PLSC wants all attendees to be safe and enjoy the Summit. PLSC will adhere to any current COVID 19 Public Health and Executive Orders at the time of the Summit. For the latest information, please go to the Colorado COVID-19 Updates website and/or the Jefferson County COVID-19 website. PLSC will email attendees closer to the Summit date with any mandates required by the facility, Jefferson County Public Health Department and/or Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. PLSC does ask anyone that plans to attend in person to stay home if they do not feel well. Refunds, or access to any recordings will be made.
PLSC wants all attendees to be safe and enjoy the Summit. PLSC will adhere to any current COVID 19 Public Health and Executive Orders at the time of the Summit. For the latest information, please go to the Colorado COVID-19 Updates website and/or the Jefferson County COVID-19 website. PLSC will email attendees closer to the Summit date with any mandates required by the facility, Jefferson County Public Health Department and/or Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. PLSC does ask anyone that plans to attend in person to stay home if they do not feel well. Refunds, or access to any recordings will be made.
Program & Agenda
In-Person Conference
At the Denver Marriott West
| Time | In-Person Conference | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exhibitor Hall Vendor Showcase | Professional Track | Business/Software Track | Technical Track | |
| 7:00am | CHECK-IN/REGISTRATION BEGINS | |||
| 8:00am-11:15am (3 CE Credits) |
GOLD SPONSORS | J. E. PARKER, JR., ESQ. Title Grab Bag | KEN MARTINEZ Survey Plan Production – from Field to Electronic Deliverable (DWG) in Autodesk, Civil 3D (20 MAX ATTENDEES – REGISTRATION IS CLOSED FOR THIS COURSE) | DANE COURVILLE, PLS Horizontal/Vertical Curves |
| 11:15am-1:15pm | LUNCH | |||
| 1:15pm-4:30pm (3 CE Credits) |
GOLD SPONSORS | JAMES A. BECKWITH, ESQ. Rules of the Road – The Beast Outside the Recorder’s Office | KEN MARTINEZ Survey Plan Production – from Field to Electronic Deliverable (DWG) in Autodesk, Civil 3D (20 MAX ATTENDEES – REGISTRATION IS CLOSED FOR THIS COURSE) | DANE COURVILLE, PLS PLSS Breakdown & Single/Double Proportioning |
| Time | In-Person Conference | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exhibitor Hall Vendor Showcase | Professional Track | Business/Software Track | Technical Track | |
| 7:00am | CHECK-IN/REGISTRATION BEGINS | |||
| 8:00am-11:15am (3 CE Credits) |
GOLD SPONSORS | DENNIS MOULAND, PLS To Accept or Not to Accept: That is the Question | BOB MECHAM & CHRIS MCNULTY Bentley Open Roads Designer (ORD) Best Practices for Data Reduction | BRIAN SHAW Using OPUS & OPUS Projects |
| 11:15am-1:15pm | LUNCH | |||
| 1:15pm-4:30pm (3 CE Credits) |
GOLD SPONSORS | DENNIS MOULAND, PLS To Accept or Not to Accept: That is the Question | BOB MECHAM & CHRIS MCNULTY Bentley Open Roads Designer (ORD) Best Practices for ROW Geometry | BRIAN SHAW NSRS Maintenance & Modernization Efforts |
| Time | In-Person Conference | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exhibitor Hall Vendor Showcase | Professional Track | Business/Software Track | Technical Track | |
| 7:00am | CHECK-IN/REGISTRATION BEGINS | |||
| 8:00am-11:15am (3 CE Credits) |
GOLD SPONSORS | JOYCE YOUNG & KELLY MILLER AES Board Activities | JOHN BURKE, PE Request for Personality, Win People, Win Projects | ROB MARTINDALE, PLS Pointman / Transparent Earth |
| 11:15am-1:15pm | LUNCH | |||
| 1:15pm-4:30pm (3 CE Credits) |
GOLD SPONSORS | ROGER NELSON, PLS Solve a Boundary Problem | RALPH PETTIT, PLS The Inspired Leader | MIKE BARKASI Use of Reality Models and Digital Twins in Transportation and Survey Projects |
| Time | In-Person Conference | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exhibitor Hall Vendor Showcase | Professional Track | Business/Software Track | Technical Track | |
| 7:00am | CHECK-IN/REGISTRATION BEGINS | |||
| 8:00am-11:15am (3 CE Credits) |
GOLD SPONSORS | DENNIS MOULAND Ethics for the Professional Surveyor | JIM REINBOLD Carlson Survey Fundamentals | STEVE PARKER & BRIAN DENNIS Certified Survey Technician (CST) Preparation Course |
| 11:15am-1:15pm | LUNCH | |||
| 1:15pm-4:30pm (3 CE Credits) |
GOLD SPONSORS | DENNIS MOULAND Thinking Beyond Technology | JIM REINBOLD Carlson Survey Fundamentals | STEVE PARKER & BRIAN DENNIS Certified Survey Technician (CST) Preparation Course |
Virtual Conference
Streamed Online
| Time | CFedS Class – For CFedS CE |
|---|---|
| Live-Streamed Online | |
| 8:00am-12:00pm | TASHA HUHTA, SEAN MULLEN, KATHARINE SINGLETON and GLEN THUROW Standards of Practice, Bureau of Land Management |
| 12:00pm-1:00pm | LUNCH |
| 1:00pm-5:00pm | TASHA HUHTA, SEAN MULLEN, KATHARINE SINGLETON and GLEN THUROW TBA, Bureau of Land Management |
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We are looking forward to seeing everyone in person for the 2023 Summit!
