Professional Land Surveyors of Colorado

Welcome

Welcome to the new PLSC Website!

PLSC is dedicated to the improvement of land surveying education and practice. We encourage land surveying professionals and individuals interested in our profession to participate in our upcoming events, visit our Chapter websites and get involved! This is a great profession, and PLSC is here to support the profession to continually improve the practice within Colorado.

Need a Land Surveyor?

PLSC cannot recommend one surveyor over another. If you need a land surveyor, please go to the Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies and download the list of licensed surveyors. Click here for the DORA webpage.

News

SCPLS 25th Annual Golf Outing
Posted June 18, 2013

August 10 at 8AM at Hollydot Golf Course in Colorado City. Click on August 10 on the Calendar, or go to Education/Events for more information.

FREE - How to Properly Use a Calibration Base Line Workshops
Posted June 01, 2013

These workshops will discuss how to ensureproper distance observations and how to performthe data analysis. We will review the use of theCDOT worksheets. Current Calibration BaseLine (CBL) activities in Colorado will also behighlighted.These highly accurate base lines provide a locallyaccessible standard for length measurement.For each state, the National Geodetic Survey(NGS) provides users with location descriptionsand the adjusted results of CBL measurements.These workshops are free of charge. Click on June 13 or June 19 on the calendar for more information.

Want to Become a Certified Federal Surveryor?
Posted March 28, 2013

Co-administered by the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management and the National Society of Professional Surveyors (NSPS), the Program provides extensive training for Professional Land Surveyors in dealing with federal survey processes.

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Survey Interns - An Article from Roger Nelson, President
Posted May 22, 2013

Have you ever considered hiring a survey intern? Who benefits from hiring a survey intern over the summer months? First, this can be a way of balancing the typical rise in summer demand for field crews with the requirement of increasing labor force. When typical survey crew demands begin to diminish it is time for the student surveyor to return to college to resume their class work. The availability of interns coincides with the seasonal survey demand and keeps survey companies from experiencing staffing up and then having to layoff when demand decreases. Second, this is an opportunity for employers to "test drive" potential employees. If a good fit exist between an intern and an employer, then arrangements can be made to secure future employment of the intern. Third, hiring interns encourages surveyor education and provides real world context for interns to bring back to the classroom and share with fellow students as well as is an opportunity for professional land surveyors to give back to the community.

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Classified Ads

Title	Employer	Post Date
Senior Construction Survey Engineer - Aurora, CO	BOULDER PROFESSIONAL & TECHNICAL SERVICES	06/03/13
Surveying Technician	City & County of Denver	06/03/13

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Quick Links

Certified Federal Surveyor
Colorado Dept. of Regulatory Agencies - Land Surveyors Information
Colorado Laws, Rules and Policies
When You Need a Land Survey

All About Surveying

Member Spotlight

PLSC would like to introduce you to our members. If you would like to submit your photo and information for a future Spotlight, email the information to plsc@plsc.net.

John B. Guyton - John B. Guyton, PLS currently serves as the Editor of the quarterly PLSC magazine, Side Shots, and has served in that role for over six years. He is also a current Colorado delegate to the Western Federation of Professional Surveyors (WFPS) and is active in exploring new ways to restore formal surveying education in the state. He is a former two-term President of the PLSC, and after more than 30 years, one of its most durable members. He is also a past President of the Colorado Section of the American Congress on Surveying and Mapping. He is currently licensed in most western states. JB is Chairman of Flatirons, Inc. Surveying and Engineering, with offices in Boulder, Longmont and Denver, serving a wide variety of clients in government and the private sector. He also serves as an expert witness on surveying and boundary issues across the state. He has a BA in History from Colorado State University, an AD from the Surveying and Mapping program at Red Rocks Community College, and is a graduate of the Brinker School of Surveying & Mapping. He has published in several journals besides Side Shots, including American Surveyor. He is an avid mountain climber. Throughout the mid-1970’s he pioneered routes up numerous Peruvian peaks in the Cordillera Blanca, including Chopicalqui and Nevado-Huascarán at 22,205’. Prior to that, he climbed Mt. McKinley in Denali National Park.

PLSC would like to thank their sponsors:

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PWSI Land Surveyors
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