Category: Professional Land Surveyor Practice

  • ConsensusDocs Coalition Releases New Land Survey Standard Agreement

    WASHINGTON – Owners and land surveyors will have a standard agreement to guide their contracting now that the ConsensusDocs Coalition is publishing a new Land Survey Agreement. The new agreement is designed to meet the unique characteristics of land surveying, which is an essential part of many road and building projects.

  • Busting Myth #4 About The FAA and Unmanned Aircraft

    The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) published a list Busting Myths about the FAA and Unmanned Aircraft to discuss misconceptions and misinformation about Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) regulations. As UAS, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) or drones, if you will, become ever more popular for recreational and eventual commercial use, I thought it would be helpful to share…

  • Busting Myth #3 About The FAA and Unmanned Aircraft

    The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) published a list Busting Myths about the FAA and Unmanned Aircraft to discuss misconceptions and misinformation about Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) regulations. As UAS, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) or drones, if you will, become ever more popular for recreational and eventual commercial use, I thought it would be helpful to share…

  • Busting Myth #2 About The FAA and Unmanned Aircraft

    The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) published a list Busting Myths about the FAA and Unmanned Aircraft to discuss misconceptions and misinformation about Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) regulations. As UAS, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) or drones, if you will, become ever more popular for recreational and eventual commercial use, I thought it would be helpful to share…

  • Busting Myth #1 About The FAA and Unmanned Aircraft

    The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) published a list Busting Myths about the FAA and Unmanned Aircraft to discuss misconceptions and misinformation about Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) regulations. As UAS, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) or drones, if you will, become ever more popular for recreational and eventual commercial use, I thought it would be helpful to share…

  • Focus on Blurred Lines

    Surveyors and Various Geo-Groups are part of Something Bigger – Time to Look Around… Guest Post By: Gavin Schrock, PLS – Associate Editor Professional Surveyor Magazine Blurred Lines The notion that the lines are blurred between the many fields and disciplines driving the geospatial world was particularly evident at the March 2014 CONEXPO, drawing over…

  • NCEES PE and PS Scoring Process Video

    Wondering why it takes so long to score the PE and PS exams? This video explains the NCEES pencil-and-paper scoring process.   Watch the NCEES PE and PS Scoring Process Video

  • How To Choose the Right Projects To Earn More

    How do you know the right projects to work on at the right time? This is a  PLS Newsletter topic on following the money to achieve success. Sign up for the PLS Newsletter today! In business and life there are really only two important commodities: time and smarts. Of those two, time is in very limited…

  • The Professional Land Surveyor Podcast Episode 15

    Online Session on UAS Test Site Privacy Policy – FAA UAS Online Listening Session Audio. The FAA held an online public engagement session to provide the public with an opportunity to comment on the agency’s proposed privacy policy for Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS). The FAA provided a brief overview of the UAS test site program…

  • Professional Land Surveyor Survey: Land Surveying Business Outlook September 2013?

    PLS Survey: Land Surveying Business Outlook September 2013? Are you seeing any improvements in the business climate, no change at a all, or is the business climate worsening? After you take the survey, please leave a comment. Take the Professional Land Surveyor Survey:

  • Improve Systems and Procedures for Success

    This article comes from the latest free Professional Land Surveyor Newsletter. To subscribe, click here. Last week, I wrote a premium article called “Silos Kill Business” about (surprise, surprise) how surveying and business silos undermine your success. What I didn’t discuss there, but that is so important, is that you need a clear understanding of your…

  • Silos Kill Business

    Silos and paraprofessional competence/utilization are two of the biggest problems undermining our industry. In this Premium Post let’s look at silos and how they’re killing your business. The Oxford Dictionary defines silos as follows: noun (plural silos) a system, process, department, etc. that operates in isolation from others:it’s vital that team members step out of…

  • Selling Surveying: Customer Call Back Timing

    Business 101 for any business, including land surveying, includes many basic building blocks for success. One such area is our timing for potential customer call back. In this premium post I’ll share with you why your customer callback timing is so important, current customer call back timing trends, and how to improve your customer call back…

  • The Professional Land Surveyor Podcast Episode 14

    Subscribe to this podcast You can subscribe to this podcast via iTunes, grab the RSS feed or play from the website. The Professional Land Surveyor Podcast (PLSP) Shownotes – Episode 14

  • Working With Expanded And Improved Teams

    Premium Post How do you view your work environment and teams? In many companies, team organization and team building is centered and focused around tightly knit internal silos, although I believe this is changing at light speed. Well, they’re sometimes more geographically tight-knit than they are tight-knit in an effective and emotionally compatible manner. Do…

  • Tweet Something Cool You Did Today Surveying And Use #mydaysurveying Hashtag

    The Oklahoma Society of Land Surveyors, via their twitter account (theOSLS), introduced a fantastic way to promote the profession of surveying to the world. All you have to do is to tweet something cool you did today surveying and use this hashtag:  #mydaysurveying Below, you can read (and retweet) professional land surveyor tweets using the #mydaysurveying hashtag –…

  • Executive Director of the National Society of Professional Surveyors Davis-Bacon Act Testimony at House Education and the Workforce Committee Hearing

    Curtis Sumner, Executive Director of the National Society of Professional Surveyors (NSPS), testifies at House Education and the Workforce Committee hearing on June 19, 2013 concerning the Davis-Bacon act. Watch the Davis-Bacon Act Testimony Video

  • Professional Land Surveyor LinkedIn Group Tops 5000 Members

    Professional Land Surveyor LinkedIn Group Tops 5000 Members I’m proud to announce that within the past few days the Professional Land Surveyor group on LinkedIn has Topped 5000 Members! For all of you who’ve joined, I want to say THANK YOU! If you’ve not yet joined the Professional Land Surveyor group on LinkedIn, you can do so…

  • The Professional Land Surveyor Podcast Episode 13

    Subscribe to this podcast You can subscribe to this podcast via iTunes, grab the RSS feed or play from the website. The Professional Land Surveyor Podcast (PLSP) Shownotes – Episode 13

  • MAPPS Commends Reintroduction of “Map it Once, Use it Many Times” Act in Congress

    MAPPS (www.mapps.org), the national association for private sector geospatial firms, today commended Rep. Doug Lamborn (R-CO) for reintroducing H.R. 1604, the “Map It Once, Use It Many Times” Act on April 17. H.R. 1604 is intended to reform, consolidate, and reorganize federal geospatial activities. Recently, a number of Government Accountability Office (GAO) reports have identified…