Education Tracks include:
Professional Track
Technical Track
Business Track
Tracks will be packed with information and resources to improve your skills AND your business.
In addition to the Education Tracks, the Summit will also include:
A Kickoff Networking Event with Young
Surveyors Network on Monday, February 20
Exhibitor Hall/Vendor Showcase
Longer Lunch Hours for more networking
Contests and Competitions
Updates on PLSC and the State of the Association
Speakers
Tuesday, February 21st
In-Person
John B. Stahl, PLS, CFedS
Boundary Disputes and DiscrepanciesWhen discrepancies arise, the professionals must understand their individual roles to provide a cohesive and permanent solution. This course is specifically designed to promote a cooperative environment through discussion, debate, and learning.
Title Grab Bag
J. E. Parker, Jr., Esq.This session will provide an overview of title matters both “of record” and otherwise, facts, oddities and tips when examining title in Colorado.
Survey Plan Production - from Field to Electronic Deliverable (DWG) in Autodesk, Civil 3D
Ken MartinezIn this class we will explore the tools of what Autodesk, Civil 3D offers the Land Surveyor and Survey Technician. If you have struggled with any part of the process of preparing plans, then this class is for you.
Horizontal and Vertical Curves
Dane CourvilleThis lesson outlines the procedures of solving for the various elements of these curves and displays the calculations in an organized and logical process.
Rules of the Road - The Beast Outside the Recorder's Office
James A. Beckwith, Esq.Using exhibits from actual cases, Mr. Beckwith, an established expert witness on historic roads, will discuss research source outside the Recorder’s Office necessary to establish unrecorded, prescriptive easements under governing laws.
PLSS Breakdown & Single/Double Proportioning
Dane CourvilleThe PLSS breakdown lesson goes through the history, rules, reasoning, and process of the breakdown and survey of public lands states. The second part of the lesson is an in depth discussion on the procedures used to reestablish sectionalized lands through the mathematics of single and double proportioning
Wednesday, February 22nd
In-Person
To Accept or Not to Accept: That is the Question
Dennis Mouland, PLSThis course will expand your view of this critical analysis which appears in every boundary survey you will ever do.
Bentley Open Roads Designer (ORD) Best Practices
Bob MechamThe goal of this training is to work through the importing and editing of a raw CDOT TMOSS survey file to create a DGN and Terrain element deliverable using the current delivered CDOT workspace and standards for OpenRoads Designer CONNECT Edition.
Bentley Open Roads Designer (ORD) Best Practices
Chris McNultyThe goal of this training is to work through the importing and editing of a raw CDOT TMOSS survey file to create a DGN and Terrain element deliverable using the current delivered CDOT workspace and standards for OpenRoads Designer CONNECT Edition.
Using OPUS & OPUS Projects
Brian ShawThis course will describe the steps involved in processing the data using the various flavors of OPUS, will explain the output so that users can interpret and have confidence in the results and will provide some demonstrations on using OPUS.
NSRS Maintenance & Modernization Efforts
Brian ShawThis course will discuss the maintenance done for today’s NSRS, the NSRS Modernization efforts and how it will impact surveying in the near future.
Thursday, February 23rd
In-Person
AES Board Activities
Joyce YoungThis is a unique opportunity to learn all the activities that the AES Board manages, procedure information, and plans for future rule considerations.
