July 28, 2023

Book Cliffs Chapter Officers PresidentRyan Allred Vice PresidentMartin Pierce Chapter RepresentativePaul Hawkes Secretary/TreasurerMitch Batty Color Country Chapter Officers PresidentArthur LeBaron Vice PresidentBrad Petersen Chapter RepresentativeTodd Jacobsen Secretary/TreasurerDarrin LeFevre Golden Spike Chapter Officers PresidentBahram Rahimzadegan Vice PresidentKen Hawkes Chapter RepresentativeDarren Williams Secretary/TreasurerStephen Collier Salt Lake Chapter Officers PresidentChristopher Donoghue Vice PresidentMatt Peterson Chapter RepresentativeDouglas Kinsman Secretary/TreasurerScott …

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The Walter M. Cunningham Education Foundation, a sister organization of the UCLS, is a nonprofit corporation that provides funding and grants to low-income students and provides academic opportunities and educational experiences to Surveying, Mapping and Geomatics students. Walter Cunningham was a beloved land surveyor who unfortunately passed away in January 2023. The foundation continues to …

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2022 Surveyor of the Year Trent Williams (Awarded 2023) Lifetime Achievement Brad Mortensen (Awarded 2023) 2023 Plat Competition Subdivision PlatsFirst Place — Kent Withers, McNiel Engineering Topographic SurveysFirst Place — Dusty Bishop, Ensign EngineeringSecond Place — Shaun Corey, York Engineering Record of Survey MapsFirst Place — Dale Robinson, Sunrise EngineeringSecond Place — Kent Withers, McNiel …

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Over the years, I have heard many thoughts expressed about what a Land Surveyor is, from a person with a clipboard asking demographic questions used for compiling a statistical view anything, to the guy on the side of the road looking through the camera, to someone who knows and understands what a Land Surveyor does. …

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When I was a child, my dad, a civil engineer and surveyor, would regularly tell my brother and me, “Heads down and butts up,” referring to digging a trench or hole, but the meaning is to get in and get to work and don’t stop until you get the job done. It has been great …

NSPS State Director —Supplemental Report FIG Working Week 2023 Read More »

The various meetings held during the Annual NSPS Board of Directors meeting in Arlington, VA, from March 28-April 1, 2023 were very informative and increased my understanding regarding our profession and the many issues that are currently dealing with at the national level. I have asked to join the CST Board, the Workforce Development Committee, …

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Our WFPS meeting took place in Salt Lake City on June 10. It marked the first time in ten years that WFPS has returned to our state since the memorable 2013 joint conference with Utah Council of Land Surveyors (UCLS) and National Society of Professional Surveyors (NSPS), which also involved a portion of NSPS and …

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Jim Greer grew up in Wyoming. His father was a land surveyor for many decades as well as a U.S.G.S. cartographer and professional geologist. Jim spent every summer from age nine through college out in the wilds of rural Wyoming performing surveys, mining claims, water rights and power line easements with his father “carrying the …

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Feature Photo courtesy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Image PH 328. Spencer McCutcheon is a land surveyor with Apex Engineering. He’s been surveying for about seven years and has been licensed for three years. Spencer also loves history; this drove him to learn more about his family and, through his …

Orson Pratt: Pioneer, Church Leader, Astronomer, Mathematician and Surveyor of the Utah Territory Read More »

On display in the Washington County Office Building is the Tri-State Monument. In the bottom right corner of the display is a sandstone block. This block is the monument that was formerly the marker that located the boundaries of Arizona, Nevada and Utah. Between the Utah Council of Land Surveyors (UCLS) 2016 and the 2017 …

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