Land-use consultancy Dresdner Robin provided expert services on the future home of Jersey City’s first Whole Foods Market.

On most major urban projects, long before the first bucket of dirt has been scooped, the first pile driven, even the first property corner verified, work, in the form of pre-construction survey and monitoring, has already been set in place.

At times, the geospatial world sounds like it is “throwback Thursday.”

NavVis announced the beta release of NavVis IndoorViewer 2.5.

BIMtrace reality capture compares the construction site to the Building Information Model (BIM) geometry quickly and accurately without large data transfers, complex equipment, or cloud processing.

Touchplan replicates and backs up all data to multiple secure locations with redundant power, network connections and automatic failover.

The main advantages behind surveyors’ growing reliance upon LiDAR technology lie in the variety of methods that can be used to acquire data in the field.

Chris Tomko, PE, PS and senior project manager for R.E. Warner & Associates Inc., didn’t set out to become a surveyor. His exposure to the profession came through his pursuit of a degree and career in civil engineering.

If the Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT) offered frequent-contractor points, the professional land surveyors at CES Group Engineers would likely be triple-platinum members.

It is well known within the profession that the world is facing a shortage of surveyors, with plenty close to retirement age and not enough young people joining. What can be done?