Not Belong to a Union
Washington, April 13—According to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of 2022 state union membership data published recently by UnionStats.com, at least 9…
Bowman Hires Regional Chief Engineer to Expand Transportation Services in Arizona
April 11, 2023, Reston, VA – Bowman Consulting Group Ltd. (the “Company” or “Bowman”) (NASDAQ: BWMN) announced the appointment of Jay Yenerich, PE…
Fuscoe Engineering Welcomes New Geospatial Program Manager To Corporate Office
Irvine, California – April 11, 2023 – Fuscoe Engineering, Inc. is very pleased to welcome Joseph Bartorelli to its Irvine Corporate Office as…
CompassCom Releases CompassLDE Connectors for Cityworks Work Order Management Desktop and Office Modules
Demos at APWA Show4Snow 2023 in Omaha
Centennial, Colorado, 11 April 2023 – CompassCom Software has announced availability of CompassLDE Connectors for the Cityworks work order management solution that feed…