AES Board Activities
Kelly MillerThis is a unique opportunity to learn all the activities that the AES Board manages, procedure information, and plans for future rule considerations.
Request for Personality, Win People, Win Projects
John BurkePeople like working with people they like. And if you’re not winning all the projects you are well qualified for, your inability to connect with your client may be limiting your potential. How much is this worth to you?
Pointman / Transparent Earth
Rob Martindale, PLSA deeper dive into PointMan’s functionality.
Solve a Boundary Problem
Roger Nelson, PLSAttendees will review real boundary problems and work together to identify solutions.
The Inspired Leader
Ralph Pettit, PLSIn this interactive course we will take an introspective look at our own mindsets, mantras, and methods, then examine tools, tips and tricks to become more inspired. We cannot inspire others until we are first inspired ourselves.
Use of Reality Models and Digital Twins in Transportation and Survey Projects
Mike BarkasiThis presentation will present two use cases, survey, and inspection, both using reality models within transportation projects.
Friday, February 24th
In-Person
Ethics for the Professional Surveyor
Dennis Mouland, PLSThis course will help you examine your “moral compass” when it comes to your actual work, how you conduct business, how you treat people, and how you present yourself and the profession to the public and other design professionals.
Carlson Survey Fundamentals
Jim ReinboldCarlson Survey Fundamentals
Certified Survey Technician (CST) Preparation Course
Steve Parker, PLSTBA
Certified Survey Technician (CST) Preparation Course
Brian DennisTBA
Thinking Beyond Technology
Dennis Mouland, PLSThis course presents some of the negative impacts technology has had on society and on the survey profession in particular.
Monday, February 27th
Virtual Conference Streamed Online
Bureau of Land Management CFedS Class
Tasha HuhtaBureau of Land Management CFedS Class
Bureau of Land Management CFedS Class
Sean MullenBureau of Land Management CFedS Class
Bureau of Land Management CFedS Class
Katharine SingletonBureau of Land Management CFedS Class
Bureau of Land Management CFedS Class
Glen Thurow, PS, CFedSBureau of Land Management CFedS Class
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Hotel Information
The Marriott Denver West at 1717 Denver West Blvd., Golden, CO 80401 is the Rocky Mountain Surveyors Summit hotel.
Or, call the reservations desk at 1.888.238.1803 and ask for the Rocky Mountain Surveyors room rate.
Committee & Board Members
Rocky Mountain Surveyors Summit Committee
Todd Johnston, PLS
Committee Co-ChairTodd has lived in southwest Colorado his entire life and is a second generation surveyor.
Brian K. Bowker, PLS
Committee Co-ChairBrian has been in surveying for 28 years. A majority of that time was spent in the private sector. The last 5 years has been with the Colorado Department of Transportation. Currently the Western Colorado Chapter President and on the Board of Directors for PLSC.
Becky Roland
Executive Director, PLSCBecky Roland is the Executive Director of PLSC and joined the organization in 2012. She has an MBA from Regis University and has been in association management for 31 years (she started when she was 12).
Robert Boehm, PLS
Robert began his career in surveying in 1992 and he is currently a Global Technology Leader and Project Manager for Jacobs.
Heather Lassner, PLS
Heather Lassner is a newly minted Professional Land Surveyor in the State of Colorado but has been working in the field of surveying or related fields since 2006, with ten years being municipal work at various locations across the Front Range.
Adam Young
Adam Young is a Project Surveyor at Galloway & Company, as well as a Certified Survey Technician, Level III (CST) and a Certified Geographic Information Systems Professional (GISP).
John Houston
John graduated from the University of Tennessee in 2011 with a degree in Geography and has since gained experience working for a very small survey company, a city municipality, and then a medium-sized surveying and engineering company before landing at Galloway & Company here in Colorado.
Steve Parker, PLS
Steven Parker, PLS CFM CFedS, is the a past president of the PLSC, is active with the PLSC Southern Chapter, and he has been involved in the Rocky Mountain Surveyors Summit since its inception in 2011. Steven is a Professional Land Surveyor in the Southeast region of Colorado with CDOT.
Dave Berglund
Dave Berglund has been working in the land surveying profession since 1995 and has been licensed in Colorado since 2010.
Brian Dennis, PLS
Brian Dennis has more than 23 years of professional surveying experience.
Dave Seiler
Dave has been surveying in the San Juans and greater southwest Colorado for over 40 years.
