Establishing benchmarks, perhaps one of the most valuable, yet understated, services a surveyor performs, is a practice dating back to the 19th century. Its…
Author: Larry Trojak
Witness to History
When technology gets to work the results can be life-changing
The overwhelming majority of Topcon equipment at work today can be found on job sites around the world—projects ranging from massive development excavations…
S.O.S. for GPS
Western New York company has found success providing survey solutions and helping others navigate new technology. There are people who are gifted with…
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…
From a Pit to a Park
To create a sprawling 160-acre recreational site, Utah contractor’s impressive range of services draws heavily upon GNSS solutions.
Often derided as eyesores or environmental risks, areas such as capped landfills, depleted mines and spent gravel pits are finding new life as…
Don’t Regret, Hire a Vet
Rochester, N.Y. firm brings veteran-backed survey skills to Upstate and beyond
Although Dan MacDonald, P.L.S., is passionate about a lot of things—his family, the outdoors, surveying, and good food immediately come to mind—he is…
High Wire Act
The numbers are pretty impressive: in the U.S. alone, it takes more than 200,000 miles of high voltage transmission lines (eight times the circumference of the…
Neither Rain nor Snow…
Maine contractor gets impressive, all-weather GNSS performance in bridge replacement project.
Home to just over 500 Maine residents, the town of Beals is located on a small (5 square mile) island across from moderately-larger…
Survey: Sometimes it’s the Pits
Quarry surveys are just one of this Maine surveyor’s jobs
While not one to dote on the challenges facing women in the workforce today, Tara Hartson will concede that there’s still “room for…
Taking Action on Compaction
Knife River Corp. commits to intelligent compaction solution on Oregon interstate repaving
If the Jeopardy answer was: “The only continuous U.S. Interstate highway that touches the borders of both Canada and Mexico,” the answer would…