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 […]

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

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

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.

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

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,

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

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

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

Brad Mortensen, the recipient of the UCLS 2021 Surveyor of the Year Award and the Utah Engineers Council (UEC) 2022 nominee for the Engineering Educator of the Year Award, has been honored once again by the UCLS. This time, he has been presented with the prestigious UCLS 2022 Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of his

UCLS Board, From May 28-31, I attended the FIG Working Week in Orlando, Florida. The conference was an eye-opening experience that focused on how we can attract the next generation to surveying. There were a lot of great ideas and meetings on how we can accomplish this. The first I want to mention is Get

The Standards and Ethics Committee meets every fourth Thursday at 5:00 pm at Meridian Engineering, located at 1628 West 11010 South, Suite 102 in South Jordan, Utah. Current items of business being discussed by the Committee: Condominium Model Standards — The Condominium Model Standards were submitted to the Board and approved on April 14, 2023. The new

Since our last update, we have had two luncheons. We are also working with the Ogden school district as well as the Historical Committee on placing a monument commemorating the Hayden Survey. We have sent a location and photo of what we want our monument to be and are awaiting a response from the school

Since our last update, we have had three luncheons: The first luncheon was presented by Jim Pitkin who is our DOPL representative. He gave us great information and we thanked him for presenting to us. The second luncheon was presented by Trent Williams on Education and Outreach. The turnout was about 15 fewer participants than

Celebrities often use their charisma to highlight social or environmental movements. The prominent guitarist Jerry Garcia of The Grateful Dead rock band advocated for the preservation of the world’s rain forests, and he spoke with a mixture of candor, humility and sadness about his involvement. When asked why The Grateful Dead was participating in the