Eric Colburn, PLS

Tag: Process

  • 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

  • Geo-Knowledge Workers Needed for Land Surveying and Geomatics Success

    Geo-Knowledge Workers Needed for Land Surveying and Geomatics Success

    A Knowledge Workers Main Capital is Knowledge Wikipedia begins defining a Knowledge Worker as: “Knowledge workers are workers whose main capital is knowledge“. Is knowledge your main capital? The term “knowledge worker”  was first used by Peter Drucker in the late 1950’s to describe post-industrial employees working primarily with, or developing, information and knowledge. Put more simply, a knowledge worker uses their head more…

  • National Geodetic Survey Updates “Bluebooking” Process for GPS Projects

    National Geodetic Survey Updates “Bluebooking” Process for GPS Projects

    NGS updates “Bluebooking” process for GPS projects. Breaking news from the NOAA National Geodetic Survey (NGS) about GPS projects “Bluebooking” process:

  • Knowing Your Numbers-Land Surveying Field Metrics for Success

    A while back, I wrote Knowing Your Numbers-How To Measure Your Success, an article on the importance of developing your own set of metrics and benchmarks to accurately measure your success, or failure, which is something we all need to understand. In this Premium Membership post I expand on that theme; specifically how to use land surveying…

  • Knowing Your Numbers-How To Measure Your Success

    Know your numbers to measure your success. We all need to know our numbers, but do you know what numbers are important for your success? The metrics and benchmarks to accurately measure our success, or failure, is something we all need to understand. This is true in any professional land surveyor business, whether you are…

  • 5 Nice Features of AutoCAD Civil 3D 2010 Parcels

    5 Nice Features of AutoCAD Civil 3D 2010 Parcels I was recently working on converting an older AutoCAD drawing to an AutoCAD Civil 3D 2010 drawing in order to modify a parcel and add a few new parcels to it. Also recently, I’ve been writing a soon to be released article about whether or not…

  • 5 Business Value Concepts for the Professional Land Surveyor

    Let’s start off with two sides of the value proposition, external and internal. External value is what you’re striving to provide your clients and the perceived value, in their minds, your clients receive from your services. Internal value is everything that improves and grows your professional land surveying company, which most of the time your…