Kathi Lyon, PLS
Kathryn (Kathi) has been surveying since 1997, passed the LSI test in 2000, and received her Professional Land Surveying license in 2008.
Scott Thompson-Buchanan
Scott Thompson-Buchanan is currently employed by the National Park Service as Branch Chief of the cartography, mapping and boundary management team.
PLSC Board of Directors
PLSC Officers
|
President Vice President Secretary/Treasurer Past President Executive Director |
Northern Chapter Central Chapter Western Chapter Southern Chapter Southwestern Chapter |
WPFS Delegates NSPS Governor |
Northern Chapter
President
Dave Berglund
Past President
Tony Fendick
President Elect
Laine Landau
Secretary/Treasurer
Heather Lassner
Director
Ron Perkins
Director
Reade Roselles
Director
Steve Varriano
Southern Chapter
President
Don R. Hulsey, PLS
Vice President
Mark Johannes, PLS, CFedS
Secretary
Steve Parker, PLS, CFedS, CFM
Treasurer
Dan Hanten, PLS
Director
Joseph Alessi III, PLS, CRA, GRI, BSME
Director
Spencer Barron, PLS
Director
Steve Rutzen, PLS
Director
Jon Tessin, PLS, CFedS
Director
Eric White, PLS, CFedS
Director
Dennis Craig, PLS
Central Chapter
President
Derek Brown, PLS
Vice President
Tony Peall, PLS
Secretary
Laura Minchk, LSI
Treasurer
Daniel Davis, PLS
Director
Devon Arnold, PLS
Director
Robert Boehm, PLS
Director
Jeff MacKenna, PLS
Director
Justin Scheitler, PLS
Director
Nic Schrader, PLS
Director
Julian Sisneros, PLS
Director
Glen Stice, PLS
Western Chapter
President
Brian Bowker
Vice President
Chris Ransier
Secretary/Treasurer
Alex Lheritier
Southwestern Chapter
President
Todd Johnston, PLS
Vice President
Josh Casselberry, PLS
Secretary
Brian Boniface, PLS
Treasurer
Justin Bonnell, PLS
Northwest 1/4 Chapter
President
Brian Kelly
Vice President
Mike Fraher
Secretary
Walt Magill
Treasurer
AJ Summers
Map / Plat Competition
The Professional Land Surveyors of Colorado is hosting a map / plat competition at the RMSS Conference this Feb 26-28, 2020. We’re looking for your best creations – the ones you spent the most time on – the ones you are most proud of.
The categories will be Subdivision Plats, Boundary/Cadastral Maps, Topographic Maps, ALTA/NSPS Land Title Surveys, and Miscellaneous Maps with first and second prizes awarded in each category. Entries will be judged on a variety of criteria by a 6 person panel of professionals from the PLSC chapters. Top entries will be showcased at the upcoming Rocky Mountain Surveyors Summit and the winners will be honored at lunch on Friday Feb. 28th.
This is your chance to inspire and enlighten your survey colleagues with your creative techniques while also striving to raise the bar for survey deliverables. We look forward to seeing and showing off your work.
Register
The 2022 Rocky Mountain Surveyors Summit will be a hybrid event.
In person education will be February 23-26, 2022 at the Denver Marriott West, 1717 Denver West Blvd., Golden, CO. The in-person presentation will not be broadcast and can only be viewed by attending the event.
The virtual presentations will be broadcast the week of February 28-March 4, 2022. To obtain continuing education (CE) credit, you must attend the broadcast that week. PLSC will send CE credit based on the broadcast attendance. All virtual presentations will be available for on-demand viewing throughout the month of March 2022, for attendees to view at their convenience but no CE credit will be provided for the on-demand viewing.
The CFedS Class will be a virtual class on Monday, February 28, 2022 – 8AM-5PM. The CFedS Class is a separate fee and includes CFedS CE credit and CE credit.
Registration will be opening soon.
| Type | By January 13th | By February 17th | After February 17th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Member Full Conference (four days) Registration | $550 | $650 | $700 |
| Member One Day Conference Registration (cost per day; you can register for multiple days) | $250 | $300 | $350 |
| Nonmember Full Conference (four days) Registration | $650 | $750 | $800 |
| Nonmember One Day Conference Registration (cost per day; you can register for multiple days) | $350 | $400 | $450 |
| Student Full Conference (four days) Registration | $300 | $300 | $300 |
| Student One Day Conference Registration (cost per day; you can register for multiple days) | $250 | $250 | $250 |
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