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Byline: Brian Johnson Infrastructure engineering firm Ulteig has come a long way since the company's humble beginnings in the 1940s. 'We were founded in 1944,' said Doug Jaeger, the company's [...]

The 'Takings Clause' of the U.S. Constitution might seem--at first glance--to be an arcane issue beyond the scope of the land surveyor. However, situations that result in uncompensated takings often [...]

If the Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT) offered frequent-contractor points, the professional land surveyors at CES Group Engineers would likely be triple-platinum members. Since late 2015, the engineering and survey [...]

Byline: IBR Staff Kindra Miller, with 10+ years of experience in finance, has joined Keller Associates' corporate accounting and finance department in Coeur d'Alene. Bruce Coppess, P.L.S, with 20+ years [...]

While stopped on a side street and waiting to enter the flow of traffic, I began to muse on a conversation with POB Editor Perry Trunick regarding the 'trappings of [...]

The highest evidence of title to property is the deed. Other than the deed, the two most important documents relative to the conveyance of real property are the title insurance [...]

Floating easements are problematic for surveyors because they only identify the subject tract that is burdened by the servitude and lack a written description defining the location within the tract. [...]

Byline: IBR Staff Kevin Robar has joined T-O Engineers as a project surveyor. Previously, he worked as a senior land surveyor for a consulting firm in Wasilla, Alaska. He specializes [...]

Byline: Brian Johnson During his four-decade run with St. Louis Park-based Knutson Construction, Dave Bastyr has put his building and management skills to use on notable projects ranging from stadiums [...]

Designed with flexible signal management that enables the use of all available GNSS constellations and signals Help users to accurately mark and measure points in areas previously inaccessible for GNSS [...]

Byline: Nicole Sheldon The New York State Association of Professional Land Surveyors announces the appointment of Roy Garfinkel as vice president of the board of directors. He currently serves as [...]

JAMES RICHARDS Senior Land and Utility surveyor Benchmark Surveys Venny Bridge, UK What kinds of surveying projects do you run? We run many different types of surveying projects. From small [...]

Gavin Schrock has been using satellite navigation since the early days of GPS and the Doppler-based Transit system before that. 'I am a bit of a dinosaur,' he said. 'What [...]

Most land surveyors at some point in their career wind up researching historic field notes, land records or plats from some earlier era. Depending on your area of practice, research [...]

Our goal at Aerotas is to provide the best drone solutions for land surveyors. To achieve this goal, we constantly stay up-to-date on the latest developments in survey drone technology. [...]

Got Questions? Get them Answered. RPLS is a free online message board where land surveyors and geospatial professionals worldwide can network with each other. Users can join discussion forums, utilize [...]

Determining the extent and type of right conveyed or dedicated for railroad use is one of the thornier issues facing surveyors and land use professionals in the United States. Representatives [...]

Robert Charles Vollmer, LS, grew fascinated with the idea of surveying while serving in the U.S. Navy during World War II. He was a part of the engineering unit and [...]

Byline: CityBusiness staff reports A new agreement between the University of New Orleans and Nicholls State University helps Nicholls students earn a bachelor's degree in engineering from UNO. The agreement [...]

Byline: Nicole Sheldon Hunt Engineers, Architects, Land Surveyors & Landscape Architect D.P.C. announces the appointment of Chris Bond to president. Bond previously served as vice president and takes over the [...]

I am trying to highlight an area of concern that relates every day to us as land surveyors across these United States. My intent with this article is to turn [...]

The intent of deeds, contracts and legislative acts are common sources of dispute between surveyors and other land use professionals. While Justice Thomas Cooley of Michigan is often quoted for [...]

When I tell people what I do, when I tell them I'm an engineer, nobody really cares,' quips Ted Knaak, president of Certainty3D. 'But when you tell them you do [...]

Land surveyors and geospatial professionals continue to adopt geographic information systems for the value they bring to workflow and decision making. There are still challenges for education and training. GIS [...]

Richmond Krebs Sr., PLS, considers his path to land surveying a pretty straightforward one. He followed the footsteps of his father and grandfather. They were part owners of J.J. Krebs [...]

I'm not exactly sure where the phrase 'unwritten rights' came from or who came up with the idea of unwritten conveyances in relation to surveying, boundaries and deeds, but it [...]

The lack of a statutory right of access or right of entry for Ohio land surveyors has come into play on a major gas pipeline project. One county prosecutor said [...]