Sometimes it is hard to pigeon-hole events into a single category to be able to come up with a title that will appropriately…
Category: Column
04.19.2019
A National Certified Floodplain Surveyor Program?
Every surveyor is capable of completing Section C on the Elevation Certificate, the Elevation section on the MT-EZ form and Form 2, the…
04.19.2019
Universal Lessons from a Failed Permit Suit
News stories often provoke thoughts about how we as surveyors can better “protect the health, safety, and welfare of the public” relying upon…
03.09.2019
Thought Leader: Orlando in ‘23
“The best laid schemes o’ mice an’ men gang aft a-gley.”*
With apologies to Robert Frost: We revisit our plan for Orlando, Florida in 2022, where we had intended to host a Congress of…
03.09.2019
Vantage Point: Zoned Out
Home construction has not helped end every housing shortage. As incomes stagnate or are usurped by student debt or are waylaid by cost…
02.10.2019
Thought Leader: The Secret Society—The Way I Remember It
I was rummaging through the garage a few days ago and discovered a buckled-up package that looked like a film canister. Sure enough…
02.10.2019
Vantage Point: Unfinished Business
It is the start of December as I write this, when I had expected to provide updates on the reauthorization of the National…
01.04.2019
Thought Leader: A National Test
No way! Why not? I don’t know? The PLSS, the Colonial States, fifty different legislatures, Ohio State beat Michigan, or the other 49…
01.04.2019
Vantage Point: Shifting Perspectives
This past winter, yet another mass shooting in a school took place, this one in Parkland, Florida, in which 14 high school students…
12.02.2018
Professional Surveyors and Utility Locations
Surveyors are frequently faced with utility-related issues that, if not resolved adequately, can result in a negligence claims accompanied by inordinately high liability….
